Well, that's one spin. I took it as letting the guy off easy and letting
him save face. Shame on George for being a nice guy?
He just can't win with people who have made up their minds to hate.

Believing someone has done a bad job or is not competent at what they are
doing is simply making a judgment based on observation and experience. Hate
has nothing to do with it. Claiming that people that think Bush is doing a
bad job is hate is only a stupid Republican trick to try to invalidate
legitimate criticism of him. Bush has messed up one thing after another and
that's why the public's opinion of him is at a record low. According to you,
most of the public hates Bush now because they are critical of what he has
done. Is that right?

Hawke