Bush's Waffle House

When I first heard George W. Bush's handlers call John Kerry a flip-flopper, the charge had a familiar ring. Then, I remembered that it was the first President Bush who was tagged a flip flopper. Actually, he was called a waffler. Supporters of former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, his Democratic opponent in 1988, circulated "Waffle House" menus that showed how George H.W. Bush had frequently equivocated on important issues. At the time, I was a Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and rotated between the Bush and Dukais campaign planes. It's interesting that George W. Bush is trying to depict Kerry as a flip-flopper when he is the one who has flipped and flopped on everything from the creation of a Homeland Security Department to the establishment of an independent commission to investigate the terrorist events of September 11, 2001. Let's examine some of George W. Bush's Greatest Flips. [more ]