*I hate that this has such a bad rep in politics: that you are supposed to remain mulishly entrenched in your own beliefs even when they are proven stupid. If W admitted he were wrong he’d get his ass handed to him by people who think he’s backing down, even if he changed his mind to reflect new information. I don’t want a politician with an empty mind swayed by the last person you spoke to, but I also don’t want a politician who sticks with a boneheaded opinion even after numerous flowcharts explaining why it’s stupid.

WORD WORDY McWORD.

I was just talking about this with my dad on the ride home... someone on the radio was gushing about how great she thought it was that Palin Has Convictions And Sticks With Them. But while there's nothing wrong with having convictions (until you decide that everyone should share them and try to have them legally enforced, that is), this notion that compromise is for pussies is one that I find deeply disturbing. Were these people not properly socialized as puppies children?