This is the reason the "well Bush did it" argument is stupid and weak and will not work today

A common argument from liberals today is "well Bush did it too". I agree. Bush had a moderate stance fiscally, creating the "No Child Left Behind Act" and the Medicare prescription drug farce and don't forget the numerous Czars Bush appointed.
Liberals today argue consistently "Bush did it too" without realizing the fact that many of us were disappointed with what Bush considered "conservatism". Yes Bush appointed czars, although they were considerably less than the amount Obama has chosen to appoint. However the argument against us that Bush did it fails to consider we were choosing between the "lesser of two evils" when it comes to our choice for President. It wasn't that we agreed with Bush, it was, however, we agreed we would so less damage than a Gore or Kerry. The time for that compromise, however, has ended.
Those who choose to say we allowed government takeovers the past eight years are correct...to a point. We complied with the lesser of two evils. To say we were totally complicit with it though, is false. Consider this article in the Politico:

The Republicans of late, however, decided to trade in the “less government, more freedom” model that had worked so well for Reagan and conservatives. They deliberately and quite consciously made the social right and the economic right dependent upon Washington.

From the beginning, they tempted the social right with a seat at the table in forming policy, “faith-based initiatives,” federal interference in the Terry Schiavo case in Florida and a ludicrous amendment to the Constitution banning gay marriage. After eight years of being told by Rove and this White House that all the social ills of America could be federalized, it will take a long time to put this toothpaste back in the tube.

In 1978, state Sen. John Briggs offered Proposition 6 in California. The “Briggs Amendment” would have prohibited gays from teaching in public schools. Though the Christian right supported it, Reagan campaigned against it, seeing it as a violation of personal freedoms. Voters there sent it down in flames and Briggs blamed Reagan’s opposition for its defeat.

You see we didn't stand idly by at that time. We tried to influence, to no success. Now it is different. We have no supposed "voice at the table", so now is the time to be extreme. To make our voice heard throughout the country that we will not take this, we will not stand idly by....we will be heard and we will be known....and we will bring this nation back to its principals and what it was meant to be. Period.