Until Democrats apologize for slavery and remove former Klansman Sen. Robert "Sheets" Byrd from the nation's most august body, we have an omission much more egregious than one comedian's loose lips.

Democrats seceded to form the Confederacy and then to promulgate segregation through the mid 1960s. Also, Democrats -- the nation's oldest political party -- had never elected a black man to the U.S. Senate until Sen. Obama Barrack, and, even in his case, he has one white parent. And it's interesting to note how media most like to celebrate those of black heritage who have a parent of another race, e.g., Halle Berry, Tiger Woods, et al.