He does inspire hatred from about half the voting community.
I think that's a very fair assessment.
We have gotten VERY partisan....and half the voting community (slightly less?) did not vote for Bush.
What I don't understand is the whining....this is NOT new. Certainly slightly less than half the voting community didn't vote for Clinton, and everything in BP's quote could apply to him just as easily. The other side was just as nasty to Clinton, yet they feel they ought to be priviledged for some reason.