NOBODY. EVER. LIKED. ANY. OF. THE. BUSHES.
And they were all fine with that. They were happy to be the villains of the Left, and the backstabbers of the Right.
Exactly right.
Not true. After 9/11, GWB because a hero for many conservatives.
I remember reading comments on FR back in the early to mid 2000s, as well as on other conservative forums. GWB was calling for nation building and the Patriot Act, and all sorts of increases in state power "to protect our freedoms."
There was some libertarian push back, but the majority of self-identified conservative gave GWB a blank check.
I'll never forget a comment on saw on FR over 15 years ago, when libertarians were complaining about the Patriot Act.
One Freeper wrote: "If MY PRESIDENT says he NEEDS this then I SUPPORT him!
Does nobody remember the near worshipful adulation of GWB post-9/11? Not only on FR, but throughout the conservative sphere? Among pundits, on Fox TV, in the conservative opinion journals, websites, and blogs?