“I hate George W. Bush,” New Republic columnist Jonathan Chait wrote on March 15, 2004, in a ground-breaking piece detailing a loathing unrestrained in its scope.

Chait said he detested Bush’s gait, voice, and posture. He had friends who found him an “oppressive force” on their spirits. “I even hate the things that everybody seems to like about him,” he said rather proudly, “and while most people who meet Bush claim to like him, I suspect that, if I got to know him…I would hate him even more.”