This morning I heard a radio report in which they quoted some Mississippi guy who had at one time hired "KC the Ricin Jerk" as an Elvis impersonator, identifying the guy that did the hiring as a "Republican," but....not so amazingly, FAILED to identify KC the Ricin jerk as a Democrat, even though "KC" calls himself a Democrat on his facebook,and expresses viewpoints in harmony with the Dems.
So "Republican" gets associated with the story, but "Democrat" does not. And the journalists are stupid enough to wonder why they are not respected liked by conservative Republicans.