When the Milquetoast Wing of the Democratic Party...

...finds the courage to call you inveterate liars, you know you're in trouble. Kevin Drum (italics mine; bold original):

The obvious conclusion is that they didn't think Iraq was the central front on the war on terror back in 2002. They don't think nuclear terrorism is really that big a deal. They aren't worried about long term finances. And they don't really care very much about democracy promotion. They just say these things because they're convenient.

It's this simple: these guys say a lot of stuff they don't believe. Their words are largely meaningless. There's no paradox, and there's really not much point in trying to make it more complicated.

The Mad Biologist was a wee bit ahead of the curve on this one...