re: #10 lastlaugh

I’ll tread lightly on this but something seems more remarkable about Obama hate than Bush hate. I mean Bush started a pre-emptive war. Right or wrong, whether or not you support it, that’s a huge fucking deal and you know it will trigger radical response. I think anyone who knows anything about American politics knows that war can be a flash-point for even the moderate lefties and its going to bring out the crazies in full force. Look what happened to Lyndon Johnson.

But what exactly has BO done to anger the right so much, and elevate the rhetoric so harshly so fast?

This isn’t about one president deserves it and one doesn’t, but it just seems like many on the right are trying to use this period as payback for the bush-era.

Again, I’m trying to ask this question delicately, and I’m not saying Bush deserved the hate, but just that you might expect it if you know how the left reacts.

I kinda agree but Bush was hated even before any war. People hated him before he was inaugurated! Remember why Jeffords bailed? Remember all the filibusters even before 9/11? Remember how 2 of Bush’s first 11 judicial appointments were ones Clinton had tried to appoint and they were quickly confirmed but most of the rest either never got confirmed or were part of the “gang of 14” plan 4 years later?

And Clinton was hated before that, and Bush 1 before that. I don’t want to pin this on any one side. It’s been building for decades. It seems to get a bit worse every administration. Imagine if it keeps rising!