...but that would be insulting to the March Hare.

Tom Delay thinks that Gingrich's Contract With America is a "Great Document of Freedom" comparable to the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

The AP was kind enough to notice:

To House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the Republican Party's "Contract With America" ranks right up there with the Magna Carter, Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights among the "great documents of freedom." So says Delay's Internet Web site.

Here's Delay's actual page, just in case you think they're kidding.

Remember: The entire Republican Party could have chosen ANY Congressman - and this is the madman of whom they said, "HERE is our leader!"