Criticizing Bush Posted on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 Why is it that conservatives are up in arms about criticisms of Bush when they did not give Clinton a chance from day one. The Monica Lewinsky scandal was not the beginning of the criticism, it only allowed the criticism to take a sharper form. George Bush has not had even a fraction of what Bill Clinton had even in his first administration. The right brought on the outright disrespect of the President, they should live with it when it comes back to bite them. The Republicans were up in arms about the Democratic convention turning negative, which it did not do, then they run one of the most negative conventions in recent memory. It seems the right likes to complain about the left, but can't stand equal criticism. They put down the rules, then ignore them when it deals with their own misaction.