These days, conservatives and liberals seem to find it hard not only to get along, but even to comprehend one another. What liberals don’t understand about conservatives would fill several years’ worth of this magazine, and has. The chief thing conservatives don’t understand about contemporary liberals is why they hate President Bush. Conservatives see him as a decent, moderately conservative, and not-especially-partisan figure. They can’t understand why he arouses such strong dislike. What follows is an attempt neither to excuse nor to damn the Bush haters, but to understand them. Some of the reasons for their animosity are quite obvious....