It's much more than that. The hatred for America goes way beyond George Bush. In Europe especially Americans are seen as: insane fundamentalists, bullies, insanely greedy, selfish, oblivious to everyone else's needs. In Israel alone, America is idolised.
Too bad, so sad.
A work acquaintance of my husband's went to S. America a few years ago for work.....can't remember which country....but they got asked, well, "where are your guns?" He'd look at them trying to figure out what they were talking about.....then he had to explain that Americans as a rule don't run around with guns, unlike in the movies....
actually, apparently america's standing is pretty high in india, too-
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=7053
I've met Europeans who are too scared to visit the US because they think we drive around in massive cars shooting out our windows and running people over. And then they call us ignorant and uninformed.