Bush 2 is a direct line to trump. From courting the evangelicals and bringing their supply side Jesus to the front to legitimizing stubbornness and agressive ignorance as quality in a presidency. He ran on not skill, competence, and education, but “who do you want your drinking buddy to be?” Literally. If you were around when he ran the unofficial question was “who would you rather have a beer with?” Hence the news paying attention to Obama’s occasional beer, and Obama having a drink with whomever.

Bush mashed the accelerator pedal on all the things needed to make it easier for the far right to swoop in and take over.

Exactly. I remember Bush. The guy was a reviled idiot.

Yeah, your right. I will not do it again

Sure. Bush was a horrible piece of shit... But compared to Trump, he at least pretended to be decent, which isn't saying a lot, and saying he wasn't as bad as the current President isn't really defending him, either