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The Double Standard, Again.


WASHINGTON (AP) -(Via KOMO) [1] A former aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was in federal custody after being arrested on a charge of attempting to sexually exploit a minor.

James Michael McHaney was fired Friday from his job as a scheduler for Cantwell, hours after he was arrested by FBI agents. The FBI said in court papers that McHaney is accused of trying to set up a meeting with a witness posing online as a teenage boy.

McHaney, who appeared in federal court on Saturday, was being held without bond pending a court hearing on Wednesday, said Channing Phillips, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.

Hmmm.

Surber [2] (Via Memeorandum)

Cantwell has no party when an aide is arrested, but had one when she went to Cambodia.

Alicia Mundy of the Seattle Times filed a dispatch on an aide of Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state being arrested on pedophile-related charges — after the Smoking Gun [3] broke the story. In 296 words, Mundy never mentioned Cantwell’s party, although in the final paragraph she hinted that the aide might be a Democrat.

You wouldn’t expect them not to dodge that point, would you Don?

No matter how this can be sliced, the double standard [4] has been well established over the years.  This is merely one more example of such.

And note the wording in the AP story I linked:

A former aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was in federal custody after being arrested on a charge of attempting to sexually exploit a minor.

The guy was on a lunch break from Cantwell’s office when arrested.  Miswording it to create a little separation and cover for the Democrat?

And they wonder why the press isn’t trusted, anymore.

Oh… another conenction, from Redstate [5]:

Hey, this guy was John Kerry’s travel coordinator in 2004. Imagine the fun he probably had on the road!

No, thanks. I think I’d rather not.

Memeorandum has a pretty good list of reax.