Mike, Clinton's presidency started the disrespect for the office. The ignorant attempts to toss him out be impeachment only brought shame and dishonor to the entire system.
What Chris is talking about, I think, is the pure hatred of everything Bush. Not since Nixon has there been such as clear line between "love and hate" for a President. It seems to be that with most presidents, people seem to have this "mixed to bad" or "mixed to good" feeling, pretty middle of the road, not liking some things, liking others. Bush just seems to totally polarize people.
Outside of the US, Bush is one of the most hated men in the world, I am sure. In a poll of 500 teenagers in Canada (age 14 to 18), a large number refered to the US as the "evil empire".
The american people might not like to hear it, but your standing in the world went from "superpower with control" to "agressive bully" in the last 3 years. Yeah, I know, 9/11 justifies almost anything. Whatever. Your still being seen as a bully nation, and Bush is being seen as the hated "king of the bullies". You know that one day, someone will try to topple the bully. The more the bully huffs and puffs, the more people want to push him down.
Bush is hated, brought it on himself, and has done nothing but piss people off for the last 3 years. It's not a good thing in the long run.
Alex
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