QotD: Morality

It's a sign of a party's moral bankruptcy when it starts worrying about your moral purity instead of its own. That is the state of the Republican Party today. [. . .]

Promoting purity in government is a bit like promoting chastity in a prostitute. But Goodlatte might have at least deserved points for good intentions if he had proposed tougher penalties on corrupt public officials. Or meaningful and enforceable ethics rules for Congress. Or — heaven forbid — reducing government involvement in the gambling industry, the root cause of the Abramoff scandal. But instead of targeting his colleagues, Goodlatte is targeting ordinary Americans and their Internet pastimes.

Shikha Dalmia, "Betting on Republican Values", Reason Foundation, 2006-07-20