Hats Off to Kirsten Powers!

"The truth hurts," writes liberal Kirsten Powers in her second article condemning the professional left for its selective—she calls it 'fake'—war against media misogyny following the Sandra Fluke-Rush Limbaugh kerfuffle.

Members of the professional left reacted with outrage to my column this week calling them out for their fake war against media misogyny. Instead of addressing the encyclopedia of left-wing misogyny I raised, many liberals chose instead to start a ferocious battle with all manner of straw men.

In her articles, Powers names liberal names—Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Matt Taibbi, Ed Schultz—and documents specific incidents, asking,

...if Limbaugh's actions demand a boycott—and they do—then what about the army of swine on the left?

Powers has no patience with fellow liberals who operate by such a blatant double-standard.

If the left reacted with the same furor to liberal misogyny as they have reacted to Limbaugh, misogynist cracks would go the way of racist and anti-gay “jokes.” Let’s just call a spade a spade: the uproar over Limbaugh is only because it fits into the Democratic narrative that the GOP is “anti-woman.” It’s Democratic Party activism dressed up as feminism.

In an painful-to-watch video posted to YouTube today, Democratic congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee and Jan Schakowsky—who both blasted Limbaugh for his behavior—repeatedly refuse to condemn Bill Maher calling Gov. Sara Palin a "c--t" and a "dumb twat." Why is this so difficult?

She doesn't let President Obama off the hook either.

President Obama has seen fit to wade into the Limbaugh kerfuffle, even telling reporters Tuesday that Limbaugh’s behavior was an attack on everyone’s daughter and “I do not want them attacked or called horrible names.” Speaking of daughters, do you remember when Bill Maher said that the real name of then-20-year-old Bristol Palin’s book should be “Whoops, There’s a Dick in Me?”

Liberals have demanded that GOP leaders denounce Limbaugh, but President Obama, who has opined repeatedly on the Limbaugh controversy, refuses to denounce Maher. This despite the fact that Maher has made a high-profile $1 million donation to Obama's super PAC, which is run by longtime Obama aide Bill Burton.

Hats off to Powers for her honesty and fortitude!