http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqFIb0uVZrs
Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California: "I think the Tea Party should go straight to hell!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svoKsej0Cuk
Governor Paul LePage of Maine: "You are going to see a lot of headlines saying: 'Governor LePage says to President: "Obama, Go to Hell" ' ".
What is the difference between the two?
The rhetoric is heated, no question about it.
The use of profanity from our public officials is unacceptable.
Yet Governor Paul LePage got a lot of heat from the media in his home state, while Maxine Waters got softballs from the national media markets.
Congresswoman Waters holds a federal office, so naturally she would get more attention from national markets.
However, because LePage is white, and Waters is black, she gets the easy pat-on-the-back, while Governor LePage gets hell for saying "hell".
I do not condone our politicians using foul language -- it's a distraction.
Still, the double standard of shaming the "white man" and bypassing the "black man" is a rank offense to our politicians and our citizens.
We should honor every member of our Congress, as well as every governor in the union, and we should expect them to honor their office and their constituents. But this black-white double standard must stop.
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