Republicans and Democrats politicians are all sinners. Bill Clinton got a BJ in the oval office and lied about it in a civil deposition. Edwards cheated on his wife. But last time I checked, neither candidate had infidelity as a big issue they were going to address in elected office
Compare this with Republicans (or more accurately, social conservatives). Republican social conservatives are generally anti-gay, anti-drugs, for traditional family values and biggest of all, for personal responsibility. You got the homophobic guy trying to pick up dudes in the bathroom. Now you have Palin's kid having pre-marital underage sex. I'm sure Demoractic politiicans' kids do this but their parents don't whine at lengths about the importance of abstinence. The bottom line is that when Republicans make mistakes, they violate their own policies.
Do you have any counter-examples? (Granted Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident was sleazy but the topic of leaving the scene of accidents isn't big on the Democratic agenda.)
The sickest part of all this IMO is the way certain social conservative Republicans seem to get off on rewarding these hypocritical politicians for their failures. GWB was seen as an average guy who overcame his problems. Now Palin is being defended as some sort of average mom. This is ridiculous. Palin doesn't need to be put in jail but not voting for her seems like a reasonable course of action if you purport to be for good parenting and absitenence.
Compare this with Republicans (or more accurately, social conservatives). Republican social conservatives are generally anti-gay, anti-drugs, for traditional family values and biggest of all, for personal responsibility. You got the homophobic guy trying to pick up dudes in the bathroom. Now you have Palin's kid having pre-marital underage sex. I'm sure Demoractic politiicans' kids do this but their parents don't whine at lengths about the importance of abstinence. The bottom line is that when Republicans make mistakes, they violate their own policies.
Do you have any counter-examples? (Granted Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident was sleazy but the topic of leaving the scene of accidents isn't big on the Democratic agenda.)
The sickest part of all this IMO is the way certain social conservative Republicans seem to get off on rewarding these hypocritical politicians for their failures. GWB was seen as an average guy who overcame his problems. Now Palin is being defended as some sort of average mom. This is ridiculous. Palin doesn't need to be put in jail but not voting for her seems like a reasonable course of action if you purport to be for good parenting and absitenence.