It also happened under Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, LBJ, JFK, Eisenhower, Truman, FDR, Hoover, Cal... need I go on because I will.
As did the people claiming the criticism was unjustified.
Much of the criticism of Bush is valid and there is no need to dismiss it out of hand, some of it is nonsensical, yet in a question like this it all becomes lumped and murky. Let us tackle the critiques on at a time and see what the facts are.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.