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*giggles*
If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the
individual you're "reckless."
If you're a Republican who doesn't fully vet, you're a "maverick."
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If you are a liberal and your unwed daughter gets pregnant, it's "immoral".
If you are a conservative, it's called "family values".
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If you are a Democrat and the media digs into your past and prints it,
it is called "good journalism and getting to the truth".
If you are a Republican and they do the same thing, it is called a
"smear campaign"
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If you have studied international affairs for several decades, you're
"inexperienced at foreign affairs".
If you live in a state that is geographically near a foreign country,
you have "foreign policy expertise"
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If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, left your
disfigured wife, and married the heiress the next month, you're a
Christian.
If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years and raised 2
beautiful daughters, you're "risky".
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If you spend 18 months building a campaign around the theme of "Change,"
it's just "empty rhetoric."
If one week before your party's national convention you SUDDENLY make
your candidacy about "Change," that's "red meat."
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If you're black and never served in the military, but fight for veterans
benefits and were right in predicting the disastrous Iraq war would be a
mistake, you don't care about the troops.
If you're a white former POW and spend 26 years in the Senate while voting
against virtually every bill put forward to help veterans, and want to
stay in Iraq indefinitely, you're a hero.
individual you're "reckless."
If you're a Republican who doesn't fully vet, you're a "maverick."
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If you are a liberal and your unwed daughter gets pregnant, it's "immoral".
If you are a conservative, it's called "family values".
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If you are a Democrat and the media digs into your past and prints it,
it is called "good journalism and getting to the truth".
If you are a Republican and they do the same thing, it is called a
"smear campaign"
-------
If you have studied international affairs for several decades, you're
"inexperienced at foreign affairs".
If you live in a state that is geographically near a foreign country,
you have "foreign policy expertise"
------
If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, left your
disfigured wife, and married the heiress the next month, you're a
Christian.
If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years and raised 2
beautiful daughters, you're "risky".
----
If you spend 18 months building a campaign around the theme of "Change,"
it's just "empty rhetoric."
If one week before your party's national convention you SUDDENLY make
your candidacy about "Change," that's "red meat."
------
If you're black and never served in the military, but fight for veterans
benefits and were right in predicting the disastrous Iraq war would be a
mistake, you don't care about the troops.
If you're a white former POW and spend 26 years in the Senate while voting
against virtually every bill put forward to help veterans, and want to
stay in Iraq indefinitely, you're a hero.