Richie,
Are you referring to former president GW Bush with your comment about being liked? Obviously, it is not President Obama who has a fairly low approval rating of 39% right now. Compare that, however, to GW Bush whose final approval rating was 22%. Even your hero, Jimmy Carter, has a much higher approval rating than GW Bush.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n4728399.shtml