Second, nobody has forgotten Iraq. Acknowledging that a former president has said something that he hopes will promote unity is not a whitewashing of the decisions he made as president.

Third, we liberals HAVE held him accountable for what we consider to be bad decisions. We have not stopped doing that. More importantly, history will also hold him accountable. But let’s use another example: Jimmy Carter. President Carter has, by most people’s standards, been a much better post-president than he was a president. He made many good decisions, but he also stumbled pretty often. When he does something like become an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity, should we stop and say, whoa, wait a minute, what about that hostage crisis – we need to hold him accountable!!!” No, we don’t do that.

What about Clinton? When he establishes a Foundation that helps get much-needed HIV drugs to Africa (working with George W. Bush, btw), do we stop and say how dare he? What about Lewinsky, perjury, and getting himself impeached? No, we do not say that.

So, I’m not sure you make your case here. You can’t hold one president accountable for his bad decisions in the face of something positive he does post-presidency, but not hold all of them accountable for the mistakes they made while in office (don’t even get me started on the roll-out of Obamacare) in the face of good things they do after they leave office.

Otherwise, they might as well fold up that whole One America thing and let the people of Puerto Rico go it alone. Is that what you want?