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Originally posted by bilmore
(It's noted Kerry supporter Andrew Sullivan, pre-conversion. Isn't hindsight wonderful?)
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Yes, hindsight does make analysis easier.
But the clarification that comes with the passage of time also helps to evaluate the performance of those involved at the time and since that time.
After all, it's not the break-in, or the oral sex, that gets you -- its the "cover-up."
No one would suggest that we ignore hindsight in performance evaluations -- and elections are in large part performance evaluations on a massive scale.
S_A_M
P.S. I freely admit that I can't be neutral or purely objective, because I _might_ have even voted for Howard Dean over Bush. (That would have been even harder than voting for Dukakis over Bush I.)
