Make up your mind and then you're done...

Did you know that in current political circles and debates and debates about circles that an individual contemplating election to the office of the President of the United States is never allowed to change his or her mind? It doesn't matter if you have matured, found new information that causes you to re-think a former opinion or position on some topic, or that your life experiences have pushed you to re-consider what you once thought earlier was carved in stone. Nope, it doesn't matter why you might shift your thoughts, the media and your arch enemies (or opponents in the race) will call you a big, fat liar and make you feel ashamed and foolish or at least put a dent in your political efforts. It doesn't matter if the opinion you formed was in third grade, or while you were on a roller coaster and feeling a bit nauseated. None of that matters. What matters is that you once said "A" and now you are saying "B". So, future politicians pay attention here! Never, never, never give an opinion on anything. It will be held against you FOREVER! Now I understand why so many politicians don't want to take a stand, offer a definitive opinion or plan for doing whatever. Now it makes sense why so many of the Washington crowd (and at all levels from local politics up) waffle like a giant Eggo whenever they are asked to commit. It must have been easier to vote back in the Old West or just after the Revolutionary War--news didn't travel fast. Mostly it didn't travel at all unless some political gossip monger decided to saddle up and ride from Boston or NY to Philadelphia or Baltimore. By the time anyone could accuse someone running for office of changing his mind (there were no "her" politicos back then), the election was well over and the winner went about doing what he wanted to do in the first place and forgot all the promises he made...well, some things never change.