George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton Most Admired Again

[Flabbergasted]

George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton Most Admired Again
Billy Graham finishes in top 10 for 50th time

by Jeffrey M. Jones

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GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ -- For the fifth consecutive year, George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton are mentioned most often when Gallup asks the public which man and woman, living anywhere in the world, they admire most. The Reverend Billy Graham ranks among the top 10 most admired men for a record 50th time.

For more than 50 years, Gallup has been asking the open-ended most admired man and woman questions. This year's results are from a Dec. 11-14, 2006 poll.

Most Admired Man

Bush tops the list of most admired men once again, being named as such by 13% of Americans. Bush has rated as the most admired man each of the six years he has been president. Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter rank second and third on the list, with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Rev. Billy Graham, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Pope Benedict XVI, former South African President Nelson Mandela, the elder George Bush, and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates rounding out the top 10.


Most Admired Man, Dec. 11-14, 2006 Gallup Poll

% Mentioning Number of Top 10 Finishes


1 George W. Bush 13 7


2 Bill Clinton 5 15


3 Jimmy Carter 4 25


4 Barack Obama 3 1




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George W. Bush's first place finish may seem unusual given his job approval ratings are in the 30% range, but presidents usually are the most admired men, having won the honor 49 of the 60 times the question has been asked. The last time a sitting president was not named most admired was 1980, when Pope John Paul II finished ahead of Jimmy Carter (who had just been voted out of office). Bush's flagging popularity is, however, evident in the fact that the 13% who mention him as most admired man is the lowest of his presidency, down from 19% last year and 23% or higher from 2001 through 2004.



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http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=25996

[tblue]

1. Who, really, WHO could admire that man?

[Old and In the Way]

2. The 13% who still support him.

This is a classic case of misrepresentation....when the 'most admired' pool is the entire male population, it is quite easy for such a distortion to occur. It is really quite a meaningless poll.

[IndianaGreen]

3. So Bush and Hillary are admired by the percentage of 13%

I expected Hillary to pull higher numbers than Bush, but the fact they both polled at 13% makes me question who are the imbeciles that put Bush and Hillary in the same category. Who are these 13-percenters?

[dsc]

8. It wouldn't be the same 13% presumedly

It would be very easy for one 13% to admire Bush while a totally different 13% admires Clinton. That leaves 74% admiring neither.

[onecent]

4. Who in the hell do these people poll?????? Bush most admired....

How FUCKING STUPID do some people think we Americans are???

I admire PeeWee Herman MORE THAN fucking Bu*********..Moran

[snowbear]

5. That's just it... None of us... or ANYONE that we know were polled..

For all we know, they only called this creepy dude and his clan of blind, mindless followers at FR:

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[snowbear]

6. EwwWwwwWww.. I just noticed something.....

.. Is it just me, or does the leader of Free Republic resemble Saddam?

[Lost-in-FL]

7. Who admires **?

There have been Catholic presidents, Quakers, Womanizers, etc. But Bush is the unintellectual idiot, the one all losers can see as an inspiration. Any dumb student can now look at a history book and say; "See? Me too, Is can be a pResident".

[NJCher]

9. This should be called the "top of mind awareness" poll

Not the most admired. It's whoever is on television the most.



Cher

[Imagevision]

10. Huh?!! Bush has just been nominated as the least admired person in the world!