The BDS syndrome deserves serious study....
I am old enough however to remember that right after Reagan got out of office there was a lot of bitching and moanin from the right ...As I remember it, it took a while for Reagan to become Reagan
Anybody old enough and observant enough to have been paying attention remembers that the now deified Reagan was assaulted mercilessly by some of the same people who now worship him and assault President Bush. If one was truly an admirer of President Reagan at the time, it hurt to see him attacked by conservatives who never had to make a significant decision in their lives and expected perfection (their definition of the word) from Reagan, like they do from Bush now.
That's actually helped me out in seeing the rightist attacks of our strong, moral and principled President. I figure they'll come around in time.
Some have already.