since it summons up a picture of a bloated plutocrat trying to pirouette, sort of like the hippos in tutus in "Fantasia."

His problem is that all his stands are made of mush. His opinions on politics vary according to the last person he talked to and he's obviously surrounded himself with equivalent intelligences.

So I'm quite content to leave him on his pedestal, standing en pointe on one foot, pivoting around like a weather vane, his direction reflecting the blast of hot air from whatever gasbag happens to be closest.

He's easier to see that way.

Flip-flop goes back to when they were insulting Kerry and I'm just using it back against them