Imagine if a Republican...

President and the Press Secretary openly mocked a private citizen. Just imagine if Tony Snow or Ari Fleischer went in front of the press and mocked Chris Matthews or any one private citizen not in government. The media would be calling for the press secretary's resignation. Would be calling for Bush's impeachment. The talking points would all be about how childish the Bush's administration is. But of course if Robert Gibbs openly mocks Sarah Palin, who is a private citizen now. She isn't even elected as a dog catcher any where right now. She isn't running for anything at the moment. She is just a private citizen who the President is so afraid of he is having his press secretary mock her in front of the press.

At yesterday's daily briefing, the White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs said he also had written some things down on his hand. Breaking off from a question on health care reform, he said he planned to make pancakes for his son if the snow in Washington continued. "I wrote 'eggs', 'milk', 'bread', but I crossed out 'bread.' Then I wrote down 'hope' and 'change', in case I forgot."

But when you are one of the elitists you get special treatment.