re: only the shitty side of the story
A few days ago, the story was a bit different. I imagine the media is looking to make sure that such negativity doesn't show up any more. It's amazing to watch what happens when the media is all about kissing a president's rear instead of flaying the skin off it.
The actual point, and it's apparently too deep, is that if Bush had done exactly what the link in my first post discussed, with the partying and everything, we would never have heard the end of it.