Irish, the big difference is that the “liberals” who made comments about Palin and Bush were chastised by major liberal figures like Claire McCaskill and Rachel Maddow. Conservatives, so far, seem to have no such leaders. As was pointed out, Romney and Santorum talk tough enough about bombing Iran, but are not tough enough to stand up to Rush Limbaugh. Rush lied about Fluke’s testimony (she never said she wanted to be paid to have sex), about the basis for his rant (Georgetown students pay for their own insurance, taxpaying perverts have no right to the sex tapes that Rush drools over), and over the nature of her testimony (read it, it’s very reasonable and rational). And the point in question — if you provide insurance, it should include contraceptive coverage — has been signed into law by Romney and Mike Huckabee, and voted for by Santorum in PA. It’s only an issue now because maybe it’ll hurt a Democrat as well as all women.
Irish, the big difference is that the “liberals” who made comments about Palin and Bush were chastised by major liberal figures like Claire McCaskill and Rachel Maddow. Conservatives, so far, seem to have no such leaders. As was pointed out, Romney and Santorum talk tough enough about bombing Iran, but are not tough enough to stand up to Rush Limbaugh. Rush lied about Fluke’s testimony (she never said she wanted to be paid to have sex), about the basis for his rant (Georgetown students pay for their own insurance, taxpaying perverts have no right to the sex tapes that Rush drools over), and over the nature of her testimony (read it, it’s very reasonable and rational). And the point in question — if you provide insurance, it should include contraceptive coverage — has been signed into law by Romney and Mike Huckabee, and voted for by Santorum in PA. It’s only an issue now because maybe it’ll hurt a Democrat as well as all women.