George W. Bush Is Most Admired Man in 2004

[Contrary1]

Please discuss amongst yourselves...I need another drink.

"Nearly one in four Americans name George W. Bush, without prompting, as the most admired man this year, according to the Dec. 17-19 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. Former President Bill Clinton, who recently underwent a quadruple bypass and opened his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., comes in second place, with 6% of respondents mentioning him. Rounding out the top five most admired this year are Secretary of State Colin Powell, at 5%, former President Jimmy Carter, at 4%, and the Rev. Billy Graham, at 3%."

http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=14470

[Placebo]

1. Bill Clinton won for all 8 years of his presidency...

this poll is basically a popularity contest, and since whoever the President is at the time is hammered into people's minds 24/7, well, there ya go...

More interesting, however, is that Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman. :)

[fryguy]

clear channel helps

all chimp, all the time....

[Rockerdem]

46. Going AWOL is now considered admirable

or at least forgiveable. Whoda thunk?

[lancdem]

10. Yes, whoever's president wins

I'll bet Bush also is the most hatest man in America, too. :evilgrin:

[Placebo]

12. Bingo!

[bahrbearian]

18. America,(for sure), how about the world.

[Calvinist Basset]

29. I try very hard not to hate anyone.

But I come awfully close to it with George W. Bush. After all, if I were answering a poll, I'd say he's the man guilty of some of the worst evil in the world today.

[ChiciB1]

68. I Must Say The Same

Through all my years of living I have veered away from using the word HATE for anyone or anything, but THIS IDIOT has sorely tried my Soul!

I remain absolutely AMAZED as to why others can even begin to think of him as a man (actually that's it) as a man! I personally feel he's such a FAKE and as close to EVIL as I've ever seen. This person has done more to RUIN America than anyone I've ever seen. He and his cohorts keep beating that STUPID drum of theirs and all I want to do is PUKE! I simply CANNOT STAND this IDIOT!
Think Left... Be Right!!!!

[Calvinist Basset]

75. What's even worse

is that I am going to Brazil in a couple of days. And while I'm there, he will surely come into conversation--with people probably asking me some hard questions or taking me to task on some of the rotten policies he's put forth. It will be very difficult for me to be diplomatic on behalf of the organization I represent, and yet tell them the truth about how angry he makes me.

[ChiciB1]

77. My Bleeding Heart Goes With You!

I don't think Brazil is all that crazy about America other than wanting to flee the plight of Brazil. I met a really Great guy from Brazil at a Kerry Rally the Sunday before the election. He was telling me that IF Bush won, that America would turn out JUST LIKE BRAZIL. Not knowing all that much about what he had gone through, I must say it did open my eyes a bit.

Having said that... I think Brazil is a beautiful country having gotten as close as Costa Rica once. Of course, I think there's a lot of difference between Costa Rica and Brazil too! Politically I mean. Costa Ricans were beautiful and wonderful people. As I'm sure many Brazilians are. Anyway, I live in Florida so you can tell them that there are millions of people who really CAN'T STAND THE IDIOT!! Unfortunately, in my opinion... the election was stolen once again. Living UNDER Jeb for the last 2 elections, and now having Katherine Harris re-elected as my Congressperson, my outlook on things has been down right PITHY!!!

Good Luck!

[Calvinist Basset]

91. Thanks!

I'll be sure to pass on your message!

[Octafish]

2. 25-percent is good enough for a man date.

That leaves 75-percent who recognized Bush for what he is -- the little turd from Crawford.

[Patsy Stone]

3. I know

It's something in the water. We must clean it.

[w4rma]

4. Yes. The cult leader. (nt)

[Union Thug]

23. "We love the leeeeeaaaderrrr..."

[Supersedeas]

54. about sums it up-wonder where Hitler rated in Germany in the late thirties

[fryguy]

5. admired for being such an asshole, maybe

or maybe he's just the name that popped into the vacuous mind of a quarter of the people querried....

what a bunch of jerkwads

[Joe Power]

6. Utterly disgusting

It does tell us that 1 in 4 Americans are complete and utter morons. Ugh!

[Moderate Dem]

27. Real good strategy, calling those whose votes you want "morons"...

[Union Thug]

35. Truth hurts. Morons is actually far too kind a description.

And really, who wants their votes? If the 1 in 4 idiots who worship the Bushbot ever decide to vote for a position I support, I'd really have to start rethinking that position.

[Borgnine]

44. You're right.

They're not morons.... they're shit-licking assholes.

