The rule is that liberals can say or do any damn thing, no matter how inane or absurd, and will not be called out on it by anyone.
On the other hand, conservatives are held to impossible standards. Example, liberals saying that Marco Rubio’s political career is shattered because he to a drink of water during the State of the Union response speech. Does anyone believe that any liberal would have been so criticized for drinking water?????
Of course not! They'd say their throat was parched from the glow-bull war-pig!
Case in point. Look at the bags under Hagel’s eyes. It takes years of hard drinking to get those, but he is to be the head of our national defense forces.