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RAMESH PONNURU SAYS HARRY REID IS NO TRENT LOTT. UPDATE: Reader John Torbett writes: While pe?

By Glenn Reynolds

RAMESH PONNURU SAYS HARRY REID IS NO TRENT LOTT.

UPDATE: Reader John Torbett writes:

While people seem intent on comparing Reid’s statement to Trent Lott’s, I think a better analogy would be Rush Limbaugh’s comment about the press several years ago. When Rush stated that the press had built up Donovan McNabb as a great quarterback because they wanted to see a black quarterback succeed, he was obviously commenting on the political correctness endemic to the main stream media. Limbaugh explained that McNabb was an average quarterback who had benefitted in previous years from the Eagles’ dominating defense (which was no longer dominant). Yet, liberals claimed that it was a racist statement against McNabb. As recently as last fall Democrats were mis-characterizing that statement in order to undermine Limbaugh’s bid to buy the St. Louis Rams. Now, Democrats can appreciate that Reid was merely expressing his perception of the American people’s tolerance for a black political leader and the characteristics that he believes a black man must have in order to appeal to the American electorate. It seems that they can see nuance when the offender is a Democrat, but they scream racism when it is a conservative.

There does seem to be a double standard, doesn’t there?

ANOTHER UPDATE: Comparing Harry Reid and Geraldine Ferraro.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 11, 2010 (boomark / email).