I think the linked article was posted here before, but in line with the OP “stop comparing other crap favorably to trump just because it doesn’t stick as blatantly”, this is what I keep saying:

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For those who can’t see Facebook embeds, here’s the money quote:

The problem with Democrats polishing the Bush presidency turd is twofold: First, it allows Republicans to skate on what should be a gigantic political liability. Instead of tying Bush’s failed presidency around the neck of every Republican in the land, Democrats are instead boosting his popularity. No doubt in large part due to elite signaling like Schumer’s, Democrats now approve of Bush by a 51-42 margin.

Second, it badly misleads people as to the nature of the political fix America is in. Trump is not some aberration in an otherwise-normal political party. He is merely every despicable Republican impulse cranked up to 11 — only this time, he’s so incompetent that he hasn’t managed to actually achieve much. So let us stop pretending otherwise.

Read the whole thing for a deeply unpleasant but necessary trip down memory lane (before it gets memory-holed!)