Precisely. There is for some a double standard. (Not me). Why am I not surprised that those who support a liberal candidate will give him a pass on a fistful of issues, proclaiming him to be our salvation from terrorists, but will patently dismiss any other more conservative candidate for any alleged infraction or association with someone who has broken the rules (as if that would be avoidable for a member of Congress)?
It has reached the level of a personality cult.
To me, that has dangerous aspects. Think of historical instances where a person either seeking or who had political power had a following who would religiously ignore their failings including the use of that power to selectively uphold (or not) the law, against specific groups of people. Who paid lip service to law and order, and enforced, by edict, the law against some but broke it to protect others.
Somehow this gets distorted into courage to 'do the right thing'. It's okay because he cleaned up New York (Warsaw?), he got rid of the 'squeegee men', he was tough on crime (which only depends on what is a crime today, and for whom), who already looks on the less urbane and avant garde as an underclass.
But hey, that's all right because he will see to it the trains run on time. /sarc
The parallels are there for anyone to see, if they will look.
If someone will abuse the relatively small power of a Mayor's office, in patent defiance of the law of the land, if they will warp the law to their own twisted interpretation all the while they maintain they will uphold it, they have much in common with those we lost 3000 men a day on some days to stop. They have much in common with someone who restored a nation's pride at the expense of its soul, and ended up costing it both.
Lest we, this great nation go there, I cannot and will not vote for Giuliani.
I swear I hadn't seen this when I wrote my last post.