Those Crude Democrats

I just heard that Don Imus referred to Senator Clinton as a “fat buck-toothed crook introducing her rapist husband….” at the convention. (I don’t have a link, so it may be wrong.)

When asked to respond, Steve Schmidt of the Bush campaign said, “… there was a great deal of extreme venom and vitriol that spewed forth.”

Oh wait. That was about Whoopie Goldberg at a private fundraiser. This Imus comment only went out to tens of millions of people both on radio and television. It was just entertainment for the folks. Whoopie, on the other hand, made a lewd joke in front of Democratic partisans about Bush’s name (which, by the way, was hardly original — I had a bumper sticker that said “lick Bush in 88”)

Now, both Kerry and Edwards appeared on Imus yesterday, apparently. But then, they don’t tend to go around snuffling and whining every time somebody says something rude. That’s the specialty of little old lady quilting circle of the Bush administration.