There are so many examples of it going on right now, I can't even count them all.  Of course most people are attacking various left wing bloggers and media sources for going after the child of a candidate.  Isn't there some sort of unwritten rule that we leave the kids of candidates alone?  John McCain would never do that after all!  Well... except when he did do it... when he told this joke about Chelsea Clinton at a Republican fundraiser.  I won't repeat the joke here because it is just that stupid, ugly and demeaning, though you can read it by following the link if you need to.

Because nothing says class like insulting the 13 year old daughter (at the time) of a sitting President.  As I've said many times before, Republicans and Democrats are barely any different than each other.  And just like they both stand for big government, they both have no moral high ground to cling to... and that includes John McCain.  Both parties believe the same thing... that when it's "our guy" being insulted it is wrong, cowardly and should be stopped, but when it's "their guy"... well... then there's a good and valid reason for it!

Of course, this in no way justifies the attacks on Sarah Palin's daughters.  But at the same time, Republicans should hardly be patting themselves on the back as being above it all.  They're just as dirty as the rest.

Via Reason.