"They hated Bush for winning the election."

Seriously, Prager? Have you completely forgotten how vilified he was, from the moment he announced his intention to run for president?

He was stupid, he was the son of another Republican, he was stupid, he was too rich, he was stupid, he was a murderer (for the death penalty in TX), he surrounded himself with his friends, his friends were all stupid, his friends were all crooks, he was stupid, and he was stupid. Winning the election and having to take the decision to the Supreme Court were just icing on the cake of leftwing hatred.