Reply #31: I respectfully disagree with you [View All]

[Frances]

I don't think the Repubs started blaming Clinton for 9/11 until Bush's poll numbers began to fall and the memories of what Clinton had actually done started to fade. I think this Blame Clinton for 9/11 is fairly recent.

I saw through Bush from the very beginning, but none of my liberal friends in a blue part of a blue state did. They voted for Gore but they were not majorly anti-Bush. After 9/11 a guy who had worked on a Dem campaign with me told me that he was glad Bush was president. I was astounded, but that sentiment was fairly common among Dems. That's why I spent so many hours on DU after 9/11--this was the only place I felt people understood what was happening. My point is that most die-hard Dems would not have listened to criticism of Bush in the year after 9/11. As one Dem friend put it, "He may not be a good President, but he's the only President we have." I didn't think I had any choice but to bide my time and hope that these people would see the light eventually.