Bush stole the 2000 election, then started a completely bullshyt war that murdered hundreds of thousands of civilians and hypercharged the Patriot Act era of domestic surveillance while midwifing the global financial crisis and Great Recession. I don't know what your definition of "gentleman" or "reasonable" are, but he's nowhere near my definition.
Romney was a rapacious capitalist who made a fortune by manufacturing the economic and social conditions that led to MAGA. He was an anti-democratic plutocrat who deserves zero respect.