[SittinYonder]

Has political debate sunk so low that a comment that hideous can be made by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) without repercussions?

Only if you're a Democrat. Lott's mistake was not trashing our country and the people who protect it.

[sirthomasthemore]

It's the media- had Newt said this, he would have been gone already.

Also, the gentlemen Senators of the GOP, don't get dirt under their fingernails. Nadler and Conyers are on the GOP like white on rice. But, God forbid, Sen. Warner make an issue of this- nah, he might get his hair mussed.