It Struck a Chord

[phantom power]

My piece on poor Mitt Romney went viral, with over 4,000 shares of the orange version and 1,300 shares of the green. It spent most of the day atop the Daily Kos recommended diary list, and then Kos posted about it on the front-page. It obviously resonated with a lot of Democrats. And it's not hard to see why.

What I was trying to say without explicitly saying it, is that we suffer from a very real double standard. Our leaders suffer really calumnious attacks on a routine basis. Absolutely cruel and baseless things are said about us constantly. And it's routine. It's like an unremarkable vase that sits in the corner for years on end without being noticed. And the most important thing about these attacks is that they don't even have a shred of truthfulness to them. Half the time, the charges violate some cardinal rule of logic. And the press doesn't care.

But let a Democrat make an under-substantiated charge, and all of a sudden even Jon Stewart gets on his high horse and accuses that Democrat of being a terrible person. People on the left are sick of this double standard. We want our leaders protected by the press.

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The Republicans who challenged Obama's birth certificate paid no significant price for it, but Ms. Cutter was tsk-tsked six ways to Sunday for her statement.

"Oh my God, they accused me of being a felon," Romney cried, and people from all media corners raced to his defense. But you can accuse Obama of lying about his citizenship and his religious beliefs without anyone really caring.

People are tired of it. It couldn't be more obvious that Mitt Romney is hiding something in his tax returns that would render him useless as a viable presidential candidate.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/8/4/0030/45096

[Vincardog]

1. They lie about us and the COM cheers. We tell the truth about them, we are supposed to apologize

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Typical campaign season frolics.

[lunatica]

4. And as time goes by it gets more and more outlandish

I fear we're going into an American era that's not what we want. A time when stupidity, lack of rational thinking and superstition is celebrated. I really thought all this insane shit was going to be just a flash in the pan with Sarah Palin leading the way, but now that she's even fallen by the wayside and no one paying much attention to her her followers are gaining ground and getting elected.

Having these ignorant hatriots as neighbors is one thing. But having them making our laws is a recipe for disaster.

[chervilant]

5. Efforts to Distract and Mislead

are well under way on the FOX stations and several of the others. I have been trying to watch the Olympics, but I find it tiresome to mute the television every time they go to break.

Oh, btw: Sarah Palin is shilling for a woman running for office in Missouri. Palin likens her to 'a mama grizzly protecting her cubs.'

Sad, really, how much money is being spent to convince gullible sheeple to vote against their own interests.