It's embarrassing that I used to like him.
You and me both, and it's because he was the first Republican who consistently told people to eff off if they didn't like it. After generations of polite "statesman" like responses from the GOP, it was refreshing to hear one of them say, sit down, you're full of crap. Even Reagan was polite - most of the time - but he was also massively witty and knew how to utterly devastate someone while not being crude.
It's just that his rude approach is old news, now. We now have plenty of Republicans and on air punditry who will tell the Democrats they are full of chit, after decades of them doing it to the right, daily, in public and no reaction from the press. I am STILL kind of pissed at remarks from the likes of Al Gore referring to the right wing as "extra chromosome" as though calling them something like that is still FUNNY these days - but it totally typefies the kind of crap we all received from them.
It felt good that SOMEONE had the brass to give it back. NOW he's turned his guns on REPUBLICANS who don't agree with him, and while his candicacy never stood a chance, he's now persona non grata in Republican circles.
