They did that, they created street art of Bush with a Hitler mustache and the phrase "Same shit, different asshole", my town had regular anti-war protests with people carrying fake coffins with "R.I.P. Democracy" painted on them, people were unironically claiming Bush would suspend the 2008 election and proclaim himself dictator for life, 9/11 conspiracy theories were taken serious and shared frequently on social media (namely Loose Change and Zeitgeist), Michael Moore was flaunted like the savior of humanity, entire albums were released called "Rock Against Bush", Green Day made their magnum opus off of their disdain for Dubya, and Comedy Central released numerous short-lived TV shows bashing the president.
2000-2008 was basically just a precursor to 2016-2020.
Part of it is because of Bush v. Gore and part of it was because Bush was a lot closer to the Woke Left's idea of Trump than the real Trump is.
Bush was deeply in bed with the Religious Right, was a ferverent neocon and corporatist, and with a lot of the shit like the Patriot Act and the post-9/11 security measures, I could see why a lot of people had this fear of Bush becoming a dictator via emergency powers.
It was insane, but you could at least kinda follow the train of logic.
Saw the MSM.
Seems like the narrative has switched from criticize-posting to concern-posting, trying to throw out all the negative press that the president might in fact DIE from le COVID. In the age of journalism, there are multiple varying reports ranging from saying that he showed mild symptoms to saying that he'll die. What is with all of the inconsistencies and shit?
If I were to guess, it could be an attempt to demoralize the Trump voter base and blackpill them. This illness is a major issue and an unforeseen thing, and it could cost Trump the election even if he survives it.
CNN and MSNBC are essentially concern trolling to help that outcome along, while Woke Twitter, Antifa, BLM, The Squad, and the lefty clickbait mills are gravedancing and being hyper-venomous as usual.
I'd say that Silicon Valley is probably celebrating, but guys like Dorsey, Susan, and Mark Fuckerberg have to be at least somewhat aware of what a president dying in office could do to their financial well-being and the economy. Especially when combined with the "New Normal" eternal lockdowns bullshit.
This may sound like a cope, but I think there's a genuine fear in the DNC that Trump's illness could cost them the election when paired with Biden/Kamala being a dud candidate.
As illogical as that sounds, the "vote blue no matter who" Dem voters might be overconfident and think that Biden/Kamala has it in the bag because Trump has COVID-19 (whether it be because they think Trump's a goner or that the virus will cost him the election) so they might stay home more than usual while a very scared and panicked Trump voter base shows up en masse to vote because they're scared, especially with the past five months taken into account.
