Thats Democrats/Liberals for you, not only double standard, but, double minded, and mentally disturbed.
There must be some professional term for this continued practice of extending to others that which best explains ourselves.
I remember a Sociology class 4 decades ago where we discussed the thought - "We dislike in others, what we hate in ourselves"
Whenever we observe liberals making charges, we quickly know it is the pot calling the kettle black. When democrats trumped up phony National Guard charges against a standing president, was it not because they could not swallow the fact that their candidate had a terrible military record, a man that was such a coward that he sought phony medals just to save his hide?
I suspect it relates to their world view. Most liberals can not accept their morbid selfish nature. Their motto is: "What's in it for me!" John Kerry was their poster boy
The conservative is more often the one that will reach into his personal pocket and help someone in need, while also helping them find a way out. The liberal will use their influence to reach into your pocket, dragging money through a bureaucratic process resulting in a fraction of the original funds reaching in the initial intended target.
The conservative understands that they have a responsibility, before God, to consider others better than themselves. The liberal sees everything through a mirror of their own reflection.
Could it be that many of the loudest Democrats are truly Narcistic - Narcissistic Personality Disorder American Description Diagnostic Criteria A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
Internet Mental Health definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
How many spot-light loving liberals does that definition describe?