Remember how John Kerry, when he was running for president, used to complain that there wasn't enough "nuance" to George W. Bush? He was too much of a black-and-white, straight-talking cowboy, Kerry would say. There is nuance to things. There are shades of gray. Everything isn't always so this or that.
And at the time, his media allies trumpeted Kerry's plea for more nuance and less simple-mindedness in statements by leaders.