Hypocrisy allows Bush to meet with right-wing hate-mongers

[ProSense]

...It’s this one, taken by White House Photo Director Eric Draper, which ran in the NYT in October.



I realize this is a point I feel compelled to make from time to time, but it simply amazes me that there are two distinct standards for political associations. High-profile Democrats are supposed to keep their distance from anyone who dares to say anything intemperate, but Republicans have no qualms about maintaining close professional ties to some of the most vitriolic, hate-filled voices in our public discourse.

Indeed, it’s worth remembering that Rush Limbaugh would have been in the above photo, but couldn’t make the meeting. No matter — not long after the WH meeting, and a week after Limbaugh mocked a man for having Parkinson’s, the president sat down with the right-wing talk-show host for an interview.

As for the gang in the photo, Nico did a nice job explaining at the time exactly how “mainstream” the president’s friends are.

* Sean Hannity (”aking sure Nancy Pelosi doesn’t become the speaker” is “worth … dying for“)

* Neal Boortz (Islam is a “deadly virus“)

* Laura Ingraham (Sens. Biden and Boxer are “on the side of” Kim Jong-Il)

* Mike Gallagher (Gore and Hitler “brilliantly put together side by side” in campaign video) (He later called on the government to “round up” several left-leaning voices, including Keith Olbermann, label them “traitors,” and have them sent to “detention camps.”)

* Michael Medved (”<T>he subject of my conversation with the president of the United States” was that Islam has “a special violence problem.”)

Amanda and Melissa find themselves today with their jobs on the line because some conservatives were offended by a handful of their blog posts, written long before they had any association with any campaign. In the meantime, on the other side of the aisle, there is literally nothing a right-right hate-monger can say to reach pariah status in American society.

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[AndyA]

1. You know what? I say screw the conservatives and their phony indignation!

F*CK THEM!

They are all lying sacks of shit.

They steal, cheat on their spouses, judge others, and then act all upset and offended over any little thing someone they view as "liberal" does.

Well you know what? GET THE F*CK OVER IT. You people ARE the problem. And every last one of you is a hypocrit. The Bible says you are NOT TO JUDGE OTHERS, yet you do it anyway.

So we have conservatives like Rush Limpballs making fun of a man with Parkinson's Disease. NICE, I'm sure your God is proud of you for that one.

And Newt Gingrich, screwing another woman while his wife is in the hospital DYING OF CANCER. Hell is reserving a special place for you, Newt.

All of you phony conservatives can take your pseudo righteous indignation and shove it up your A$$E$ because none of you are what you think you are.

(Why isn't there a middle finger extended smilie on DU?!?!?!?!?!)

[TankLV]

2. Yep - but "I.O.K.I.Y.A.A.R...."