The comments of Phil Montag were despicable and yes as soon as this was brought to the attention of the leadership of the Nebraska Democratic Party he should have been fired, not when it became a public embarrassment. But Saying it is playing "the both sides" card to point out that there is a proliferation of talk that is totally unacceptable when coming from anyone of authority or prominence, on both sides of the political divide is ridiculous. This should in fact be encouraged when anyone on the right or the left points it out. Our country has slide in to a suicide cycle of irrationality and lack of balance in its discourse. All Americans need to devote them self’s with defining the line between reasonable (perhaps harsh) political discourse and incitement, paranoid, delusional conspiracy minded bile.