Kerry’s Flip-Flop Du Jour

He’s either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist:

Democrat John F. Kerry yesterday countered Republican attempts to label him a pessimist about the US economy, arguing that criticism of the Bush administration's record of job creation actually reflected optimism that the economy could do better.

He’s also optimistic that by raising the tax rate on the rich, they’ll work harder to help pay for the trillion dollars in new spending he’s proposed.