The Red Sox as Metaphor

My team is dysfunctional. They bicker, run off to complain to upper management, take no responsibility for their poor play, walk around with pouts, blame the media, blame the weather, the tides, the waxing and waning of the moon, blame anyone, but never look in a mirror.

Actually they're a metaphor for the best way to point fingers, eschew real responsibility, and find culprits.

Our economy flags, unemployment soars, homes foreclosed, personal debt increases-- and our politicians point fingers to the other side.
" They did this."
" We have a better plan."

And so we move ahead to not working across the aisle,
demonizing the other political party,
and resting comfortably within a self made cocoon.

But I'm a sucker and believe that next year's team--
The next congress--