Bear in mind that, as I mentioned in another thread, the anti-Bush nastiness was largely in reaction to Bush's having taken the country to war - while the anti-Obama nastiness is supposedly in reaction to his proposals to reform the health-care system. If he was proposing to reform the gun laws, we would probably expect such vicious opposition, but as it is, you have to wonder what's really gotten these folks so riled up .... or maybe we know ....