All too often those in the "chattering class" have tried to convince us that those who change theor minds are somehow inherently dishonest or unrelaible (John Kerry anyone?). This has, in my opinion, really gotten out of hand. In this fictional world, all opinions are set in stone, never to be changed. Bus is great, they say, because he "knows here he stands."
This is braindeadese for: "He doesn't know enough to ever change his opinion."
The most recent recipient of this barb is David Brock of MediaMatters.com. We are supposed to believe that, since Brock once lied for conservatives for a living, that he is thus not reliable as a liberal either.
But this ignores a very basic factL he wrote a lengthy mea culpa in which he basically skewered all of his old friends. Would an insincere con man do that? Better question, would a con man do that just as the GOP was taking over the whole damn government, as it was in 2001?
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