The Left Wing Media Double Standard---Again

Like shooting fish in a barrel, this media bias work:

First of all let's rate the relative outrages. Coulter called Edwards a derogatory name equating him to a man that likes homosexual sex, a name that is tinged with the cultural meaning of not being a "real" man, being an effete, and a weakling. OK, inappropriate in serious policy discussion, sure. But is it a hanging offense? Hardly.

Bill Maher, on the other hand, basically called for the assassination of a sitting American vice president! Of the two Maher's comments are by far the more egregious.

Coulter's comment is intemperate, childish, lowbrow, even frat house-like for its part, but it was just a derogatory name in the end. Maher wants people KILLED, for Heaven's sake. But is the left cranking up the water-works and crying for his head on a platter? The big question is, where are all the MSM talking heads calling for Democrats to immediately distance themselves from his immoral behavior? In fact, where have they ever been for denouncing Maher's ignorance? Since the 2000 election Maher has been just as caught up in the need for notice that Coulter is in the grips of with his every appearance seemingly geared to showcase an ever increasing intemperance, a wild eyed shrillness, and is filled with unstable verbiage.

Calling someone a name and calling for their assassination are on utterly different moral planes. That by no means excuses Coulter's boorishness, which is why you won't find many conservatives defending her or keeping their mouths shut about her this week.

The silence is deafening on the Left regarding Maher's latest outrage, however.

There is a big difference between conservatives and liberals. For conservatives, outrageous speech gets you a seat at the kiddie table. For liberals, it earns you a seat at the head table, as Michael Moore and Bill Maher have shown.

Seen Mel Gibson at any conservative fundraisers lately?

You won't see Ann Coulter invited to these anymore either.

Meanwhile, the more Bill Maher and his Lefty buddies idly speculate about the joys of Dick Cheney being murdered, the more A-list invites they'll get.