11-18-2003, 12:29 AM
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Junkie
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The poll originally posted seems to be in direct contrast to this one:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/articl...TICLE_ID=35646
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1 in 3 Brits call Bush 'stupid'
Poll: Majority consider U.S. leader threat to world peace
Posted: November 17, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Most people living in Great Britain – America's closest ally – believe George W. Bush is a threat to world peace, and at least 1 in 3 characterize the U.S. president as stupid, according to an opinion poll conducted by Britain's Sunday Times and published over the weekend.
Bush is scheduled to arrive in London tomorrow, preparatory to a three-day state visit.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who staunchly supported Bush during the war, has seen his own approval ratings plunge over Iraq.
According to a Reuters report, Blair conceded that opponents of the Bush administration's preemptive Iraq policy "are rubbing their hands at the scope for embarrassing him." Writing in Britain's leading Sunday tabloid, The News of the World, Blair added: "But I believe passionately there could not be a better moment for him to come to the UK than now. …Despite the doubters, I am convinced the visit of President Bush this week is in the best interests of this country and the world."
Bush's visit, the first such state visit by a U.S. president since Ronald Reagan's in 1982, is expected to be met with widespread demonstrations by protestors, reported Reuters.
As reported by Agence France-Presse:
* 60 percent of those surveyed thought Bush was a threat to world peace while only seven percent said he was a good world leader.
* A majority of 53 percent to 41 percent supported demonstrations planned for Bush's three-day stay.
* 45 percent to 43 percent said Britain and the U.S. were wrong to go to war with Iraq.
* 73 percent expect the security situation in Iraq to get worse over the next few months.
* 37 percent called the U.S. president "stupid," while only 6 percent described him as articulate and 10 percent as intelligent.
Nevertheless, reports AFP, only 20 percent of those Britons polled said British forces in Iraq should be withdrawn immediately, and 26 percent said they should return home within six months regardless of the security situation. However, 47 percent – almost half – believed Britain had a duty to keep forces in Iraq.
The polling organization YouGov questioned 1,934 people on Thursday and Friday for the Sunday Times poll.
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Personally, the original posted poll seems a little fishy to me. It says that the majority of people polled think that the USA is a force for good in the world, but the story doesn't mention whether anyone was questioned about their opinion of Bush directly. |
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