Yes. A lot of us were.
A lot of us did our damndest to warn about GWB and the direction that he was taking America. About the precedents he was setting which WOULD be exploited and abused by his successor. About the irreparable damage that a war with Iraq would inflict on our own country. About "compassionate conservatism" that was just code speak for more socialism. About his cronyism. About things which would take too long to list on a Sunday morning before church.
We WARNED on this forum and others, with all due passion and sincerity and humbleness per the weight of our convictions. And for it we were branded as anti-Christian, anti-American, pro-Democrat, "liberals", and worse. We were consistently told that we "didn't know any better" and that we didn't trust Bush enough and his alleged "genius".
History has proven that we were right and that many of us should have been considered in our words. Because there was all the prescience in the world embedded in those words.
And a lot of people are now owed a damned big apology for how they were treated by the Bush-worshipers.
Well stated.
I haven’t yet met anyone in this forum who “hates America”, “blames America first”, or wants to “cut and run” - the latter 2 being possibly the most idiotic slogans I’ve ever heard.
I think that maybe at one time, some of the most vocal pro-Bush posters were folks with a serious conflict of interest in that they were receiving govt largesse either directly or as contractors (or even financial institution interests). There seem to be less of those people around here now.
Rock, meet hard place. The alternatives were unthinkable.