Anti-Bush feeling among Democrats pushed the party to the left over the past eight years.
Many European thinkers, while acknowledging the depth of anti-Bush feeling, say it is simplistic and unfair.
There was even a bonding, anti-Bush feeling similar to the kind of consensual opposition that we experienced under Margaret Thatcher.
"There was a lot of anti-Bush feeling, questioning of our Iraq policy and about torture," Ms. Greenberg said.
But perhaps the only surprising thing about the vehemence of anti-Bush feeling, based on a reading of newspapers, opinion polls and interviews around Europe, is how unsurprising it truly is.
Across Europe, anti-Bush feeling has contributed to a consensus that the coming American election is of singular importance: for the United States, certainly, but also for the rest of the world.
Foley and Evans both end their books with rather unexpected salvoes of anti-Bush feeling, which I take to be backhanded adieus to a man who, by enabling the international community to unite against Washington, has provided it with a coherence it might not otherwise have had.
Mr. Blair's willingness to put himself forward as a friend to America, particularly in light of the anti-Bush feelings in much of the rest of Europe, has brought him much public criticism.
Since anti-Bush feelings are a big part of this election, it is fair game to convince more people to vote for change -- especially with less than three months to go before the election.
Importantly, while it can be argued, although probably wrongly, that the anti-Obama fervor is no worse than the anti-Bush feelings of a few years ago, it cannot be argued that the two parties have engaged in this rhetoric in the same way.
Friendships as a Priority The upheaval may have left George W. Bush feeling uncomfortable, but he was not melancholy -- far from it.
