If We Have To Explain, They Would Not Understand

All I seem to hear is how Republicans feel there is a double standard.  After all, a Republican Senate Leader (Trent Lott) made some racially insensitive remarks and he had to resign.  Harry Reid, a Democrat Senate Leader, made some racially insensitive remarks and where is the outrage?  No Democrat is calling for his head and, more troubling, the general public seems not to care all that much.

I think I can explain the difference.  Guess which Party's supporters have been seen with these:

And they wonder why their Party has no credibility and less sympathy when they cry "Racism".

The Other "N" Word

Poor Harry Reid.  The guy sounds like a henpecked husband, yet he is supposed to herd cats lead the Senate.  As if that was not enough, he had a tough re-election campaign staring him in the face, many are still not over the demise of the public option, and now we have the revelations from the new book by Mark Halperin and John Heileman, "Game Change".

Here is the bottom line: remember when Joe Biden referred to Barack Obama as "clean and articulate"?  Obama not only forgave Biden, he made him his running mate.  Now we have the comments from Harry Reid.  If anyone could hold a grudge and be justified, it would be Barack Obama, yet he has forgiven Reid.  The way I see it, if Obama can turn the other cheek, who are we to complain? 

Now, our Republican friends think they have sensed blood in the water, but it was pointed out on the NBC Nightly News tonight that the difference between Harry Reid and Trent Lott is that Reid was complimenting Obama, albeit in a backhanded sort of way ("Gee, thanks!  I think...)  Trent Lott was verily pining for the good 'ol days of Dixie, when water fountains were sacred.