[Joe Power]

52. What would you call them?

[SammyWinstonJack]

71. MorAns works for me.

:evilgrin:

[Pam-Moby]

7. OMG

George W. Bush Is Most Admired Man in 2004. In your dreams....the person who believes this must have had to much Christmas cheer!

[LynnTheDem]

8. Only 25% of Americans picked bushler? Must be his real base.

And ya KNOW it's hurting the poor bastard to know CLINTON was #2.

:D

Now let's do a WORLD-WIDE Most Admired Man poll! Bet bush would rank below Castro.

[jmowreader]

74. Bush would rank below Mussolini

[Nikepallas]

9. WHO the hell did they poll Southern-biblebelt White Repug males?

[peekaloo]

11. curious that "without prompting" is thrown into that sentence.

:eyes:

[shiina]

33. It's because * can't answer without prompting

[hyphenate]

13. Easy answer to that

Those 1 in 4 are just ignorant, incompetent assholes.

[zulchzulu]

14. I'm glad they think that

Once they find out about what Chimpy is all about and the Repugs fall all over themselves, these same people will gladly gnaw on Chimpy's pig toe.

Just give it time.

[tridim]

15. I'd like to see the results of "least admired man this year"

I bet a dollar that Bush would get more than 25% in that poll.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

17. ROFL...eom

MKJ

[Laurab]

21. When do they choose "least admired man"?

I'd go five bucks, easy. Except, would they be allowed to print it?

[Spiffarino]

16. No surprise there

Fundies make up about the same percentage (about 25%, I think) of Americans. They think he's the sword-wielding right hand of Jebus. They'll go for him every time.

BFD.

[SueZhope]

19. They had to have

misunderstood the question..

They must have thought it was .Who should be fired
in 2004. :crazy:

[patdem]

20. 1 in 4 would not care if bush did a live boy or a dead girl

in Macy's window...the sure death of any OTHER politican...bush** has ONLY 25%..gee thought it was about 30% hornswagelled?? I in fact am relived! :evilgrin:

[Union Thug]

22. Yep, America admires an inarticulate, mean-spirited boob and

puppet of the corporations.

That, in a nutshell, is why, given the opportunity, I'd move to Europe.

Ugggh.

[Moderate Dem]

28. Buh-Bye...

I'll bet your cute little Che avatar got a lot of votes for Kerry, huh?

[Crunchy Frog]

32. If you hate this site so much then why do you read and post here?

This site is not responsible for winning or losing votes for Kerry or any Democrat. It is simply a place for Democrats and progressives of various different stripes to discuss a variety of different things.

This is not Campaign Headquarters Central for the Democratic party. My guess is that people's Che avatars at this site had not the slightest effect whatsoever on the number of votes that Kerry got. Again, that is not the purpose of this site. I wonder if you might be more comfortable elsewhere?:shrug:

[Moderate Dem]

58. Easing me out the door?

Who said I "hated" this site?

Sorry to offend, if I did, but I thought that this was a forum for Democrats, is anyone who agreed with Kerry on the issues too much of a "right winger" for ya? Don't question my credibilty as a Democrat, please. I may be in favor of the Democrats highlighting Democrat issues that will help win support from the middle, but that doesn't make me any less Democrat, OK?

All I meant, was that whether or not you think that the DU is a private club, messages posted here have been held up as examples of far left radicalism by the right, for the purpose of painting all Democrats as wackjobs. This is done for the purpose of hurting us with moderate voters. Lastly, if you think that posters with Che and Karl Marx avatars help us in any way...

I probably shouldn't have been rude though, and I apologize.

[Crunchy Frog]

67. Maybe I misspoke.

The general flavor of your postings is one of disapproval towards other posters on this site. I makes it appear as if you're only here to bitch about how bad the rest of us are, and how we're somehow hurting the Democratic party by expressing opinions that you're not comfortable with.

This is a large and diverse group, and everyone who reads it is going to encounter views that they disagree with, or are made uncomfortable by. Most people find more effective ways of coping with the phenomenon then simply going around and insulting the board and blaming it for the misfortunes of the Democratic party.

As far as the Che and Marx avatars go, they are avatars that the site provides, so if you think that they are doing substantial harm to the Democratic cause, you might want to take up your concerns with the administrators.

I do think that it's a little interesting that the most extreme expressions of right wing radical extremism don't seem to harm the Republican party, while fairly mild expressions of leftist attitudes, such as those of Michael Moore are accused of doing irreparable harm to the Democrats. I'd be curious to know if you have any theories as to why that is.

