It's OK if you're Chris Hitchens

Andrew Sullivan, earlier today, responding to a John Derbyshire piece on Bush's incuriousness:

This is the Tory version of the left's obsession with Bush's "stupidity."

Andrew Sullivan, later today, endorsing the use of the 's' word by his friend Christopher Hitchens:

Out of a thesaurus of possible nominations, one would have to select George Bush's remarks about Vladimir Putin as the stupidest utterance of his entire presidency.

Calling Bush stupid: Brilliant if you're Hitchens. A mark of "obsession" if you're on "the left".

Sigh.