Also a term used to describe a politician who constantly shifts his views so that they agree with the public's current opinion. Most modern American political candidates are accused of waffling at some point or another, and most are guilty (hey, that's the price you pay for having any kind of democracy, even a democratic republic). In one of the most famous uses of the term, the cartoon Doonesbury (which chooses icons to represent prominent political figures) depicted the sycophantic Bill Clinton as a waffle with lots of gooey dripping syrup.