It is enough to give rise to the equally contradictory criticisms he endures, from longtime enemies on the right crying socialism and from disillusioned supporters on the left who lament what they see as Mr. Obama's pro-business bias.
In a eulogy for his friend, Ring Lardner Jr. called him fascinating and abrasive and then added a list of equally contradictory adjectives to describe him: "wise, funny, greedy, generous, vain, biting, solicitous, ruthless, tender-hearted, devious, contentious, superbly rational, altruistic, prophetic, shortsighted and indefatigable".
Back in the US, things are equally contradictory.
Equally contradictory claims persist over the insurgency in eastern Ukraine, which Americans believe sets a dangerous precedent that Moscow may seek to replicate in Eastern European countries that are America's NATO allies.
Studies relating to oesophageal cancer are equally contradictory (Ma et al, 1999; Koide et al, 2004).
Studies on CSF complement in patients with dementia show equally contradictory results [25], [26], [27], [28].
In the second place, it's not so easy to discover original intent because history is murky, so you wind up with equally plausible contradictory historical accounts.
Singer is equally perplexed about contradictory indications on whether global inequality is on the rise.
The main theme is a recurrent swing between an extreme geographic, cultural and geopolitical isolation and an apparently contradictory, equally extreme openness.
His handling of the Rice situation has probably drawn the most ire, but his responses to the other abuse cases have been equally disappointing and contradictory.
Each supplied us with a range of contradictory or equally unattractive answers.
