Virginia’s Democratic Senator Jim Webb continues to defend his aide who was arrested for bringing a gun and two magazines of ammunition into a Senate office building.

Webb, a former Republican turned Democrat said that since protection is not assigned to the legislative branch “We are required to defend ourselves and I choose to do so.”

I congratulate Webb on his candor regarding guns (I applaud candor at all levels with our elected officials) and his support of his aide who it appears made simple mistake.

Predictably, there is no response from Democratic leaders. They can’t come out in support of Webb, because it might be construed as supporting guns. They can’t attack him for his statements and position, because he’s a Democrat.

However, close your eyes for a moment and imagine the outrage if this was a white, male southern REPUBLICAN Senator. Front-page news, nightly headlines, inquires, commissions, demands for the president to resign, new calls for gun control legislation, conspiracy theories on what the aide really had planned and general outrage.

It would have been ridiculous, but a lot more fun☺