Life is Beautiful!

Yes, life is beautiful, when you are a Democrat. Mostly because the rules that apply to other people just don't apply to you. John Edwards has been caught in a hotel with his mistress and love child, yet all the MSM outlets have totally censored any reporting of the story. The LA Times went so far as to tell their bloggers not to blog about the story, and offered to help them with other stories that would be acceptable to report on (presumably involving Republicans). Apparently John Edwards, former Democratic candidate for President and front runner for possible VP nomination, being caught with his pants down, is not a story worth mentioning, despite the fact that Edwards himself said that character and fidelity were important issues that candidates should be judged on. Of course this preferential treatment for Democrats is nothing new.  John Murtha was caught on FBI video negotiating the details of how to pay him a bribe. He's still in Congress more than two decades later. Jefferson in La. was caught with a hundred grand of FBI money in his freezer, he's still in Congress. Teddy Kennedy drowned a girl, that didn't affect his career with the Democrats. When the former Governor of Missouri died a few years ago, he was still allowed to run for office and win, with the seat going to his wife. This despite the fact that the election rules clearly require a candidate to be a resident to be eligible, and being dead he clearly was not residing anywhere. Frank Lautenberg was allowed to have his name replace a fellow Democrat who was projected to lose his Senate seat, even thought the deadline for changes had passed. No, as a Democrat the rules don't apply, and the media doesn't care. Do the Republicans get the same treatment? Hardly. The slightest hint of a scandal sends the media into a feeding frenzy. The Republican party will immediately drop all support and try to push out of office the tainted candidate as quickly as possible. Tom Delay was pushed out of office when a political hack DA brought forth trumped up charges against him (as he did against other Republicans in the past), charges that have still not resulted in prosecution, and will eventually be dropped like the other bogus charges that DA filed in the past.  Mark Foley dropped out of the race when accused of sending inappropriate emails to a (over 21) former page, and Republicans were prohibited from replacing his name on the ballot, in a direct contrast to Lautenberg. Of course, Barney Frank has done far more than send emails, and he is still in Congress. The lesson is quite clear, if you want to go into politics, and are anything but squeaky clean in every aspect of your life, you'd better be a Democrat. Then it's let the good times roll!