From National Journal (no link)
Associated Press/Ipsos Public Affairs/AOL asked Americans to name the biggest villain and biggest hero of 2006, and Bush topped both lists.Of course, as noted in the first paragraph, Bush was also cited as the biggest hero of the past year, which just goes to show what total idiots Republicans have become. I'm sorry, but when the ABC/Washington Post poll (also cited by National Journal) shows that "80 percent of Republicans pledged their confidence in the president," then Republicans need to do some real soul-searching, because they've lost their minds.
Bush ran away with the worst villain title, earning 25 percent of respondents' ire. As if the midterm election outcome wasn't proof enough of unhappiness with the Decider in Chief, the survey's results show Osama bin Laden trailing Bush by 17 points for second place.
Rounding off the top five are some more expected names and faces. Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was hanged on Saturday after being convicted of war crimes, came in third with 6 percent. The two other "axis of evil" leaders -- Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and North Korea's Kim Jong Il -- earned 5 percent and 2 percent, respectively. Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tied with the communist enclave's dictator.
Republicans own George Bush. They own the disaster in Iraq, they own the 3,000 American dead killed for an inept lie, they own the repeal of centuries-old civil liberties. Republicans have become the party of incompetence, the party of extremism, the party of theocracy over democracy, and the party of those who hate our freedoms. I say "fine." Sane Republicans, the minority left, are most welcome to join us in straightening out our country. But rest assured that Independents and Democrats don't need the ever-more-irrelevant Republican extremists to build a permanent majority and take our country back.
