There was no shortage of Bush-hating going on for the last 8 years. But, and perhaps I'm biased a bit, it just seemed a bit less menacing. A bit less rooted in possible guerrilla action. A bit more political than visceral.
Regardless, it's interesting to try and understand the motivation and cause of the anger. As he says,
What is this fury about? In his scant 145 days in office, the new president has not remotely matched the Bush record in deficit creation. Nor has he repealed the right to bear arms or exacerbated the wars he inherited. He has tried more than his predecessor ever did to reach across the aisle. But none of that seems to matter. A sizable minority of Americans is irrationally fearful of the fast-moving generational, cultural and racial turnover Obama embodies — indeed, of the 21st century itself. That minority is now getting angrier in inverse relationship to his popularity with the vast majority of the country. Change can be frightening and traumatic, especially if it’s not change you can believe in.
We fear change. Some of us fear it so much that we'd do pretty drastic and reprehensible things to prevent it (see: Iranian elections).
The good news? The world will change with or without those who would wish to prevent or stall it. It's inevitable. It'll just take government in some places, and citizens in others, longer to catch on.
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