The left bemoans the right's dislike of Big Ears, but the left hated W with a passion. Which made no sense, since the shrub was a big gov statist.
Bush drew the ire of average Americans because he lied about WMDs under the pretense of retribution for 911 and was directly responsible for the needless deaths of both Iraqis and American soldiers. The end of his sorry term was marked by an almost wanton destruction of the economy. The Obama administration focused on finding and killing the actual mastermind of 911, put affordable insurance in the hands of millions, stopped legalized theft by credit card companies, saved the automobile industry, used drones to kill top Islamic terrorists instead of ground troops, shut down the Iraq offensive and brought our troops home... I could go on but the list of Obama success is much too long to effectively list them here.