In alt.home.repair JerryMouse wrote:
Bush was opposed to the Department of Homeland Security, then supported it.
Other examples abound. It's not changing one's mind after collecting
additional facts that's bad (the "flip"), it's changing one's mind back to
the original position (the "flop") that's skerry.

Ah, so when Bush first vetoed a patient's right to sue, then praised a
patient's right to sue, then argued against it again, that was a true
flip-flip, but when he vowed to find Osama bin Laden, then later said
he didn't really care that much about bin Laden, that was not?