Chris Matthews, Having Lost Any View of Reality, Blathers On

Found by way of Little Green Footballs.

TorontoSun.com article by "CP." Is that initials? Does this person not want anyone to know who they are? Or is that the standard for this periodical?

Anyway:

Four years after 9/11 and the "crazy zeitgeist" that permeated the United States, most Americans have still not learned to know their enemies instead of just hating them, U.S. political journalist Chris Matthews says.

In a speech to political science students at the University of Toronto yesterday, the host of the CNBC current affairs show Hardball had plenty of harsh words for U.S. President George W. Bush, as well as the political climate that has characterized his country for the past few years.

So far, so idiotic. But get this:

"The period between 9/11 and Iraq was not a good time for America. There wasn't a robust discussion of what we were doing," Matthews said.

That one made me laugh out loud. Not because it's funny -- it isn't. But it's just such a wonderfully concise and encapsulated expression of the Left's view of reality. We aren't discussing things enough. God forbid we should spend our time doing something about what's wrong, you know.

More:

"If we stop trying to figure out the other side, we've given up. The person on the other side is not evil -- they just have a different perspective."

He said Bush squandered an opportunity to unite the world against terrorism and instead made decisions that have built up worldwide animosity against his administration.

To the Left, there is no such thing as evil. Only a difference of perspective.

And they wonder why no one with a functioning brain wants to listen to them.

[All emphasis mine.]

BTW -- "Zeitgeist" - The general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era. From Merriam-Webster Online.

Over 3,000 civilians murdered in one day. Countless others murdered in terrorist attacks over the past, well, let's just say 13-14 years (and that's being conservative). The Muslim Extremist Terrorists have made us mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. Can someone explain to me why anyone with any sense of morality would consider that "crazy?"

Well, strike that. The operative phrase there is "sense of morality," and the Moonbat Left has never had much of that.

Update: Michelle Malkin has something to say about perspective, too.

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