Over one third of Brits think Bush is stupid

[norrinr]

http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2181946
The Scotsman: Full report above.
Summary below:



The US President was branded a threat to world peace by a clear majority, 60%, of those questioned by YouGov.

More than one in three, 37%, said Mr Bush was “stupid” while 33% called him “incoherent”.

Only a minority saw positive characteristics in Mr Bush, with just 7% regarding him as a good world leader, 6% as articulate and 10% as intelligent.
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[soupkitchen]

1. Well I guess that means almost 2/3 of Brits are stupid

[0007]

16. No no no!

The Brits are overly kind.

The people in the U.S. that watch the whore networks are the ones that haven't got it right!

[Wwagsthedog]

2. Does that mean that 70% of Brits say * is stupid or incoherent?

If so, why do the other 30% think so much of him?

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Only a third????

The British must have a very high threshold for stupidity (my apologies to our British DUers - we know where you fall in all of this...) And I thought he was "international"-stupid!

[norrinr]

5. So are there polls of American's opinions of Bush's lack of intelligence

The last poll I read of American's had a much more tolerant attitude to him.
I think the Brits have hit the nail on the head.

[Ratty]

17. Only one third?

Yeah, that surprises me. Especially with all the heat Blair is taking. I assumed most Americans thought he was stupid, even the ones who voted for him. For many that was a selling point I imagine.

[no_hypocrisy]

19. One-third? Does that mean 2/3 think he's braindead?

Call me Pollyanna . . .

[TahitiNut]

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[norrinr]

6. Sorry - won't happen again

[lebkuchen]

7. Is the Chimp "stupid?"

Does Tom Delay jerk off?

[librarycard]

8. Yes, on both counts

inre: Tom

Only 'cause he has to.

[lebkuchen]

15. The Brits know what happens

when you give a guy drugs.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

9. 2/3 of of Brits think the Chimpster was born without a brain at all.

[jbfam4]

10. Welcome, norrinr

Hang in there....you'll get the hang of it...welcome to DU

[Instant Karma]

11. What can the other 2/3'rds possibly be using as evidence?

[norrinr]

12. Don't assume the other two thirds think highly of him

It's the nature of grabbing individual stats from polls that we haven't yet been told what the other 63% think.
They might think him a genius or a bit slow witted .
My guess is that the majority think him a bit dim.
We'll have to read the entire results to get a clearer picture.

Thanks for the welcome guys - good luck next year.

[JoFerret]

18. One half of that two thirds

think he is a cretin. The other half think he is a moron. (There are gradations you know.)

[cliss]

13. I can't make up my mind

if The Bush is doing it on purpose, or if he's turning a "deficit" into an "asset". There can bo no denying that Bush has a problem with his speeches and intelligence. However, I've heard that Bush says that people "misjudge" him, or underestimate him.

Deliberate? Or just a ruse? I don't know.

[norrinr]

14. I've heard Bush say he's been 'misunderestimated'

I rest my case.

[Turbineguy]

20. Be that as it may....

We all know of the British penchant for understatement.....

[snippy]

21. Two thirds are just being polite.

[newyawker99]

22. Hi norrinr!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Mari333]

23. Really now, most of the world hates Chimpy McFlightsuit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/programmes/wtwta/poll/html/political/general.stm

[norrinr]

24. A sidebar: The upcoming UK protests are anti-Bush not anti-US

....in spite of what Blair has implied.

[madddog]

25. I found this

in a reuters story today:

"Despite much talk in the media about how unpopular Bush is, a poll in the left-leaning Guardian newspaper showed more British voters welcome the visit than reject it, and that 62 percent think America "a force for good, not evil, in the world." "

NPR just reported the same thing this morning...and a friend of mine in London said he saw about 50 people at a protest yesterday. Don't kill the messenger!