Poor Atrios- Josh Marshall, the NY Times, and even the Democrat candidates and senior Democrats are coming to the realization that Democrats have been blinded by their anger and seething rage that they are directing towards George Bush. Atrios, in all his glory, remarks:
I find the comparisons between “Clinton hating,” which started before the guy even took office and was associated with numerous bullshit conspiracy theories and fake scandals pushed by congressional committees and mainstream journalists/opinion writers and “Bush Hating,” which have everything to do with his actual policies, rather silly.
Ask a wingnut why they don’t like Clinton and they’ll claim he’s a rapist, a drug runner, a communist spy, etc… etc… It rarely has much to do with any consistent or sensible evaluation of his policies. And, to the extent that they ever did they’ve been rendered moot by their unwavering support for Dear Leader’s embrace of many of the things they claimed to hate Clinton for.
Welcome to the la-la-land that is the loony left. The left has been leveling the chimpy/shrub/dumbest man ever remarks since well before the election. Claiming otherwise is merely delusional.
Also note the strain of condescension- they hate Bush for his policies, Clinton haters hated the person. This is more of the “Democrats are nuaanced nonsense.” Most of us disliked Clinton for his policies and the fact that he is a scumbag.