My grandmother, who is edging 100, says that Barack Obama is only as hated as JFK was when he first became ?

president, she says the only reason people hate Barack Obama and are making a stand against him is because he is different racially from the other presidents just like JFK was different religiously (he was Catholic). She says that in 40 years time Barack Obama will be respected as much as all the other presidents who went against tradition, like Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Stonewall Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, and JFK. Do you think this is true? It does seem like our economy might see some light but not for a few years, and maybe not in this presidential term, but it seems that Obama is the one starting that ball roll.