Double-standards gets Idiot's Elected in America.

[tannybogus]

If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a 'token hire.'
If you're a conservative and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a 'game changer.'

Black teen pregnancies? A 'crisis' in black America .
White teen pregnancies? A 'blessed event.'

If you grow up in Hawaii you're 'exotic.'
Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're the quintessential 'American story.'

Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you're 'unpatriotic.'
Name your kid Track, you're 'colorful.'

If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you're 'reckless.'
A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a 'maverick.'

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2008/09/open_line_62.aspx

I hopw the idiot's lines don't work this time!

[O.M.B.inOhio]

1. Good point.

However, you don't need an apostrophe to make a word plural. Double standards get idiots elected.

I can respect people with different philosophies, but double standards, lies, and hypocrisy are no-nos in any coherent worldview. Do the bible-thumpers ever read carefully enough to see that Jesus accepted all marginalized people and had contempt only for the rich and for hypocrites?

Final comment: Palin's pastor would be as big news as Obama's if she it weren't for that phenomenon you point out.