I agree about avoiding double standards, and some on FR appear to apply them. But I believe you obscuring your valid point -- that a candidate's past matters somewhat -- with your unmistakeable glee at the tarring of the person largely blamed for McClintock's not winning more GOP support in the recall race.
If your tone were more sober, if you at least acknowledged that the timing and, at least in part, the content of these smears are suspect, it'd go a long way towards civil discourse. But if you post smarm and sarcasm, it doesn't; it reveals only bitterness instead.
I prefer to think of it as wit with a dash of humor. I can't help it. I'm Irish. I can no more leave my sense of humor at home than I can leave behind my good looks.