You're not being intellectually honest when you say they weren't out critisizing Bush. The hate for that man from the left was like no other time. Everything was "well, it's on your watch". The news media was quiet during Bush?.......you have blinders on my friend. Chris Mathews, Kieth Olberman..........sound familiar?
I don't think I am being dishonest at all. They wanted to say that there is an embargo on criticizing Obama and that it is unusual the way he has gone after Fox. I disagree and gave examples of why I felt that wasn't true.
What you have to remember is that for many years after 911, there was very little criticism directed towards Bush because of the wave of patriotism and national unity that swept over many people and organizations. The attitude of the Bush administration that you are either with us or against us, contributed to that. That did dissipate over time when the pubic perception of the war began to change.
And it is also not true that he bush administration did go after the news media the same way Bush did. The Bush administration went after the news organizations that disagreed with the way the war was being conducted and who they felt were being partisan, just like the Obama administration is doing now.
The well it was on your watch thing came much later during the 911 commitee when docuements came to light which indicated that the FBI thought that Bin Laden might attack American buildings with planes and the Bush administraiton did nothing about it.
