The Great Imbalance

A poster/commenter over at TalkLeft wrote this about the double standard to which Hillary Clinton is held and to which Obama is given a pass by the bloggers and media:

Another Antidote to the Hate (5.00 / 5) (#25)
by BDB on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 05:06:26 PM EST
Vastleft on Corrente, who recently endorsed Clinton after Edwards dropped out, explains why he hates Hillary Clinton. Among the reasons:
Because she's so old, and the Baby Boomers ruined everything. Youth voting is inspiring. Older voters? Ho-hum.
Because she thinks the progressive fights of the 1960s and 1990s are still worth fighting

Because her campaign is focused on energizing Democrats instead of those all-important Independents and repentant Republicans (in case there are any)

Because her husband ran on that awful, triangulating "third way," unlike Obama's awesome triangulating post-partisanship

Because she's too much like a Republican, and not in some undefinable awesome way that appeals to Republicans but is really incredibly progressive

Because she supported the war since the beginning, while Obama was gracious enough to wait until he was in the Senate to support the war

We can only hope that reason prevails.