Historians Still Despise George W. Bush

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30. "somehow he had an appeal"?

*reagan* had an appeal. that at least i understand. there was a stark disparity between his emotional and his objective reality. he governed like a mean, selfish, corrupt piece of horse droppings, but he had a very charming style, he was witty, he had decent speechwriters, and so on. i understood his appeal, all you had to do was ignore the actual issues and he seemed like a great president.

shrub on the other hand was a disaster through and through. i do not understand any appeal. in fact *all* republicans i've ever known to support him did so with their head held low. they were party loyalists and felt compelled to support him, but they were clearly not proud of him.

the only appeal shrub had, imho, was the appeal of the republican party itself, which he had as its chief representative, and if it weren't for that he would have had nothing. people who liked him did so because they wanted to like him, because it was politically necessary to like him. not because he was actually likeable.