Even though there is hateful rhetoric on the right, you don't hear many conservative Americans throwing around terms like racist, sexist, or homophobic. 

But on the left, those smears have become a cottage industry.

Enter State Department spokespersons Jen Psaki and Marie Harf, who are disenchanted with me, your humble correspondent.

It all began with my criticism of Ms. Psaki, who often does not answer important questions, preferring to dodge and weave.

JAMES ROSEN, FOX NEWS CHANNEL CORRESPONDENT: “Does the Obama Administration consider this an act of war?”

PSAKI: “We certainly - I'm not going to put new labels on it, James.” 

JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: “Are American munitions that were given by the U.S. to Egypt, are they actually tools of slaughter? Do we know that one way or the other?”

PSAKI: “Well, Jake, obviously we're watching every event happening on the ground very closely.”

((EDIT))

TAPPER: “I don't want to waste your time or our viewers', but I'll respectfully note you're not answering that question.”

Now because you and I pay Ms. Psaki's salary and because her job is to answer questions about foreign affairs, I get personally insulted when she or any other government officials avoid answering legitimate questions.

And so earlier this week in a discussion with FNC Correspondent James Rosen, this happened:

ROSEN: “When I asked Jen Psaki today in today's briefing about the apparent contradiction between wanting to destroy something and then wanting simply to reduce to a manageable problem, she accused me of trying to, quote, ‘Twist words and play word games,’ Bill.” 

BILL O'REILLY: “Okay.  But, with all due respect, and you do not have to comment on this.  That woman looks way out of her depth over there.  Just the way she delivers.  It just does not look like she has the gravitas for that job.”

Okay, that's my opinion.  As always, I could be wrong.

But I am not wrong about this: the State Department's response was ridiculous.

MARIE HARF, DEPUTY STATE DEPT. SPOKESWOMAN: “I think that when the anchor of a leading cable news show uses quite frankly sexist, personally offensive language, that I actually don't think they would ever use about a man, against the person that shares this podium with me -- I think I have an obligation and it's important to step up and say that's not okay.”

So Ms. Harf is telling the world that I would never, ever say something like that about a man.

Well, tell that to White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

From The Factor on August 26, 2014:

O'REILLY: “Josh Earnest okay, he looks to me to be befuddled.  I mean Jay Carney, you may not have liked him but he looked like he understood the process.  Mr. Earnest doesn't look like he has a lot of credibility.  Is that the buzz in the press corps?  I know you have got to work with him and I don't expect him you to hammer him but he just looks uncertain to me.”

Now we asked Jen Psaki and Marie Harf to come on The Factor tonight, but they are afraid.  I hope that's not a sexist comment because many men are afraid to come on this program as well.

But the main point here is that smearing people is unacceptable, especially by folks representing the government.

I mean Ms. Harf didn't just go out and say that off the top of her head.  Secretary of State Kerry had to sign off on it, and it was a foolish thing to do.

He should know better.

But this is what we are seeing now in America, cheap shot alley coming from powerful politicians.

Listen to the head of the Democratic National Committee:

REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL), DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR: “Scott Walker has given the women the back of his hand. I know that is stark. I know that is direct but that is reality. ((EDIT)) What Republican Tea Party extremists like Scott Walker are doing is they are grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back. It's unacceptable. It is not going to happen on our watch.”

Congresswoman Schultz, attacking Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker because she doesn't like his point of view on abortion and other issues.

Ms. Schultz has now apologized ... kind of.

But she has done stuff like that in the past.

All Americans should demand that public servants deal with issues, and not embrace the tactics of guttersnipes.

Really, is that too much to ask?

And that's the memo.