Exactly. I'm not saying that I agreed with Bush Snr's politics, in fact I know very little about his tenure and I'm sure there are lots of things I could find about his governance that I strongly dislike. Call me old fashioned, I just believe (on the whole) in respect for the dead. He wasn't Hitler or Bin Laden after all.
I really hate what follows when any past world leader dies, especially one with any kind of right wing tendencies because soon after, people start to lower themselves and start flinging muck. It's predictable and tired, it's certainly not witty or intelligent.
It was similar when Thatcher died. Again, not a politician I have a heap of affection for, but why people feel the need to stoop immediately to vulgarity is beyond me.