According to Paul Krugman today:
Mr. Bush's relentless partisanship has depleted much of the immense good will he enjoyed after 9/11.
Of course, Mr. Krugman is far from the first to take this meme and run with it. Frankly, I want to bury this meme completely because it implies that America and American's are only deserving of most of the world's immense goodwill when we are killed. And when we refused to stand idly by to be killed again, we forfeited this immense goodwill.
Anybody who thinks that way can kiss my ass. Starting with Paul Krugman.