"Gee, I never heard any such comment when Republicans are accused of illegal acts..."

The He** you didn't! I, for one, assert the same rules for everyone.

This attitude of "we poor Republicans get judged by different standards" is getting mighty old & worn, Bruce.

In case you haven't kept a log, for years now most of the serious scandals, cheating, intimidation cases and outright meanness has BEEN about Republicans....from Newt and Tom DeLay and various CEOs, right down to unnamed thugs who manipulated Florida in 2000....and the slimy idiots trying to lie, scare & intimidate with flyers telling Democrats to vote on the 5th, and telling students why they can't or shouldn't try to vote where they go to school! Those are **REPUBLICAN** tactics!

The list of Democrats is a hell of a lot shorter, and I and others have condemned them when they were noted!

You really do need a new form of argument.....but old habits die hard.