He Had No Other Answer To Offer

It seems that more is being made of the press briefing exchange between Jake Tapper and Jay Carney than was said about the strong words by Jim Hoffa.
Because, as you might expect, I listen to conservative talk shows on the radio, I was aware of the speech that Teamsters representative James Hoffa gave. Hoffa's words are unpleasant but not offensive to me, these are the type of things people not officially connected to chain of authority say. On learning of the talk given shortly before POTUS's appearance, I was simply reminded of the double standard the left is accustomed to applying when addressing 'civility'.
Yesterday there was a press conference in which Jake Tapper put some pressure on Jay Carney to to admit that a double standard exists. The examples are numerous, brought to mind is the incident where during the last campaign McCain was pressured into a public apology for comments made about Obama.
In this situation we have a press secretary who has the expectation that the media will not press the issue on accepting responsibility for bad behaviour. When presented with the difficult situation Carney tried to shift the discussion to a jobs focus that most people in the room has substance taller than 'lets spend more money'.
While acknowledging there there is definite and vast double standard, I am inclined to agree Carney's tact. What the hell else was he going to say?  Some jerk said something stupid to whip up the crowd before the POTUS appeared, you can bet your ass that Hoffa won't be on the playbill in the future.
Further on the subject, I've started watching CNN and HLN a little bit more lately, they seem to have shifted a little closer to center.  Last night though I was watching Piers Morgan interview the president to the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka.  That will be the last time I watch this fluffernutter, not one question about Hoffa's diatribe.

Here is a link to a supporter of Carney, no big words, includes a link to the YouTube.

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