A phrase that grates on me like few others ..........

[Stinky The Clown]

....... 'flip flop'.

***SO*** Repubican. Stupid. Slanderous. Evocative. Capable of penetrating the smallest of minds.

And now it is in hackneyed usage for every jaw flapping teevee twit.

[exothermic]

1. So should we Democrats quit using it?

I'm a little confused here...

[stillcool]

6. "We Democrats"

that's funny.

[exothermic]

7. How is it funny? I hear Democrats saying it all the time.

?????

[stillcool]

9. Yeah right..

like when John Kerry was trashed and bashed as a 'flip-flopper', and like McCain and the media are doing to Obama. It is old, but so are all the other pet GOP memes.

[robinlynne]

2. I personally love my flip-flops in the summer. I have 4 pairs.

[Puzzler]

3. I agree...

... a flip-flop is not just a change in position, but a 180 degree shift in position. In other words, going from one side of a position to the other.

For example, a true flip-flop on Obama's Iraq policy would require him to pretty much embrace McCain's "be there for decades" policy.

[aspergris]

4. I've flip flopped

On several issues. Part of it is maturation, exposure to evidence, reason, argumentation, life experience, etc. But in a political candidate, especially when it appears politically expedient, etc. it can be a kiss of death. Romney was a particularly transparent guy on that front.

I used to be very much anti-abortion. I am now pro-choice.

FLIP FLOP.

I used to be against concealed carry, and gun rights

I am now for them

FLIP FLOP

etc.

[wryter2000]

5. I agree

Unfortunately, I'm afraid the phrase is too useful not to use it now. If we can nail McCain as a flip-flopper (which ought to be easy), it's much more negative than to call him inconsistent.

[rucky]

8. I go back and forth on it. n/t