Rex Mundi
Banned
America was turning right during that time period. The right wingers hated King and then they turned their fury on Jackson. Now they hate Obama. Different people, same color many of the same ideas. So if King had lived a longer life he would have picked up more and more hate.
Obama isn't really comparable to Jackson or King, though. He's a mainstream moderate president whose policies don't deviate from the standard fare; he doesn't have any personal beliefs or convictions that he wouldn't be willing to compromise. He's a liberal to the extent that he needed to appear very slightly left of center to win his election.