Yesterday I got sucked into a conversation at Dean’s World. If you aren’t familiar with his site, he has been posting for quite a while and has a host of regular commenters. Sometimes the comments are more interesting than the original post. I thought I would repost one of my comments here since I give one of the reasons why I am an independent.



The Republicans and Democrats swap positions all the time. Sometimes they legitimately change their minds. More often, IMO, they simply want to oppose the other side in the hopes of scoring political points and do not even consider principles. Many of JFK’s beliefs are now espoused by the Republicans and anathema to the Democrats. More recently, many of those supporting the liberation of Iraq opposed stopping the slaughter in Kosovo. Likewise, those who supported Clinton’s decision to intervene in Europe over the objections of the UN criticize Bush for removing Saddam over the objections of the UN. There are names for folks who put their party over principle. Hypocrites. For my part, I think Clinton and Bush both did the right thing in these cases and made the world a better place with their respective military interventions.