Senator Dick Durban, D-IL, used the floor of the United States Senate as his stage to speak out against our troops. His comparison of our soldiers to nazis, Pol Pot, and Soviet gulags was entered into the official Senate record books. When asked to apologize, Durban stood by the remarks. Even fellow Democrats like Senator Harry Reid, D-NV, balked at the idea that the number two Democrat did anything wrong. Reid even blamed the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy for criticizing Durban:

The far right noise machine never stops. This is all a distraction by the White House...This is all an attempt to distract us from the issues before us. Let's focus on the issues not what he (Sen. Durbin) said.

But when Karl Rove - who doesn't even hold elected office - had the nerve to criticize Democrats for their soft reaction to the 9/11 attacks, Democrats went off the deep end. In a speech to the New York State Conservative Party, Rove said "liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers."

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid was outraged. The number two Democrat in the Senate calling our troops nazis is a non-issue. But we cannot stand to let a private citizen criticize one of our political parties. Reid immediately called for Rove's head on a platter.

"Karl Rove should immediately and fully apologize for his remarks or he should resign," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said in a statement. "I hope the president will join me in repudiating these remarks."

Is this really the image Democrats are going for? It is okay to call our soldiers Nazis but if you criticize the Democrat Party, you gotta go.