1.   If a foolish consistency is indeed the hobgoblin of little minds, the author has found quite a few large-minded people.

2.   If foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, as Ralph Waldo Emerson once declared, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is a big thinker.

3.   Lately this has been a foolish consistency.

4.   No one can accuse Lucas Samaras of a foolish consistency.

5.   Unencumbered by such foolish consistency, the Bush team fought for any and every vote.