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I think the confusion is caused by the two elections (and Will's not-so-great explanation and infamous one-liner).
In election one, we are obviously not responsible for George Bush's actions or outcomes because there is no way anyone could have known what events would have transpired.
In election two, we already had a glimpse of how the George Bush Administration ran things and operated, thus giving the electorate more information to go on for that election. While the voters who elected George Bush are not DIRECTLY responsible for George Bush's actions, they are responsible for putting him in office. So in other words, there is a reasonable expectation that we knew what to expect. Therefore, 'we reap what we sow".
In that sense, we are in a way "responsible" (but not literally).
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