home

Bush Finally Wins a Poll

By TChris, Section Other Politics
Posted on Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 01:08:51 PM EST
Tags: (all tags)
Share This: Digg! StumbleUpon del.icio.us reddit reddit

As the president's poll numbers continue to decline (and you can expect them to decline further if he announces his anticipated plan to escalate the war in Iraq), he'll probably not be comforted by the knowledge that he won at least one poll this year. Respondents in an AP-AOL News poll named Bush "the biggest villain of the year," beating out second place Osama bin Laden by a comfortable margin.

With a much smaller percentage of the total vote, Bush also won "hero of the year," laughably defeating "soldiers in Iraq." Those who die to carry out the president's failed policies are apparently less heroic to some than the architect of those policies. Go figure.

< Police Indicted in New Orleans Shooting Spree | Executing the Mentally Ill >

  • The Online Magazine with Liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news

  • Contribute To TalkLeft


    • Display: Sort:
    Bush Finally Wins a Poll | 6 comments (6 topical)

    Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment

    bush has now officially become the... (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Bill Arnett on Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 01:27:28 PM EST
    ...Howard Cosell of the Whitehouse.

    Back in Cosell's heyday he was simultaneously to most beloved and the most hated of sports broadcasters in the same poll:

    1 in five loved him.
    2 in five detested him.

    bush breakdown:

    Bush won the villain sweepstakes by a landslide, with one in four respondents putting him at the top of that bad-guy list. When people were asked to name the candidate for villain that first came to mind, Bush far outdistanced even Osama bin Laden, the terrorist leader in hiding; and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who is scheduled for execution.
    The president was picked as hero of the year by a much smaller margin. In the poll, 13 percent named him as their favorite while 6 percent cited the troops in Iraq.

    More HERE.

    Also interesting:

    Bush was the choice of 43 percent of Democrats for villain, and 27 percent of Republicans for hero.

    So only 27% OF REPUBLICANS would rate bush a hero. THAT is quite a b*tch-slapping.

    i am astonished............... (none / 0) (#1)
    by cpinva on Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 01:12:39 PM EST
    that people would actually vote bush higher than those actually putting their lives at risk for their country. i can only assume their disconnect with reality is complete and absolute.

    Clueless Tool of the Last Half Century (none / 0) (#2)
    by jondee on Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 01:27:24 PM EST


    Agreed. That is too, too sad. (none / 0) (#5)
    by Bill Arnett on Sat Dec 30, 2006 at 03:01:05 PM EST


    Bush wins one, loses one (none / 0) (#6)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 30, 2006 at 04:12:18 PM EST
    Barely one-third of service members approve of the way the president is handling the war, ac cording to the 2006 Military Times Poll.
    How nice for all the little chirrin'... (none / 0) (#7)
    by Bill Arnett on Sun Dec 31, 2006 at 04:09:19 PM EST
    ...growing of age to read to find out that the president of the United States is considered the worst villain in the world.

    Quite a commentary on American society.

    Bush Finally Wins a Poll | 6 comments (6 topical)

    Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment