[skeeter]

You may as well ask why Obama engenders such hatred from the Right. Two sides of the same coin. The answer is ideology and the age-old human tendency to treat others who have different ideologies as the enemy.

Obama is at the extreme left end of the political continuum by almost anyone's standards. Bush is/was not. Thats my point.

Carter & Clinton are able to travel the globe without incident. Where're the threats & hatred?

[Wolfstar]

I understand and agree with your point. The Left tends to be more vocal, and in socialist Europe, it gets away with more extreme virulence.

However, GWB could travel if he wants. Those paying close attention to the man during his second term could see that he was totally burned out. So it doesn’t surprise me that he wants nothing to do with politics anymore, and that includes walking into the face of stupid Leftist controversies. He’s happy back home in Texas. That’s where his heart has always been.