Oh, Behold the "gentle critics" of the left...

Obama deals gently with Palin on equal pay issue
- news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_obama_palin

Critics: Palin used 'Bridge...
- news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080831/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_bridge_to_nowhere

Can anyone at the MSM Yahoo-AP crowd explain to me how come anti-right-leftists are plain "critics" [were it reversed, they would call the critics specifically in an identity: "right wingers" or Republicans... or Mccain supporters] and why they go so "gently" with Obama that is never gentle?