Kind of makes me wonder about biases too

Hub Blog highlights today's Tea Party Rally at the Boston Common and how it's a double standard for the media to ignore the anti-Iraq War protests while covering the Tea Party rally like the minutiae of the Bay City Rollers ca. 1978.

I'll give Hub Blog my answer to his question.  It's a long one, so bear with me.

Dubya was President in 2003.  Most on the left thought that the reason for the Iraq War was because he wanted to avenge his father's Gulf War Invasion of 1991 - the one Bush Sr. didn't finish and let Saddam Hussein and his sons continue their bloodthirsty rule.  There were also rumors that Saddam tried to kill Bush Sr. - which motivated Dubya even more.  The press dared not name-check the anti-war movement's principals (some of whom were pretty hard-left outfits who supported Saddam - a Stalinist cult of personality that the hard left adored with a passion) because it would mean limited access to interviews and giving free publicity to leftist hardliners in America would cause serious repercussions from more conservative corners - including curtailing circulation and cramping ratings.  So the media barely touched on the rigid dogma of the people sponsoring these anti-war rallies for fear that broadcasting who they really were would garner threats and shut off access.

Now the inverse is occuring.  Obama is now president, and although he's nowhere near a Stalinist, the left adores him to the point of fanatical zeal, i.e. the king shall not be smeared, he is infalliable, and his word is gospel; anyone who challenges it is a heretic and must be silenced.  Enter Sarah Palin, who not only mentions the Emperor wears no clothes, but takes pure glee in mentioning that Obama wants to turn America into Europe - long the American left's dream - and it must be stopped.  The left has always been jealous of American exceptionalism - that instead of the world twirling around European and Asian axes, Americans manage to do quite well without a huge nanny state or VAT taxes and the corrupt politicians that fawn over them.

Not only that, Sarah Palin is very much plain spoken.  She is astringent and much like the light that vampires don't want to see when the sun rises.  Sarah Palin is not one you want to mess with and it would be better to put your bare hands on a 12.5kV Amtrak catenary wire than try to .  The critics know this and fear that she will put them in her sights and destroy their dreams.  Fear begets irrational reaction, and the air fills with shouts of "teabagger" and references to Hitler.  Hence, this is also why the press is looking over the Tea Party movement with a fine tooth comb and why she's the target of their ridicule and scorn.  Anyone who is fully and rigidly invested in the plan to transform America into Europe West fears Sarah Palin, her charisma and her ability to persuade - and for her to win means a long-standing defeat.

Albert Einstein had this wonderful quote that's pertinent to this day: "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."  It would be wise for both parties to take heed of it and understand what it means - maybe even the Tea Party movement.