Wehrwolfen
02-24-2015, 02:05 AM
By Guy Benson
February 23, 2015
Democrats and Republicans play by different rules because the media enforces those rules, and members of the national press tend to be liberal Democrats. During the Bush years, we were often reminded, dissent was the "highest form of patriotism." Over the course Obama's tenure, dissent became dangerous, disrespectful, un-American and quite possibly racist. When a conservative figure says something that seems to impugn or question a prominent liberal's character or love of country, "civility" SWAT teams are dispatched to knock down some proverbial doors. Such transgressions mustn't stand. But when the dynamic is reversed, the civility police are curiously off duty.
Which brings us to Rudygate. For days, the media elite have been hyperventilating into paper bags over caustic comments from a long-retired Republican mayor, who suggested that President Obama doesn't love America. (For the record, Giuliani's assessment was demagogic and unproductive). By virtue of another one-sided media rule -- which stipulates that top Republicans must always answer for every single Republican-involved "outrage" du jour -- Rudygate has magically morphed into Walkergate. The Washington Post decided to use precious time in an exclusive interview with Gov. Scott Walker to interrogate him about Giuliani's remarks, following up with the non sequitur question of whether he thinks Obama is a Christian.
(Excerpt)
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http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybens...ndard-n1960544 (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2015/02/23/freakout-the-medias-breathtaking-patriotism-double-standard-n1960544)
Really it is astounding the hypocrisy that is shown by the Progressive Left. At least we don't have to go back 1,400 years to prove our moral equivalency in this matter. So the simple question remains. Does Obama love this country he took an oath to serve and protect, or his aim to fundamentally transform American his way of showing his distain for the country he was elected to lead and serve.
February 23, 2015
Democrats and Republicans play by different rules because the media enforces those rules, and members of the national press tend to be liberal Democrats. During the Bush years, we were often reminded, dissent was the "highest form of patriotism." Over the course Obama's tenure, dissent became dangerous, disrespectful, un-American and quite possibly racist. When a conservative figure says something that seems to impugn or question a prominent liberal's character or love of country, "civility" SWAT teams are dispatched to knock down some proverbial doors. Such transgressions mustn't stand. But when the dynamic is reversed, the civility police are curiously off duty.
Which brings us to Rudygate. For days, the media elite have been hyperventilating into paper bags over caustic comments from a long-retired Republican mayor, who suggested that President Obama doesn't love America. (For the record, Giuliani's assessment was demagogic and unproductive). By virtue of another one-sided media rule -- which stipulates that top Republicans must always answer for every single Republican-involved "outrage" du jour -- Rudygate has magically morphed into Walkergate. The Washington Post decided to use precious time in an exclusive interview with Gov. Scott Walker to interrogate him about Giuliani's remarks, following up with the non sequitur question of whether he thinks Obama is a Christian.
(Excerpt)
Read more:
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybens...ndard-n1960544 (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2015/02/23/freakout-the-medias-breathtaking-patriotism-double-standard-n1960544)
Really it is astounding the hypocrisy that is shown by the Progressive Left. At least we don't have to go back 1,400 years to prove our moral equivalency in this matter. So the simple question remains. Does Obama love this country he took an oath to serve and protect, or his aim to fundamentally transform American his way of showing his distain for the country he was elected to lead and serve.