Nowadays, there is little tolerance from the left for those who disagree with the President of the United States on matters of politics or policy. You see, liberals have a great reverence and respect for the commander in chief. Americans, they say, should not publically oppose the leader of the free world, especially in these troubled times. Liberals have had a great respect for the President since all the way back in late 2008, before that it was perfectly acceptable to not only oppose the President but call him a war criminal, a Nazi, Hitler, a fascist, a liar, a drunk, a coke head, an idiot, the devil, a cheater, a traitor, and a deserter among other things, many of which involve expletives. 

Why? Why did liberals, that hold the office of the President in such high regard, attack President Bush so viciously, so mercilessly? President Bush was a Republican, but he was not a hard core conservative. Bush was abandoned by many conservatives that felt he was too liberal, especially in his second term. To his credit, the former President was very conservative on issues of national security, gay marriage, and stem cell research. He was somewhat conservative on issues of taxes, energy, and the judiciary. In many other areas Bush was fairly liberal, not the kind of Leninist liberalism most Democrats subscribe to, but definitely left of center. Here are a few examples.

Immigration- Bush pushed for amnesty for illegals, and a guest worker program. Not even President Obama has gone this far, yet.

African Aid- In 2003, he committed $15 billion to fight AIDS in Africa. Don’t liberals support AIDS funding?

Bailouts- Bush started the bank and Wall Street bailouts near the end of his second term. Conservatives want smaller government, not a massive government takeover of industry.

Spending- President Bush presided over record setting deficits. The deficit doubled under Bush, that doesn’t sound very conservative.

Clean Energy- In 2008 Bush committed $2 billion for clean energy research to combat global warming. Right out of the Al Gore playbook, nothing says ‘right winger’ more than pumping billions into the global warming racket.

Dubai Ports- Would have allowed an Arabic company from Dubai to control US ports. You’d think a President that is big on national security would not let an Islamic company control US ports in the middle of a war with radical Islam.

Why all the hate toward the 43 President of the United States from the left? He was a relatively moderate president.  Calling President Bush a radical conservative is like calling The Beatles a hard rock band. There can be only two reasons why liberals hate George W Bush as much as they do.

Number 1: They think he’s a red necked hick from the south, whose loose grasp on the English language means he is stupid.

This argument does not hold much water, because his predecessor was southern hick as well, only with a propensity for womanizing subordinates and anyone else for that matter! And liberals loved him! As to the second point, Bush graduated from Yale and Harvard, he can’t be that stupid.

Number 2: He Invaded Iraq.

DING! DING! DING! Winner, winner, winner! At last we’ve figured it out, liberals hate George W Bush because he started a war with Iraq. Bush lied, kids died. War for oil and all that, but was President Bush so wrong to invade Iraq, given all the facts?

Tune in next week for the answers, same bat time, same bat channel.