A new poll from the Associated Press and AOL News has discovered that Americans are torn in terms of their perception of President Bush and his performance in '06. When asked to name the past year's biggest villain, Bush was, by far, the #1 choice, with 25% of the vote, distantly trailed by Osama Bin Laden (8%), Saddam Hussein (6%), President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (5%), Kim Jong II (2%) and Don Rumsfeld (2%). Satan only took in 1% of the vote, as did Hugo Chavez, Tom Cruise, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Rosie O'Donnel, among others.
On the flip side, Bush also claimed the top spot when Americans were asked to name the year's biggest hero - but with only a trifling 13% of the vote. The troops in Iraq came in second (6%), followed by Jesus Christ (3%), Barack Obama (3%), Oprah Winfrey (3%), and rock star Bono (2%). Other do-gooders of 2006, receiving 1% each, included Warren Buffett, George Clooney, Bill Gates, Al Gore, Billy Graham, Angelina Jolie, Colin Powell, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Condoleeza Rice.
