Reply #15: There's a lesson here

[The Wizard]

"For this courageous act, Durbin was subjected to a torrent of abuse from the Republican Party, called a traitor, accused of stabbing our troops in the back, and eventually pressured into apologizing."

Every Democrat who apologizes when the Republican propaganda machine throws a tantrum in feigned outrage loses. Ask John Kerry.
Barack Obama refused to apologize for making a "lipstick on a pig comment" and he won.
If our leadership doesn't stand up to the outrageous propaganda spewed by lying Republicans then the leadership needs to be changed.
Al Franken is the kind of Democrat who won't back down from Nazi propaganda.
Challenge them, and hit them in the face with the truth. Reaching across the aisle results in pulling back a bloody stump. It's time for the Democratic majority to brass knuckle these fascist scum.
It's time to stop apologizing for the deliberate false characterization of Democrats by the enemies of democracy and the Constitution.