No need to apologize to me. You might want to try apologizing to Union Thug.

[Union Thug]

34. oh boo hoo...

At least my position is clear...unlike the bulk of middle of the road, wishy washy, can't decide if I'm a liberal puke or a conservative democrat moaners.

[GiovanniC]

50. Your Username Is Inaccurate

I'd say probably on both counts.

[electric-eye]

24. bush is unworthy to carry Clinton's jock, and NOT the most admired of 75%

America needs a hero.

[LynnTheDem]

25. "NEARLY 1 in 4"...ONLY 23%. LOWEST % SINCE 2001!

NOT EVEN a quarter of Americans picked duhhhhbya. Heh!

The percentage of Americans mentioning George W. Bush as the most admired man is lower now than at any other point since he took office in 2001.

ROTFLMAO!!!


Also from Gallup:

The president is typically the most admired man each year. The last time a president did not top the list was 1980, when Pope John Paul II was the most admired man.

[trillian]

26. Gallup is RW

Pay no attention to anything Gallup says. It's owned by a Bush supporter.

[LynnTheDem]

30. oh noooo...I will pay A LOT of attention to Gallup!

As rightwingnut as they are, EVEN THEY are showing bush with ONLY 23% and that this is THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE for bush since 2001!

That's the BEST a RIGHTWING pollster can come up with? LOL!!!

Now just IMAGINE if a NON-PARTISAN pollster had done the poll!

Oh yes, I will be sharing this Gallup poll result VERY WIDELY. :)

[fooj]

31. Anyone care to join me?

:smoke: I'm gonna watch Animal Farm so I can remind myself of how easy this can be done! BAAHHH BAAHHH BAAHHH!!!!!!!

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???????:shrug: :think:

[proudbluestater]

36. John Kerry is in good company with Nelson Mandela

[jojo54]

37. I don't understand how Americans could change

....so quickly. We LOVED Bill Clinton in the 90's, but now 51% of us feel that it's better to have an insane religious monster in office (sorry if I offend anyone of faith). But now, only 6% care to mention him as admirable? As far as I'm concerned, we are a very hypocrytical, naive people and we will believe all the bullcrap that's thrown our way. I blame, in part, the GOP owned media for this. In part, I blame the tame, submissive Democratic party. As for the remainder, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

[Cobalt Violet]

38. One in four americans are apparently very stupid. n/t

[jojo54]

40. Here, Here!!!

[bush_is_wacko]

39. How is this possible?

Even the TIME magazine poll(which I realize is not "scientific") has a result of something in the neighborhood of 57% of those polled do NOT think Bush is a good choice for person of the year! Did they only poll Rethuglicans working in the WH and Evangelical or Fundamentalists Christian ministers?

[jojo54]

41. It just goes to show

how much supression work the Repugs did on election day!

[American Tragedy]

49. I thought he was a very good choice for person of the year

Now that he no longer has to play the moderate to appeal to the electorate, he and his administration are free to unleash their punitive agenda on the world, and we can't do a goddamn thing about it. The Congress is Republican and won't hold him in check, and he is no longer remotely accountable to the American people.

He is terrifyingly influential over the course of our lives and the future of our country, whether we like it or not.

It's stupid to pretend otherwise.

[bush_is_wacko]

51. I certainly agree with you regarding his influence

but it is AN agenda he's supporting, not HIS agenda. The only agenda he has is to serve his evil minions everything they want on a silver platter. He is a figure head and nothing else. He isn't even very good at that.

[tsuki]

42. These polls that CNN uses are merely news makers for lazy

reporters. As if any thinking person would believe them anymore. Get off your duffs, break a nail, blow a hair out of place and do some real reporting.

I am so thoroughly sick of the Gallup polls.

[jojo54]

43. I'm sick of ALL the polls

It's pretty amazing that Bush's job rating was below 50%, then above just before the election. Then not 3 weeks after, it's back down to 43%. Well, Americans may be naive, selfish and greedy, but I don't think they're total airheads. All those polls before the election were manufactured!

[opihimoimoi]

45. It just tells us 25% are wannabes...they WANT to be HIM.....

In this case, they are wishing.

[njdemocrat106]

47. I sure as hell don't admire him

Was this a multiple choice poll? If people heard Bush's name first, then they probably picked him without hearing the other choices.

[GetTheRightVote]

48. I am sad to say this but probably only reason is people know is name

that's about it.

