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Double Standards

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only.

If there is one thing that has truly has bothered me about the reactions of some of the Left blogs is the blatant hypocrisy they have displayed. The outrage they have voiced on behalf of every perceived slight of Barack Obama and his campaign has been just plain laughable while they have excused every smear, sexist or otherwise against Hillary Clinton.

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Consider this thoughtful analysis of the Samantha Power brouhaha by Josh Marshall. I happen to think his analysis makes a lot of sense. But here is my problem, when it comes to attacks on Hillary Clinton's character and honesty (see "she'll say anything" and "Bush-Cheney lite" for two such examples) and for the sexist smears from NBC, Josh has had nothing to say about it. Indeed, he spent a lot of time defending NBC and misdescribing what the Clinton campaign said about the Shuster episode.

I absolutely deplore what the Clinton campaign is doing now in contrasting Obama to McCain on the C-i-C question. I have consistently criticized the racial remarks made by Clinton surrogates. In two instances the Clinton campaign fired two campaign operatives, one in Iowa and one in New Hampshire. There was no thoughtful explanation provided for those episodes. The blatant hypocrisy and bias is undeniable. It bothers me and it utterly undermines the credibility of the complaints you hear from those quarters. These folks do themselves a great disservice imo.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).