Recent political headlines have included articles about the House of Representatives approving expansion of background checks to all gun sales with a recommit amendment requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement be notified of any attempt by an illegal immigrant to purchase a firearm.
While this is a significant story regardless of where you stand on this issue, the related article I read in both the Washington Post and the online Politico intrigued me and angered me at the same time. Apparently, the political party leadership in the House took to task those members of their party who supported the amendment: not because it was a bad idea but because it didn’t show solidarity within the party. A “superstar New York freshman lawmaker” threatened to, according to the Politico article, tattle to activists on those of their party who voted across party lines.
Since when are loyalties supposed to be to your political party? Isn’t that how we got in this political mess that doesn’t seem to get any better or go away? Who exactly do they think they represent? Who elected them anyway?
Although I’m sure it is not secret, I have deliberately not noted which political party because they both have “blood on their hands”. And as my oldest daughter has noted, “it’s hard to be right with blood on your hands.”
Even the Pharisees broke rank with each other over Peter and the Apostles teaching about Jesus Christ (Acts 5:17-40), in a day and age when flogging and crucifixion were in vogue, not just tattling.
Sheesh. Get over yourselves. All of you. You’re not a bunch of sheep.
Just Sayin' 