As for their 'hatred' of G.W.Gush (#43), it is like the article demonstrates, they lived and breathed in a sea of liberal Democrats expressing the same 'indignation'. Thus nothing stands out in their viewpoints.
As far as the WaPo is concerned, he became a spy in the Carter Administration and continued through Reagan, Bush(41), Clinton and Bush(43). Given that standard spy handling has the threat of exposure hanging over the new spy after the first proven actions, should not Jimmy Carter be named as the causative POTUS?
“Lack of intellectual curiosity” was an oft repeated Liberal complaint about Bush.
The old saying I’ve heard is that when your “mind is so open, your brains fall out.”