The Faces of Hatred

The Faces of Hatred

Robert J. Samuelson, recovering liberal, and E. J. Dionne, unrepentent liberal, view Bush-hatred from very different perpectives.

Samulelson: "In the end, Bush hating says more about the haters than the hated"

Dionne: "Conservative critics of "Bush hatred" like to argue that opposition to the president is a weird psychological affliction. It is nothing of the sort. It is a rational response to getting burned. They are, as a friend once put it, biting the hand that slapped them in the face."

Most curiously, Dionne includes this howler: "The year 2003 will be remembered as the time when Democrats decided to fight back against George W. Bush after coddling and even embracing him in 2002." And this one: "Democrats who never conceded that Bush had legitimately won the 2000 election wanted to give Bush a chance to lead the country out of crisis."

Can anyone remember when Democrats were accomodating or cooperative with this president?

I still agree with psychiatrist Charles Krauthammer. Bush hatred has evolved into a mental illness.