You are 100% right.
Facts trump feelings every time.
There are Bush haters around here who can't deal wih the fact that George W. Bush isn't the devil personified, but it comes out in them sooner or later.
There is a huge difference between having policy differences from President Bush, and doing nothing but bash him.
IMO, that makes them irrational trouble-makers, and not legitimate debaters. (Fortunately, there aren't that many of them. They just make a LOT of noise. :)
btw, everyone with a functioning brain and a love of county misses him.