My senator Mark Kirk (Rep. IL) sure says the darndest things.

In February, Senator Kirk threatened to pile up coffins outside Democratic Party offices if the Department of Homeland Security shut down, conveniently forgetting Republicans set the stage for the possible shutdown.

In March he said it was time to "end the attaching of bullshit to essential items of government." and later equated Senate Democrats as "making the same mistake that Democrats made in the 1850s when th...ey defended slavery,” simply because they objected to language in the human trafficking bill that furthered Republicans' anti-abortion agenda.

Two weeks ago, he lambasted the proposed 5 power nuclear agreement with Iran stating: "Neville Chamberlin got a better deal from Adolf Hitler."

Just last week Kirk offered this bizarre solution for inner city income inequality and urban driving challenges:

“I want to make sure we have elected people constantly looking at helping the African-American community. With this state and all of its resources, we could sponsor a whole new class of potential innovators like George Washington Carver and eventually have a class of African-American billionaires. That would really adjust income differentials and make the diversity and outcome of the state much better so that the black community is not the one we drive faster through.”

Try to follow Kirk's logic: The state of Illinois should magically create a class of African-American billionaires which will produce two results. It will reduce the income disparity between the white haves and the black have-nots. This will allow frightened white people like Senator Kirk to not have to drive so fast through the black community.

Maybe it's time for Senator Kirk to hire a good PR man who will vet every one of Kirk's public statements before releasing them to our delicate ears. Maybe it's simply time for Senator Mark Kirk to resign.