I was on a college campus when Bush I was President. The vitriol against Bush was of the same language and form.
Now, as the Left has increased its power, the ideology of Neo-marxism has taken hold in government and society, they have taken the same anger and multiplied it by 10X.
I was in college during the Bush I years as well. Back then, as now, everyone to the right of Stalin was a Nazi and thus Bush was Hitler incarnate, according to the tenured profs, left-wing activists, and perpetual students. Even when he sold out the base with raising taxes, the opinion of him on campus did not appreciably change.