While there was an abject emotional all consuming hatred for Bush on the left, I do not remember any person of the right thinking he walked on water. In fact, many were upset with his policies but it was better than the alternative. Now this unadulterated man love for The One from the left and reasoned arguments for not like the policies of his agenda from the right.
I'm now psychologist but I think that there says something about the mental condition of those on the left.
The cult of the personality, and the cult of the anti-personality, one supposes.
If one likes "A," for example, no matter what "A" does, it's okay.
If one loathes "B," on the other hand, no matter what "B" does, it's bad.
Even if both "A" and "B" do exactly the same thing.
I've spent a lifetime noticing that people who have a strong sense of God don't do any of this cult stuff; they judge people based upon what they do, not who they are.
On the flip side of the coin, people who angrily deny God need something somehow to fill a certain void, and idolize some "god" or "gods," at the same time demonizing some "Satan" or "Satans."
Thus we had the cult of the Impeached One, and the current cult of Bo, neither of whom could do any wrong, and their opponents, none of whom could do any right, no matter what one did.
There has never been a cult of Ronald Reagan or George Bush, who've always been judged by their supporters, both lukewarm and enthusiastic, by what they did, and not by who they were.
As freerepublic, our old home, and conservativecave have demonstrated,