I guess were gonna have to start collecting them just like the other side collects Bushisms. The definition of a Kerryism should be pretty obvious: A statement motivated by a desire to get all possible credit while leaving oneself immune to any possible blame. Both sides of an issue, no sides of an issue, a denial that there are any sides to an issue: these all qualify as Kerryisms for he follows the advice of Yogi Berra who once said “When you come to a fork in the road — take it!” The first Kerryism (nod to Andrew Sullivan) comes from today’s New York Times:

“I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,” –
Democratic nominee, John Kerry. In some ways, that small sentence completely sums him up.