Reply #5: Thank you. I've often said, I don't expect perfection in any person's [View All]

[lindashaw]

work, and I'll apply that to Pilger's as well.

MSNBC was just playing an "exclusive" piece on Kerry as a young man, showing how Kekrry said one thing in the '70s and was saying another thing now.

Some people call this flip-flopping. I call it wisdom. If we can't see more sides to an issue when we're 50 or 60 than we did when we were 20, there is no hope for any of us.

That's the problem with Bush. He has held no opinions of his own, not even when he was 40. And once he takes a stand, he never comes back to re-examine that stand or make any adjustments along the way. His opinions were poured into him like pouring water into a mug.

In that respect, Kerry shows the wisdom of looking at his own beliefs, constantly reassessing them with the increase of knowledge that age brings. "When I was a child, I spoke as a child." When we grow up, HOPEFULLY, we are different.