<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[EMAIL OF THE&nbsp;DAY]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I could care less if Bennett gambled, it is the response from the commentariat and blogosphere I find interesting.  Every political scandal is subject to the &#8220;shoe on the other foot&#8221; test.  Ask yourself: If this was a prominent liberal discovered to have lost $8 million gambling (say, Jesse Jackson), what would the folks at the Weekly Standard and National Review be writing?<br />Yeah, I gotta say this one fails the &#8220;shoe on the other foot&#8221; test pretty strongly.&#8221; &#8211; more feedback, including a first-hand account of the charm of Jayson Blair, on the <a href="letters.php" target="_blank">Letters Page</a>.</p>
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