Fun poll result (too lazy to dig up source)

[minionofmidas]

Ahead of the G8 summit, Forsa polled a thousand Germans on whether they knew the eight heads of government, and asked them to rate them from 100 (best) to 0 (worst).
i didn't see the data on how many Germans knew about Shinzo Abe or Stephen Harper - might be interesting as well - but here's the average ratings:
Merkel 62
Prodi 51 (only one that would've gotten a higher rating from me, tho' not much higher)
Sarkozy 49
Blair 47
Harper 44
Abe 41 I think, doing this from memory. Between Harper and Putin, anyways
Putin 39
Bush 20

[Ebowed]

It's like golf- lowest number wins.

[Hatman 🍁]

Looks like Bush's American approval rating is not much better than his German approval rating, and that Harper has a better approval rating (I think) in Germany.

[Verily]

Looks like Bush's American approval rating is not much better than his German approval rating, and that Harper has a better approval rating (I think) in Germany.

I'm pretty sure that's about what Harper's Canadian approval rating is. Doesn't mean 44% of the country will vote Conservative, of course.

[minionofmidas]

Looks like Bush's American approval rating is not much better than his German approval rating, and that Harper has a better approval rating (I think) in Germany.

I'm pretty sure that's about what Harper's Canadian approval rating is. Doesn't mean 44% of the country will vote Conservative, of course.

Just as 62% of Germans won't vote CDU.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

How unfortunate. Europe needs a long period of rightwing rule. Some places can handle social liberalism but others can't.