It's not a double standard.... and I think you're missing the point. All I heard this election was that Bush was the ultimate, terrorist killing badass, and if John Kerry were elected, we'd be attacked, nuked and killed by the terrorists. People buy this deception. It's not so much that it's a double standard, it's that President Bush has set unrealistic standards for himself and his adminstration. People believe that Bush will surround America with some impenetrable sheild.. Sort of like people still believe that there was a connection between 9/11 and Iraq. It's not that the terrorists would be sympathetic to the liberals, thats irrelevant anyway. I believe Kerry would kill terrorists as well or better than Bush can.