Political Punch

Isn't it funny the Clinton supporters (like her husbands supporters before) tend to forgive their canidate for 'insignificant' issues when those very same canidates attacked others for the same offense.
When Bill was caught with his pants down, in the oval office it was all arepublican plot to discredit him. Then when he finally admitted to it, the watchword was it's his private life and none of our business. I could go on but that would make this post legnthy and repetative.
The point is when a democrat makes a mistake it is always somehow softened but let a republican do it and they are calling for his blood.
Why the duality?

Cordelia's quite correct, Jake: it's necessary to look at the entire picture before any conclusions can be drawn about how ecologically-friendly any candidate is. A one-time-only entrance on an 18-wheeler to a political event can be overlooked; continuous use of an 18-wheeler when a car would do equally well couldn't. It's the "skeptics" who are likely to single out one incident instead of examining the entire record, and loudly proclaim the candidate--whom they usually oppose anyway--a hypocrite. Intelligent people don't fall for such transparent, ad hominem accusations.

et tu? It's bad enough that conservatives are hammering Gore for being overweight. (They argue the his food consumption must be excessive, thus resulting in increased production and transportation of food which, in turn, expends excess fuel; in sum, they're picking on him cause he's fat - how mature.) Anyway why is this news?

Should every congressperson who advocates fiscal restraint (or pays lip service to it) be prohibited from luxury purchases? I mean really. Can we please dispense with the expectation that these people practice on a micro-level what they preach with respect to policy. They don't. And it's not news.