That's what I believe.
There are really only two possibilities, as I see it. Either:
They are so consumed by their ideology that they can't even see how silly they look, they are blind to their own blatant, obvious, glaring hypocrisy (made more galling by their tendency to play up even the most tenuously established hypocrisy on the part of any Republican or Conservative), or...
They are actually aware of their double standard but don't care how obvious it is, secure in their belief that they can put it over on their stupid sheep-like readers; implicit in this possibility is the belief that they can control the narrative by simply ignoring their critics when they point out the obvious.
I can't picture a third possibility.
#2
tendency to play up even the most tenuously established hypocrisy on the part of any Republican or Conservative
They do this because they know we value the concept of core principles.
I think they understand, fully, that whatever principles they mouth really aren’t principles, but excuses to get their agenda advanced.
How about they don't care about a rhetorical victory when they are winning the real victories?
They just don't care about what you care about. Ever.
And they are winning the real game on the ground.
/johnny