double standards

We all know the media have double standards when it comes to conservatives and liberals/Republicans and Democrats. The double standards are everywhere. And they always seem to favor the liberals. Here's just a few examples.

Double standard #1 - Religion and Politics

Obama can talk about how his Christian faith leads him to believe that the rich should be taxed more and the poor should be taxed less (besides the fact that he's completely twisting what the passage means).
Watch the video here.
If that's what he believes, that's fine. If he wants to base his tax plan on the Bible, go ahead (again, that's not what that passage is referring to, in the least). I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the Constitution that says he can't.

The problem here - the double standard - is when a Republican candidate (currently Gingrich, Paul, Romney and Santorum) bases his political views upon the Bible (or the Book of Mormon), he gets shut down.

So it's perfectly fine for Obama to talk about how his Christian faith affects the implementation of his tax laws. The problem - God forbid a Republican presidential nominee speak a word about how the Bible/religious affiliation affects their political decisions.  We would never want to usher a man into the White House with religious convictions - but wait! We already have one! So are we leaving religion at the gate of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or not?
 

Double standard #2 - The media's defending of the Left

We all know the media are liberal (besides FoxNews). We all know they're going to defend the Left - which is not what journalists are instructed to do. Journalists are instructed - from day one - to be objective. To not have an opinion. How do I know this? I have a degree in Journalism. For years I was told I couldn't have an opinion - that journalists only report the facts.

So let's look at a recent example. I'm sure most of you have seen it, but just to reiterate...

This is one of Santorum's biggest supporters (through a SuperPAC). The media have been alllll over, not really Friess, as much as they have been Santorum!
God forbid a supporter say something off color. Santorum can't keep tabs on every supporter and what they say. Nor should he have to. That's absurd to even expect he might be able to. He has hundreds and thousands of supporters.
So anyways. They liberal media begin to take shots at Santorum. Big shocker there.
They ask him how he could let something like this happen?

Santorum answers the question beautifully! You can watch the video here. His response is in the first 2 and 1/2 ish minutes.

In addition to answering the question as to why he should not be responsible for the true (but crude) remarks of Mr. Friess, he also points out the double standard - that the liberal media stand up for Obama!
They're disgusting.

Double Standard #3 - The race card

Recently Congressman Allen West (R) made a hugely controversial statement about how the Republicans favor the African American race more than the Democratic Party does in that the Republicans want to stop handouts. The Democratic Party, the party of handouts, will keep the poor enslaved to the government. West calls out the Democratic Party out in enabling the most insidious form of slavery in the world today.

So this was controversial, right?

Here's the double standard. Can you imagine if a White Republican said this?