asked about it in a national debate with John McCain. He was challenged about it by Hillary Clinton.

ON THE OTHER HAND ... Was Sarah Palin ever asked tough questions about her radical friends and associates? You know, the ones Max Blumenthal and I dug up in Wasilla and elsewhere -- particularly the Alaskan Independence Party and its Bircherite cohort.

Er, no. Especially not by any Fox News anchors.

So yes, there definitely was a double standard at work there. Maybe Sean Hannity should answer his own question.