If Trent Lott or Mel Gibson had done this . . .

. . . doctored a photo so that someone appeared in blackface, that is, can you imagine the furor that would arise on the left?

Note the glaring spotlight on the total absence of principles on the left. It's not what you did, it's who you are. There is no right or wrong there, only gang warfare. And at the moment, Joe isn't in their gang.

[H/T 2 memeorandum.]