The Hypocrite

For the past 8 years, the USA was run by President George Bush. During that time, the Right cheered and the Left balked. When the Left balked too much, the Right labeled them as “anti-American”. Eventually, the Left take offense and a heated debate takes place. Time passes, and now the Left have their man in office, Barack Obama. It is now the Left who are cheering and the Right who is balking. Slowly, the Left now begin to call the Right “anti-American” as they cross the line and once again the Right are taking offense, leading to a heated debate.

The situation is identical and neither are willing to admit it. One would think that the Left would see the similarity considering they are the ones in power, but logically that would lead to an equilibrium in the future when the Right gain power and no Leftist wants that.

The strangest thing about this entire situation is this current Bailout. When Bush was writing off almost $8.5 Trillion in various gifts to corporate America, the Left was outraged. There were cries of favoritism and driving the country into debt. The Right was very quiet at the time, knowing that something needed to be done and Bush was doing the right thing. Now, Obama is in office and is continuing Bush’s lead. Suddenly, the Left are quiet. They have accepted that this needs to be done and are encouraging more bailouts. Corporate America is receiving $Billions more, and the Left have nothing negative to say. Strangely, the Right are now kicking and screaming. They are now pointing out how much money they and their children will need to spend in order to get out of this debt that the government is accruing. They are pointing out special interests, corporate ties and everything that they can find to show how “un-American” this is by tying it to Socialist practices. Also, the Right have completely forgotten that Bush has already spent nearly $8.5 Trillion while in office, and Obama has yet to spend $2 Trillion.

Admitingly, there is a sharp contrast with spending practices between Bush and Obama in some fields, but in a broad scope there is very little. What’s more, neither Left nor Right are willing to see the similarities between the two parties.

Hypocrisy is a part of human nature. People tend to believe that they are right no matter what, and their enemy is wrong no matter what. American’s, for example, only see the evil caused by foreign powers throughout the world, but when their government commits the exact same atrocities, or ones considerably worse, it is completely ignored. I use American’s for example because it is closest to me, however she can be replaced with any nation or religion.

It would be nice to see humanity begin to take a step back before criticizing their opponents. If humanity would simply reflect on the actions being taken, looking at them impartially and putting themselves into the shoes of their enemy, there would be far fewer enemies in this world. The American Left and Right share an immense deal in common, yet they concentrate on their differences. It is sad, really.