Quote (thundercock @ Mar 29 2020 04:21pm)
The bizarre thing is, it didn't used to be this way. I always felt like GWB had our back even if his administration had several fuck ups. I never doubted that Bush wanted to protect our nation, educate our children, save America from financial collapse, etc. Chris Christie did the right thing by coordinating with Obama during a massive hurricane even though it helped kill Romney's chances.
Yeah Bush wasn't always competent and was easily manipulated, but he was a good person. I never thought GWB was dangerous or wasn't willing to listen to people who were more knowledgeable than him.
Really the Republican party didn't stop being serious until right at the end of his presidency. I remember McCain shutting down a supporter who was on the mic saying something like "Obama is a socialist Kenyan and we need to stop him", then the tea party got a foothold and they surged right so fast that by 2012 McCain was being called a RINO.