Two Movies

A friend and I often talk about how the left and right in America are each watching a different movie.  It's no wonder we can't talk about or agree on anything, we don't even share a common reference!

As an example, here's a screenshot of CNN.com taken a moment ago:

You have immigration and then some minor stories.

Over in the next theater we have this movie playing:

Several stories, none with crying children at the border, and the primary story about the DOJ Inspector General's appearance before Congress.

They aren't talking about the same things.  At all.

The left pretends they care about children at the border.  We know they don't, they're just trying to use crying children as a blood-soaked shirt.  This allows them to completely ignore the IG's testimony about bias at the FBI--bias that almost allowed an obvious criminal to become president (and be honest: given how she's acted since losing, aren't you lefties glad she didn't win?  honestly?).  Couldn't this all be avoided if the parents didn't bring their children along while committing a crime?

Conservatives, on the other hand, care about the rule of law.  That's why the IG testimony is so important.  What does the law say about separating children from parents at the border?  Is there a legitimate reason for it?  How long are they separated?  Is this talking point valid:  when people break the law and are put in jail, they're separated from their children; why isn't the left crying for them, but is crying for foreigners who break our laws and are temporarily separated from their kids?  Are the comparisons to German concentration camps and WWII American internment camps valid?

This "two movies" scenario isn't new.  The first time I noticed it was years ago, when the left-leaning networks didn't report on John Edwards' peccadilloes for weeks.  For years the right has been talking about former-President Obama's illegalities while the left, in true Goebbels fashion, continues to insist that his administration was "scandal free".  It's only scandal free if you willingly ignore the scandals!

I don't know how to move forward here.  I wish that politicians would try to do what the vast majority of Americans see as right (and that consensus exists on many topics, including illegal immigration) instead of just trying to score some political jabs and getting reelected.

Is there a Mr. Smith left to send to Washington?