:kick:

[tngledwebb]

53. The polls are sometimes wrong, and this is a prime example, I hope.

Either way, even if Gallup isn't complicit, we have a lot of work to do.

[imabadman]

55. This just says that

at least 25% of Americans know who the president is.

[GreenArrow]

56. A veritable rogues gallery...

unsurprising.

[GOPBasher]

57. Big Brother demands that it go up to 80%, with

other members of THE PARTY rounding out the other 20%. Who are the 75% that didn't mention him? They do not exist; they never existed. War is Peace.

[Sparkly]

59. Time for some new "Our Leader" billboards? n/t

[LiberalEconomist]

60. Well to be fair

he does have a cute ass.

[Sparkly]

62. ewwww

As far as I'm concerned, he IS an ass, and he's not cute at ALL. Not even in the way other chimps are cute. Unless he's got a little donkey on his ranch, I gotta disagree with you on this one.

:puke:

[LiberalEconomist]

65. Heh Heh Heh

Sometimes I say things just to make people puke. Really, my personality hasn't matured past that of a twelve year old.

[Cheswick2.0]

61. 3 our of 4 people think he's a Fascist nut job

and a moron.

[WI_DEM]

63. A president typically wins this poll

I'm happy Jimmy Carter made it into the top five.

[Sparkly]

66. Jimmy Carter -- there's a man to admire!

Even more than Clinton, Carter is absolutely admirable. An amazing man. :thumbsup:

[Skidmore]

64. That poll was effin' freeped.

[ChiciB1]

69. REALLY?????

America has been 'effin FREEPED! But Why is the QUESTION???

A little good news for me today though. After coming out of a grocery store I saw a group of people at my car. My first thought was, Okay, get ready to rumble! I have bumper stickers all over my car DISSING The Idiot! As I approached with my head held higher than usual, looking down my nose for affect I was quite surprised to see the reaction. They were ADMIRING my car and the fact that I still cared enough to make a statement. I asked them if they like it and they ALL agreed and said thanks for hanging in there! I told them, they will stay on until the Florida Sun fades them enough to be restored by even more extras at home!

So while my IRE and ABSOLUTE wonderment about these Repukes down here in Sarasota County gives me plenty to "spit in their eye," I will keep up the battle. I plan to be so "in your fact" until this IDIOT is GONE! And then my car bumper will say Good Riddance! This Boy King makes my flesh crawl!!!

Isn't it a shame that a person has to think of the President of the United States in such a way??? The name GEORGE is not to be spoken in my home!
Think Left... Live Right!

[OnlyInAmerica]

70. I truly admire him

Anybody who can pull as much S**T as he does and get away with it...wow.

sarcasm off

[despairing optimist]

72. Okay, I'll give up on the man. Who is the most admired woman?

Or don't the ladies count?

I have one: the mother of a fireman who died when one of the WTC towers collapsed as he was helping people escape. This lady is in Iraq now with Medea Benjamin helping out Fallujans because she said they're just as innocent as the people her son helped out. When I heard that story, I lost it.

There's a hero for you.

EDIT: Corrected Benjamin spelling.

[smirkymonkey]

73. January 2, 1939: Time names Adolf Hitler Man of the Year

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/archive/covers/0,16641,1101390102,00.html

And people still think it's ludicrous to compare the two.

[Debs]

76. OH MY GOD

I am going to be sick

[Delphinus]

78. BS!

Don't believe a word of it.

By the way, Contrary1, let me know if the drinking helps. :)

[Contrary1]

92. Will do, if we are both

still here in 4 years and 20 days, and I
have sobered up enough to make a post.

Meanwhile....

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[Dangerman]

93. George Bush admired?

:wtf:

I rather admire Adolf Hitler than this jerk!

Don't worry, I meant it as sarcasm. I am NOT and NEVER will be a Neo-Nazi.

George Bush can kiss my ass!

[LibDemAlways]

94. Proof positive that some Americans

are beyond help. I'd pick the moron in a minute for biggest asshole, most despicable excuse for a human being, biggest liar, most depraved mass murderer....There are many such "distinctions" chimp is worthy of. "Most admired" isn't one of them.

[IHeart1993]

95. In his own little world

Which I call Margaritaville
:beer:

[ibegurpard]

96. this happens for the same reason people were picking Joe Lieberman

as front-runner for Democratic nomination early on. Name recognition. Every president, now matter how bad, usually ends up on this list somehow.

[d_b]

97. Most admired?

Oh, COME ON. This really is Orwell's worst nitemare.