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Geeee... It didn't take the media to jump on allegations made against Arnold Schwarzenegger?!?!? Oh wait that's because he ahs a (R) by his name.

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Gee. . . It didn't take the media this long to jump on allegations made against Arnold Schwarzenegger?!?!? Oh wait that's because he ahs a (R) by his name.

$10 bucks says that the media treats Kerry's campaign with kid gloves over this whole issue. While of course if he was a Republican, they'd drag every crazy chick out of the woodshed with two bad words to say about him.

double standard?! what double standard?!

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In the Arnold case, they waited until 5 days before the election (optimal time for maximum damage) to 'discover' news that was reported 3 years prior and to a large extent debunked 2 years prior... Anything like that on a Democrat is given the usual treatment:

1. Ignored (it's not news if we dont report it)
2. Dismissed as 'allegations'(duh, the truth can be called an 'allegation' if you dont bother fact-checking it).
2b. They try to spin it positively (wait for the DNC fax before making any news items).
3. called "old news, we heard it before" (it was in a right-wing newsletter with a circulation of 50 so we dont need to cover it)
4. "these are right-wing attacks" (we cant refute them but we can demonize anyone who dares mention them)
5. "let's move on" (please let's get back to who can socialize this country faster)