Americans didn't even turn away from Bush after it was known that he and his handlers had indeed lied the nation into an illegal war of choice against a nation that was no threat to us. What finally turned them was that immediately after the re-election Bush proclaimed that he had enormous political capital(even though he won by just more than trump did) and would use it to begin the privatization of Social Security and Medicare. That was it for Bush. HIs approval went down, never recovered and got worse to just 25% by the time he took his final ride on the helicopter out of town. But not back to the "ranch" in Crawford because that always was a stage set that was purchased for him the day of his election. As Ross Perot said of Bush the Younger, "Down here in Texas we call a fella like Bush "All Hat and No Cattle". And we thought it would never get worse. And then it did. Good god the damage an ill informed population can do to itself before it wakes up.