Dems absolutely got behind W in the aftermath of 9-11, and the simpleton got his favorability ratings into the 90% range.

Out of the gates, had it happened under Gore, no damn way they got behind him like that, none.

That said, they IMMEDIATELY started their spin of how, despite it being 8 months into his tenure, despite his completely sleep walking through IC warnings, it was in fact Clinton's fault for not getting OBL (when they were all up his ass at the time screaming how his warnings about the dangers of Islamic terrorists were just an attempt to distract from his blow job).

They then spent the next five years using 9-11 as a political sledge hammer, called us "in league with the terrorists" if we questioned anything and screamed about how YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHILE TROOPS ARE IN THE FIELD! - a phrase never again repeated after January of 2009.

Benghazi, something that happened literally a dozen times when W was in charge, and they went ape shit and made it into the greatest scandal in history.

All this "hatred" is 90% them, playing it both ways ...

And, is why they have wrestled their way into full control in DC and most of the states.

We ARE "better than them" but that means very little when they use their assholeness to get a vice grip on power.