Much like John Kerry was brandished a flip-flopper in 2004, a new GOP online advertising campaign seeks to paint Barack Obama as a man who not only enjoys eating waffles, but as a candidate who waffles on the issues.

Check out the ad below:

Earlier: McCain’s Crystal Ball Ad Sees Hillary

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The political losers are starting to weigh in. Very interesting that John Kerry chose Barack Obama over his 2004 running mate John Edwards. Also interesting that an old Washington establishment player would sign on to Obama’s campaign given how much grief Obama has given the Washington establishment. One thing’s for sure: Kerry must really hate Clinton for running this year and taking away all of his old staffers.

Bill Richardson dropping out and possibly supporting Clinton is less surprising, since he’s always seemed to agree more with her “ready for change” platform over Obama’s simpler “change” stance.

Now, let’s hear from the voters.

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It’s election season, so pollster John Zogby is spewing his junk to anyone who will listen. “Iowa matters,” he tells U.S. News without a hint of sarcasm, “more this year than ever before.”

His words, not surprisingly, coincide with a new Zogby poll that shows Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton leading Iowa.
“He has to win Iowa,” Zogby said regarding Romney. “I don’t know how you spin a third,” he added regarding a hypothetical third place finish for Hillary.

But does anyone remember back in 2004 when Zogby’s election polls showed a comfortable win for John Kerry — even as Election Day was well under way? “Bush had this election lost a long time ago,” Zogby said at the time, predicting that voters would vote for “any candidate who was not Bush.”

Despite later saying he would altogether stop his predicting, it seems his new statements have undone that promise.

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Before working for Sen. Maria Cantwell as a scheduler, James McHaney, the accused solicitor of anal sex with a 13-year-old boy, worked for the 2004 presidential campaigns of both former Rep. Dick Gephardt and Sen. John Kerry.

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Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Friday he has personally accepted Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens’ offer of $1 million to anyone who can disprove even a single charge of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. And Kerry vows he will be the one who will collect the loot, and will donate any proceeds to the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

“While I am prepared to show they lied on allegation after allegation, you have generously offered to pay one million dollars for just one thing that can be proven false,” Kerry wrote to Pickens in a letter obtained by the AP. “I am prepared to prove the lie beyond any reasonable doubt.”

But Pickens, who provided $3 million to bankroll the Swift Boat group during Kerry’s 2004 race against President George W. Bush, has now reneged on his deal. He responded to Kerry’s letter by saying he won’t consider giving Kerry the reward unless he provides his combat films, additional military records and wartime journal.

Pickens had issued the challenge on Nov. 6 in Washington, while serving as chairman of a 40th anniversary gala for American Spectator magazine.

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Andrew Meyer, a University of Florida student who became famous last month for being tasered after disrupting a John Kerry speech, is shown here with his lawyer. He apologized to his school on Monday, saying he “stepped out of line.” While that’s all fine and dandy, we couldn’t help but notice his choice of shoes in this pic, which then got us looking at his face and body, which then got us asking you whether he’s hot OR not? Have your say in the comments, kids.

Related: Student Who Questioned John Kerry Tasered

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“University of Florida police were justified in using a Taser against a student who refused to stop questioning Sen. John Kerry on campus last month,” according to a state investigation released Wednesday.

Earlier: John Kerry’s Taser Police Could Get Fired

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Two University of Florida police officers were placed on leave after using an electronic stun gun to subdue Andrew Meyer, a student who was questioning Sen. John Kerry at a campus forum, the institution’s president said Tuesday. Police are trying to defend themselves by saying Meyer acted lighthearted after his arrest. It should be noted that one of the aftereffects of being tasered is a slowing of blood to the heart.

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