'Yes, I admit I hate Bush'

There is something quite sad happening in modern politics. There is a hatred of George W. Bush so consuming that it has left many otherwise sensible people with an inability to deal with questions concerning the man and his policies.

I have seen this up close and personal. I’m on a number of mass e-mail lists. One of them is spearheaded by a friend who was once a hippie, became a Republican and now, since the invasion of Iraq, is an angry, self-described “refugee from Republicanism.” The innumerable daily e-mails I get from this group are not only hostile to Bush but vicious. In fact, they ope...