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The press has a double-standard on topics like this. When a Democrat
candidate stumbles, the press NEVER seems to expect that any other
Democratic candidate have to "answer for the whole party." 

And is the stumble personal, political, national or in this case cultural? Is it inadvertent or is it deliberate? A political figure can have an affair (personal) or sell favors (political) and none is going to pin the blame on the party. Doesn't matter of Dem or GOP, you'll have plenty of examples on both sides.
But when you have a loose cannon like Trump, start spouting racist and anti immigrant drivel (and remember he is running for POTUS), what does to the GOP herd or specifically to Jeb Bush, who said that he would rather lose a primary than lose the general election. Eisenhower got criticized for giving up his personal convictions, when he failed to defend his mentor, George C.Marshall, against attacks by Joseph McCarthy during his presidential campaign. and while anti-immigrant and racist sentiments still prevails, it's not exactly popular in this day and age.
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Hillary Clinton has had almost innumerable scandals follow her into her
Presidential campaign. Both in 2012 and even more so in 2014. Is anyone
expecting Bernie Sanders or any other Democrat candidate (I heard
another joined up yesterday but I can't recall who it is at the moment)
to immediately denounce her shenanigans? Or are they simply waiting for a
more opportune moment later in the campaign?)

Scandals for the Clintons:
White Water - Three separate inquiries found insufficient evidence linking them with the criminal conduct of others related to the land deal
Travelgate - In 2000, Independent Counsel [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ray_%28prosecutor%29]Robert Ray
issued his final report on Travelgate. He sought no charges against
her, saying that she had made factually false statements but there was
insufficient evidence her statements were either knowingly false or that
she understood that her statements led to the firings.
Filegate - On November 19, 1998, Independent Counsel Starr testified before the House Judiciary Committee in connection with the Impeachment of Bill Clinton
over charges related to the Lewinsky scandal. Here, for the first time,
Starr exonerated both President Clinton and the First Lady of
complicity in the FBI files matter, saying "while there are outstanding
issues that we are attempting to resolve with respect to one individual
[we] found no evidence that anyone higher [than Livingstone or Marceca]
was in any way involved in ordering the files from the FBI. Second, we
have found no evidence that information contained in the files of former
officials was used for an improper purpose."
Monica Lewinski - In this case, HRC is the aggrieved party.
Benghazi - When is the committee going to wrap up it's investigation again?
The server affair - Yes, I will admit it. HRC committed a a violation of the federal act requiring that all records of her time in the State Department be placed in the Federal government. The severity? Right now, it's "de minimis"
So I am most willing to denounce her flouting the rule that lesser mortals in the federal government have to abide by.

Unfortunately, they have yet to learn that the rules are different for
them and they are held to a MUCH more demanding standard from the press
and the media than Democrats. As anyone who has posted in this thread so
far proves, since you have taken that standard as well.

I demand a higher standard for anyone running for the highest office in the land. If someone kills 9 people in a church in the name of white supremacy, where do you stand? If a fellow candidate spouts bigotry, where do you stand? For all of them, I'd ask how ethical a government do you plan to run? What policies do you endorse? Who would benefit the most?

The Republicans are definitely living up to their reputation as "the stupid party" as they always seem to do.

The crazy thing is Jindal is not following his own advice. Which is even stupider.
 
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