Do as I Say, Not as I Do

Why is it that one party can say something and we applaud and agree and when the other party says the same thing, they are moral degenerates? Or maybe we are absolutely appauled regarding certain morality and views of members of one party and someone of the favored party is discovered to have a similar track record? Suddenly there are excuses or at least a list of noteworthy contributions that should outweigh the transgression. It's nothing more than a double standard. And the sniveling over name calling . . . Senator Byrd should realize he cannot make derogatory remarks about President Bush. What Rush says about democrats is all right, because he is not elected, but paid. The democrats just don't have somebody that can do for them what Mr. Limbaugh, and Mr. Hannity are doing for the republican party, and they truly needed somebody. I say that in past tense, because it is. We are almost a one party nation and that makes the majority pretty happy. Now, on to the women. Hillary Clinton is pro-choice, has always expressed that view, but lately she's trying to soften her stand. "Hillary, forget it, you won't sway a republican, anyway and the democrats already like you." As a matter of fact, the last thing she needs to be doing is sounding wishy-washy about any topic, right or wrong or left. If she has actually changed her mind, great, then say that. If she hasn't, different words don't change the facts. Now Dr. Rice is not clearly pro-life, she merely does a great deal of side-stepping the issue, but that's ok, because she's republican and conservative. Why, if the President trusts her, his followers certainly can.
Now, back to this saying and doing business. Does anybody remember how mean the comments were out of the conservative camp, regarding Chelsea Clinton, back in 1992? And she was, what, a 13 year old girl; who by the way outgrew her awkward adolescence, very attractively. Then, when the marriage issue came up in a debate, Senator Kerry was found offensive by the "right' to comment on Cheney's daughter, who is very much a grown woman and not exactly silent about her sexual preference. Clearly, we all have more choice in our sex life, than in our looks at puberty.
So here's the bottom line . . . it's only acceptable if the party we like, does or says it, and it is reprehensible if the party we do not support attempts the same thing. That is the American standard. Think about it, this standard filters and drifts down into all sorts of views and issues in our society.
differing weights and differing measures - Adonai detests them both.