Rick Sanchez asked yesterday what would conservatives reactions be if someone called Laura Bush or John McCain’s wife a bitch. He misses the whole point there, these women are not candidates so that comparison isn’t valid. Like you say, where’s the other side’s outrage when the conservative side is called names or worse.
As for being offended - I am offended that someone such as Rich Sanchez who has killed a man while joyriding drunk - moralizes on CNN. There is no comparison between saying a bad word and killing a person.