No to throw cold water on things but who in the left blamed Bush personally?
It took me just a few seconds to find this, Rip:
December 16, 2008 Bush Officially Blamed for Abu Grahib; Cheney Admits Approving Torture — ‘Liberal’ Media Yawns from Pensito Review
The myth of the “liberal media” has become such an article of faith among the right-wing base that even attempting to disprove it has become futile. And yet, if evidence against the media’s liberal bias was being collected, the scant coverage being given two stories about the approval of torture and prisoner abuse by the Republicans currently holding the titles of president and vice president of the United State would surely go on the pile.
“I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared.”
— Dick Cheney
Earlier this month, a bipartisan U.S. Senate committee put the blame for the abuse of prisoners at Abu Grahib prison squarely at the top of the chain of command. Here’s Andrew Sullivan: