AP Poll: Bush Both a Villain and a Hero
Intriguing results of this poll to name the villains and heroes of the year – Bush topped both lists, in a sign of these polarized times.
…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.
…Bush was the choice of 43 percent of Democrats for villain, and 27 percent of Republicans for hero.
I can empathize with this confusion. In times like these there is a painful disconnect between the means and the ends. The goal of a democratic Middle East was noble and visionary. The execution…not so much.
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