Imagine if a Republican...

If a Republican had made the statement Harry Reid made do you think this would be true?

The controversy over Harry Reid's crack about Barack Obama's lack of a "Negro dialect" is apparently over, at least according to the broadcast networks. Although the story only broke Saturday afternoon, the last network news story aired Tuesday night on Nightline.

An MRC analysis found that from Saturday to Tuesday the networks ran a combined 37 items on Reid's "Negro" remark, including interviews and panel discussions. Broadcast opinions were heavily skewed in Reid's favor: 71% of interview guests, soundbites or quoted sources were supportive of the Democrat, vs. 29% who were critical of Reid.

If a Republican made that comment it would be 99.9% critical.

But at least one Democrat is almost being intellectually honest.

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) broke with the party line last night saying he's not sure whether Harry Reid should resign .

For the last week, Democrats have circled around Reid (D-Nev.) after it was revealed the Senate majority leader used the terms "Negro dialect" and "light-skinned" when describing President Barack Obama's 2008 candidacy.

But Feingold says he's not sure whether Reid should keep his post.

But when Trent Lott said this country would have been better off if Strong Thurman won the Presidency in 1948 even the Republicans were critical and forced Lott to resign. Sad that you don't see anyone from the media or from the Democratic Party calling for his resignation after these racist comments.

Imagine if a Republican...

Had said this about Obama.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada described in private then-Sen. Barack Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Obama is the nation's first African-American president.

Do you think if a Republican had said the same thing about Obama he would have been let off with a simple apology? But of course all Harry Reid had to say was he deeply regretted his choice of words.

A Republican would have been called a racist on every major newspaper, magazine and cable outlet. Not only that they would have tried to portray the whole party as the party of racists. But of course when Harry Reid, or any other liberal elite, says something racist. It was just a poor choice of words.