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Originally Posted by MysticCat

The vitriol goes back at least to the Clintons, and there were signs of it even when Reagan was in the White House.

On this topic, I highly recommend Peggy Noonan's Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now.

It was definitely there for the Clinton. Hell, it was there for the Kennedys. People like to remember him well because of the assassination, but there were many people who couldn't stand JFK. My father's family (who are incidentally Catholic) still talk about how they didn't like JFK and what a terrible president he was.