Why two standards for good and evil?

MySA.com | Jonathan Gurwitz:

“Invariably in politics, someone comes along to declare that his party has a monopoly on virtue while the opposition has the sin syndicate. And invariably in public discourse today, the presumption is that conservatives are dirty, rotten scoundrels while liberals are pious, incorruptible angels.”

Ed Cognoski responds:

Jonathan Gurwitz rehashes every criticism and scandal of the past quarter century. The Democratic "sins" should come as no surprise to anyone who wasn't on the dark side of the moon for that whole time. It's all there, Carter's ties to "money-laundering, terrorist-financing Bank of Credit and Commerce International", Bill Clinton's Monica Lewinsky scandal, John Edwards' $400 haircut, Bill Richardson's exaggerated Major League Baseball resume, and Barack Obama's real estate deals. None of this has exactly been swept under the rug by the media. Yet Jonathan Gurwitz brazenly claims that it's Republicans who are singled out for criticism. He ought to reread his own column for evidence that it just isn't so.

National politics is a blood sport that makes little distinction between political parties. All politicians in the public eye are fair game. Jonathan Gurwitz, playing up Republicans as victims, just took a few potshots at Democrats himself.