How Dare You Treat Me Like We Treat You!

Based on the whining by the McCain campaign and conservatives they are not happy with the media and Democrats commenting on the types of stories that the GOP used to feast over.

One only has to look at the commotion made over John Edwards' $400 haircut paid for by his campaign and the $150,000 the Republican Party paid to dress up Gov. Sarah Palin.

To Republicans discussing $150,000 is bad because there is so many other things going on, yet they had no plans laughing about the $400 haircut or John Kerry's windsurfing. So focusing on windsurfing is of the utmost importance but talking about $150,000 is bad journalism.

Unfortunately the GOP excels at this type of double standard. If the Democratic Party spent $150,000 on Barrack Obama's clothing would Elizabeth Hasselback be criticizing him?

But the GOP thrives on double standards. Over and over this year the McCain team has made dubious claims that probably win votes because the media won't go after McCain. But to those on the right, the media's role is not to report the news but to promote conservative news, just like Fox News.

Just look at the "Joe the Plumber" story. Originally a YouTube story that went mainstream when McCain pedaled his story during a debate. To conservatives, actually checking out the story was awful. Finding out that there were a lot of holes in his story and, if anything, the story supported Obama.

Yet the mere fact that the media uncovered that Joe would do better under a Obama administration was horrible to the McCain and their crowds who took in the story, hook line and sinker.

The morale of the story? Republicans expect and demand special, and unequal, treatment.