"Whose Fault Was It?"

This story has been making the rounds and rightly so. It talks to the left, whose fascination with examining what's wrong with everything, is unparalleled:

"Years passed. I'd sit around with friends at dinner talking about How We Got Here and Whose Fault Was It? Was it Nader's fault? Or Gore's? Or Scalia's? Even Monica got onto the list, because after all, she delivered the pizza, and that pizza was truly the beginning of the end. Most of my friends had a hard time narrowing it down to a choice, but not me: only one person was at fault, and it was Bill. I drew a straight line from that pizza to the war. The way I saw it, if Bill had behaved, Al would have been elected, and thousands and thousands of people would be alive today who are instead dead"

I can imagine these dinners. Everyone agreeing how bad things are. Discussing at great length the demise of the US in the eyes of the world. How troubling it is to be an American these days. The desperation of being lied to. And the focus of all this angst: George Bush (not really Bill Clinton).

Compare this piece with the previous post from Peggy Noonan. In this piece, by Nora Ephron, there is no optimism, no sense of history, no sense of vision. Just more of the same. Complaints and finger pointing. Find SOMEONE to blame!

This reveals the disconnect between the right and the left, conservatives and liberals. Liberals live in the moment. Look to others for validation. Worry more about how things look, than what works.

This disconnect will always exist. In fact, one could argue it must exist. Like good and evil, without one, the other has no relevance. The key is how each side accepts that the other exists. Today, many on the left would prefer that those on the right would all, fall off the face of the earth. And that's putting it kindly.