Well, I'm one of those "pure conservatives" and I work with a whole lot of different types of people -- some whose politics are abhorrent to me, as are their lifestyles and as is mine to them, given that I'm a Catholic, which is like holding garlic up before a vampire as to my faith and principles (and politics) held up before most liberals in my line of work -- and there are arch Democrats of the most ardent kind in my family, nearto and extended, just as there are other Republicans (a sibling is one of Bush's Rangers).
The thing about the GOP today is that there are many Libertarians associated with the GOP and they are otherwise liberals with fiscally conservative ideals. It makes for confusion when trying to share opinions publicly.
I refuse to get upset about this because a lot of this is just being polite in public. Presidents can't be attacking their predecessors in the middle of a war. National unity is important.