It's a political double standard, a gift and a curse to modern dems. Always on the right side of political and social issues but that doesn't necessarily translate to success with an ignorant and racist electorate. And as you touched on, the media plays right into the hands of the repugs by trying to assume legitimacy on both sides rather than viewing these things objectively. Which, as you said, would result in mostly negativity toward repugs (which would ultimately be best for the country and the world, and result in some much needed progress .... but I digress).


>RE: lets be honest. repubs can be dumb, blatantly fraudulent, etc.
>but their voters dont care as long as their politicians just
>continue to provide means to an ideological end. like as long
>as you still promise to shove the word of god down the
>heathens throat legislatively and keep nonwhite people in
>their place...you always have a vote.
>
>but people on the left still hold our politicians accountable
>for falling below a certain bar. we still have standards
>independent of our political self-interests. intelligence,
>honesty, compassion, etc.
>
>so theres an imbalance in the judgment criteria there.
>
>and it carries over to the media too. basically dems are
>criticized when theyre 'uncivil', they 'overreach', theyre too
>'overprepared', etc. but repubs actions are just judged by
>whether their words/actions resonate with their own political
>base or not.
>
>dems are still expected to uphold humane values. repubs are
>just expected to win.
>
>otherwise there would be nothing for the media to 'both sides'
>their horserace political coverage and provide false
>balance/equivalence. it would just be 90% negative against
>repubs (deservedly so since they are so much more extreme).