From driftglass:
Republican Edition…
First, I wildly and enthusiastically supported George W. Bush — a man lied our country into the war and then screwed it up, I also wildly and enthusiastically called anyone who opposed President Bush a terrorist-loving traitor.
Then, when the war…and the economy…and the deficit…and US foreign policy…all went catastrophically wrong in exactly the way those who opposed President Bush had warned, I bravely put on a funny hat, started calling myself an “independent” and swore that I have never even heard of George W. Bush,