Guess who says that the country is getting "more polarized?"

In an article I read this afternoon, Bill Clinton, of all people, warned that the country is getting more polarized over time, citing recent work from Bill Bishop's new book, "The Big Sort."

Uh......I wonder who caused THAT to happen, Mr. Clinton?

Perhaps it was your politics, "the politics of personal destruction," that caused people to take sides as they have!

Actually, I think the whole study is skewed because Mr. Bishop chose an unusually strange starting place; the Carter/Ford election. For those of you old enough to remember, a lot of people who were sick and tired of the scandal known as Watergate chose to cross over and vote Democrat in that election. Frankly, I don't think that narrow margins in a majority of counties nationwide really MEANS anything in the context of that particular election. I mean, it's like saying that 4 out of 5 doctors recommend this toothpaste or that prescription drug. Sounds pretty good, right? What if I said 20 PERCENT OF DOCTORS DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT TOOTHPASTE OR THAT PRESCRIPTION DRUG???? You wouldn't be nearly so inclined to purchase that product, would you? Same deal! Give me some stats from an election that was close and did NOT reflect the backlash from a horrific scandal....Kennedy/Nixon, for example. For that matter, you could cite Bush/Kerry stats if you like; that was a close election where no major scandal skewed the result!

But I digress; for Bill Clinton to wag his finger and try to shame us out of the polarization that he helped to create is the pot calling the kettle charcoal grey IMHO. Mr. Clinton, if you want the nation to be less polarized, move the politics of your party away from the left-hand fringes and back toward the center. The middle ground is what got you elected not once but twice and it's the only place ANY Democrat can make hay in this day and time.

That one's free. I start charging after this!