Pick Your Poison

There are some unfortunate things going on with the Party at the national level. The question is, which of these is worse?

Is it the fact that members of Congress, led by Speaker Hastert, attacking the FBI for investigating Congressman Jefferson's crimes? Never mind the fact that Congress investigates and subpoenas the Executive Branch regularly, or the fact that Nancy Pelosi is even trying to show Jefferson the door. Let us also not forget what the first plank of the Contract with America was: FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress.

Or is it the new immigration bill, which will among other things provide amnesty, allow illegal immigrants to receive Social Security benefits for their time as illegals, or greatly expand existing prevailing wage laws? The Senate has nothing to be proud of in passing this legislation. Hopefully, some tenable will come out of the Conference Committee, but should we be depending on the Conference to fix it in the first place?

Both instances are a sad state of affairs, both for the Republican Party and for Congress as an institution.