Me too, and I hear it said by everyone from political pundits to sportswriters. Yes, if we had only allowed the wonderful Saddam Hussein to stay in power the whole world would just love us!
Fact is, Bush would be hated no matter what, even if 9/11 and the Iraq war never happened. He would have been accused of starving children, not caring enough about AIDS, forcing WalMart on the world, or whatever other memes the lefists of the world like to employ.
The Marxists had the Hate Bush rhetoric ready to go the day Bush won the election. Daschle was defeated because he led the party of "No".
Republicans need to grow a pair and start hitting back hard. Start proving that the RATS are nothing more than anti-democracy thugs led by Lenin's grandchildren.
Screw the fear of being called a McCarthyite. Go after them.