Separate and Unequal

Why is it that people, and the media in particular, are not calling for Sen. Durbin to resign in light of his stonewalling and half-assed apology (which he claimed he would never do in the first place)?

Is there something that permits a Democrat to say things with impunity that a Republican would never be allowed to get away with?

Yes. The media. They have a clear case of amnesia. When it comes to gaffes and outright lies, exaggerations, and statements that can have an open and obvious effect on the war effort, they wink and nod and accept a lame apology, but if you make a crack about a segregationist celebrating his 100th birthday and wish he had become president, you not only get castigated for weeks on end, but are forced to step down after members of your own political party make the demand.

In other words, separate and unequal treatment of politicians of different political parties. Is this what it comes to in the US of A? Should we stand for this?

Where are the Jewish members of Congress calling for his resignation? Where are the Democrats within Congress calling for the resignation? Where are the intellectually honest Democrats calling for Durbin's resignation? Have the Democrats put politics above nation? I'd surely say so given the deafening silence.

Durbin has no right to continue as the #2 Democrat in the Senate. He must step down.

UPDATE:
Captain Ed weighs in and suggests that the Democrats cannot handle the heat. The Democrats have called on Rove to resign even though his statements aren't only accurate, but a truthful statement of the opinions of many in the leadership and major liberal organizations that support the Democratic Party. He's got the quotes to prove it.