Someone needs to send an e-mail to Democrats saying that comparing America, US Military, the Bush Administration, Gitmo, and Republicans to Nazis, Soviets, and various dictators is neither effective nor reputable. The claims aren't based on anything but hype and sensationalism, and do nothing but offend and discredit those attacked and their attackers. This is not how you bring about change in American policy, this is not how you get people to listen, and this is not how I want my government (because yes, even Democrats are a part of my government) to work.

I think at first, congressmen held back the references to Naziism and Fascism, saving them for a real shocker on the senate floor. Sort of that nice "snap!!" to make their speech really effective. You want to make someone look bad, call them a Nazi. And so that's what many of the Democrats were doing, off and on throughout Bush's first term. But now it's all the rage to call various Bush policies, practices and institutions slanderous names, regardless of who you may offend.

The latest, and most insane attack, was brought about by Senator Dick Durbin's remarks about Guantanamo Bay, referring to it as a Gulag and a Nazi institution. Thanks, Dick, that's going to make the majority of Republicans really want to hear you out and move to close the facility. He cited that we were "torturing" prisoners down there by turning off the air conditioning, or playing rap music too loud. I've listened to Glenn Beck scream at the top of his lungs about this for a week now... but then again, maybe that's why these senators are saying such things. They want to hear Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity and O'Reilly fume about this on their radio shows, and that way they can't talk about the real issues that the senate isn't dealing with.

Certain members of congress, including Rep. Pelosi, are calling the Iraq war a "grotesque mistake" as others cite that declining military enrollment numbers spell doom for our nations weary soldiers. And yet I have to wonder why no one wants to join the army. Perhaps it's because members of the army are being compared to Nazis! Perhaps members of our own government refer to the war as a "quagmire" and a "mistake"! Instead of supporting our troupes and our military, they do everything they can to dishearten them. As Dick Morris say in his book "Off with their Heads", our very own members of congress and media sometimes commit larger acts of treason than the blokes we have down in Gitmo. They may not be giving army secrets to the Chinese, but they are doing everything they can to lower the morale of this nation and of our military.

Calling Guantanamo a Gulag, and referring to our interrogation methods as practices of a concentration camp, senators are turning this entire discussion into one of hyperbole. The senate has done absolutely nothing over the past few months, and in all honesty the Republicans in congress are trying to make some decisions, pass some laws, and solve some problems. It's okay if Democrats don't agree with the solutions GOPs present to various problems, however they are required to present their own solutions. They are filibustering, they are skirting around the issue, and they are name calling, but they refuse to vote on judicial nominees, John Bolton, or any sort of social security reform. The spirit of this democratic system is debate and discussion, and they are pushing away these votes because they fear they haven't won over enough moderate GOP hearts to get their way. Well here's a little hint: