[ClearCase_guy]

Noble goals flow naturally from a noble people; the occasional act of barbarity is always the work of individuals, unaccountable, confusing and indigestible to the national conscience.

Which sounds a lot like: "Socialism is the best politicial system. It is perfect. It has noble goals. The fact that it has not been properly implemented so far, is not a reflection of any failing within the ideology itself. It is merely a reflection that the implementers made mistakes. Now, the current Political Vanguard, pledges to do it right ..."

Only the Left really thinks like this. The Christian West has always been willing to accept the imperfect nature of humans. We tend to take responsibility for our errors. The Left never does.

[.cnI redruM]

This could be why, elections aside, some on the left view this as a larger indictment of Bush than it actually is. The inability to separate individual flaws from societal norms comes from the leftist philosophical subsumption of the individual.