foo!

I kinda like how Katie puts this...

...but good grief, this election cycle is strange. Two things seem to be happening simultaneously here:

1) The "They Say You Are and Thus Shall I Be" Thing
It works like this:

Bush is not foo, where foo is a variable representing anything from 'a liar' to 'a book-buring censor'.

The left calls Bush foo.

Kerry promptly does something that demonstrates that he is foo.

The left brushes it off, because Bush is more foo.

The right screams at their computers until there are little flecks of spittle all over the keyboard.

The media stands with the cheese.

2) The "Mr. Rove's Kerry-Flip-Flop-O-Matic" Thing
This one may even be more fun. Here's how it goes:

Bush has a good idea baz, where baz is a variable representing anything from 'reduce troop deployments in Germany and Japan' to 'not raising taxes' to 'liberating Iraq'

Kerry proposes or endorses baz.

Bush does baz.

Kerry angrily denounces baz as something that will destroy our way of life as we know it, and probably also hurt the whales.

The Bush campaign mercilessly mocks Kerry for his flip-flop, even to the extent of including it in this, which is Not Very Nice, but funny and also illustrates its point well.

The left calls Bush foo.