The Other Bubble

With the recent Times Square bombing attempt being resolved by the capture of a guy named Faisal something,  politicos in Manhattan must be chagrined.  First, a runt named Bloomberg allowed that the perp was probably a right-wing nut job who disliked Obamacare.  This was followed by some New York Congressman with similar instant accusations against conservative stereotypes.  It's a familiar theme.  Connect conservatives to any heinous act whether there's a scintilla of fact about the accusation or not.  Who cares?  The media won't hold them to account: in fact, media will enable and encourage that type of talk.  Recall Clinton's blaming Rush Limbaugh for the Oklahoma City bombing?  It turned out that guy had Al Gore's books in is cabin.

These folks live in their own world; a bubble within which like-minded folks stereotype conservatives - conduct prohibited to others such as police officers - much as Obama did at that San Francisco dinner party when he referred to Pennsylvania conservatives as consoling themselves with rifles and bibles.  It's okay to stereotype conservative white males but nobody else.  Try to make a comment about Obama eating watermelon, Bloomberg charging usurious interest or that people named Faisal should be suspect at airport security and Voila!  You're a racist; a Nazi or worse.

Talk about double standards or, perhaps, no standards at all.