“If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings.”

It was a stupid thing to say, and it took Durbin several times to get his apology right. My criticism of Sauerberg is no means letting Durbin off the hook for his own foolishness. But Durbin’s comment is old news now. Sauerberg’s comment was three days ago. His extreme comment on “hate” is the very thing that splits left and right in the U.S. and impairs the kind of sensible discourse a democracy needs.

What this country hates is this kind of ultra-partisan idiot who thinks he can get away playing politics in the past. That only works when the ends justifies the means and the way things are going in this country it only justifies throwing the bums out with the trash and starting fresh. The more we are able to make that happen, the better off we’ll be.

Why not do a daily topic pointing out those who trash our soldiers.