Warp wrote:
>   At least with the two (or maybe three) last presidents of the Unite States,
> it seems that approximately half of the US citizens adore him and the other
> half hates his guts, while the rest of the world practically unanimously does
> either one.
> 
>   Has this always been so in the US, or is it a modern phenomenon? Just
> curious (as I don't know too much about US's history).
> 
Can't answer the question, but one observation I have in relation to it. 
(Remember I am a Canadian living in the States for 25 years or so.) 
What is particularly noticeable to me is how Americans treat presidents 
in a very immediate and personal way.  They react to the man not the 
office and react to the personality.  This is probably been intensified 
with mass media culture, but I expect that it has always been a 
component of their politics.

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