Paul Krugman on why "reporters" only attack Dems

Because they can get away with maligning Dems, who are the true Christians, while rethugs are vicious, monstrous subhumans with small penises that will destroy you if you cross them. Well, not the penises, they're much too tiny.

The Republican ability to get journalists to harp endlessly on supposed character flaws of Democrats, while their own candidates get a free pass:

It’s a result of asymmetrical intimidation. Quite simply, if you point out character flaws in a conservative, there will be an all-out effort, involving major media as well as blogs and talk radio, to discredit and ruin you, personally. This just doesn’t happen on the other side.

So journalists feel that it’s safe to ridicule Democrats, even if the supposed character-defining episode never happened; they choke up and shy away when it comes to Republicans. That’s why even the most grotesque stuff, like Giuliani’s claim that he’s a rescue worker too, or Romney’s remark that his sons are serving the country by helping him become president, doesn’t get picked up.

Or that Fred Thompson was once found naked in a Beverly Hills pool with a shaved goat and two young boys. Vince Foster, meanwhile, after he helped Al Gore invent the internet and before he was murdered by Hillary in a lesbian rage, helped plan the September 11th attacks. The more you know.