You are so right about W. I too admired him, worked for him and went to rallies in 2004. When I saw him speaking against Mr Trump and attempting to prop up his brother, it opened my eyes. Holy cow.
I knew from the get-go that we were in for a rotten deal with W when he campaigned on “compassionate conservatism,” but I had no idea of just how bad he was going to be. I went from mild dislike to outright loathing when the cocky W said “See you at the signing...” (amnesty for illegals was one of the few issues where Bush was consistently animated and articulate). The icing on the cake was seeing him on the same page as Barney Frank with TARP.