[mburbank]

So, lets see. Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader and most senior elected Democrat publicly criticized him and asked him to resign his leadership post.

He was 'dragged through the mud' by

The Washington Post
The Washington Times
The National Review (liberal jewish press)
B'nai Brith (Major jewish charity organization)
The Jewish community council of Washington (calling him reprehensible and anti-semitic)
Washington Jewish week
The Jewish council called his apology 'inaddequatte'
Jewish leadership of his hoke state told him to resign

And this is all found with the most minimal research. It goes on and on, and I deliberatley excluded the through lashing he got from the conservative press, which is euqally extensive.

Vince asks: "Why do the liberals in the world today get those free passes that conservatives can’t even seem to find, let alone get a hand on? Why should liberals have protection from what they say, while conservatives are the first to get hammered if they say something that may be taken out of context?"

If what Moran got constitutes a ‘free pass’, I don’t want one. But Vinces Amoebic argument has now morphed. It’s become direct comparison of Moran’s censure, vs. Lotts. His argument is now "How come if you’re conservative, your punishment is pretty much the same but you get more cristicism for saying something awful?" This in itself is debatable, but it’s pretty weak argument in any case and very whiny.


Keep in mind, neither resigned their post, just their leadership positions. And Trent Lott was Speaker of the House, third most senior elected Republican official, in line for the Presidency!
The difference in media attention was exactly equal to their level of power. This is why Vince gets no media attention at all for being a bonehead, because he doesn’t register on anyone’s radar.