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Title: World leaders survey Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on February 18, 2005, 01:07:21 AM Just respond next to each name Approve or Disapprove like other surveys don in the past. For these:
George W. Bush Jaques Chirac Tony Blair Jose Zapatero Vladimir Putin Hugo Chavez Iyad Allawi Ariel Sharon Mahmoud Abbas Osama bin Laden Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Islam Karimonv Saparmurat Niyazov Fidel Castro Robert Mugabe Kim Jong-Il Hu Jintao bandit73 (as he is president of New America) Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on February 18, 2005, 01:09:14 AM my answers:
George W. Bush - disapprove Jaques Chirac - approve, but largely for the wrong reasons. I just like how he gets under Republicans' skin so well. Tony Blair - disapprove Jose Zapatero - approve Vladimir Putin - disapprove Hugo Chavez - approve Iyad Allawi - disapprove Ariel Sharon - disapprove, but not as much as I have in the past Mahmoud Abbas - approve Osama bin Laden - disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - approved Islam Karimonv - disapprove Saparmurat Niyazov - disapprove Fidel Castro - disapprove Robert Mugabe - disapprove Kim Jong-Il - disapprove Hu Jintao - disapprove bandit73 - approve Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Platypus on February 18, 2005, 01:15:42 AM 1-5 is dissaprove, 6-10 is approve; but on different scales. Higher the better.
George W. Bush 3 Jaques Chirac 3 Tony Blair 6 Jose Zapatero 4 Vladimir Putin 2 Hugo Chavez 2 Iyad Allawi 3 Ariel Sharon 4 Mahmoud Abbas 4 Osama bin Laden 0 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 5 Islam Karimonv 1 Saparmurat Niyazov dunno them Fidel Castro 2 Robert Mugabe 1 Kim Jong-Il 1 Hu Jintao 3 John Howard 4 I don't like politicians, especially ones who want to become national leaders. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Frodo on February 18, 2005, 01:19:48 AM George W. Bush -disapprove 4
Jaques Chirac -approve 6 Tony Blair -disapprove 2 Jose Zapatero -approve 10 Vladimir Putin -disapprove 2 Hugo Chavez -approve 8 Iyad Allawi -disapprove 2 Ariel Sharon -disapprove 3 Mahmoud Abbas -jury still out Osama bin Laden -disapprove 0 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -approve 8 Islam Karimonv -disapprove 0 Saparmurat Niyazov -disapprove 0 Fidel Castro -disapprove 3 Robert Mugabe -disapprove 2 Kim Jong-Il -disapprove 0 Hu Jintao -approve 7 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on February 18, 2005, 01:20:28 AM Saparmurat Niyazov dunno them he's the guy in Turkmenistan that renamed a month after himself and ordered an ice palace constructed in the middle of the desert. I should also add bandit as he's the president of New America :) Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Gabu on February 18, 2005, 01:23:34 AM George W. Bush - Approve (barely, but I don't have strong feelings against him at the moment, so I guess I approve)
Jaques Chirac - Disapprove Tony Blair - Approve Jose Zapatero - Approve Vladimir Putin - Disapprove Hugo Chavez - Got me Iyad Allawi - Got me Ariel Sharon - Approve (barely) Mahmoud Abbas - Approve Osama bin Laden - Uh, disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - Got me Islam Karimonv - Got me Saparmurat Niyazov - Got me Fidel Castro - Disapprove Robert Mugabe - Disapprove Kim Jong-Il - Uh, disapprove Hu Jintao - Disapprove Anyone that I wrote "got me" beside I really don't have enough information about to make a decision one way or another. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on February 18, 2005, 01:26:33 AM George W. Bush - Approve (barely, but I don't have strong feelings against him at the moment, so I guess I approve) Jaques Chirac - Disapprove Tony Blair - Approve Jose Zapatero - Approve Vladimir Putin - Disapprove Hugo Chavez - Got me Iyad Allawi - Got me Ariel Sharon - Approve (barely) Mahmoud Abbas - Approve Osama bin Laden - Uh, disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - Got me Islam Karimonv - Got me Saparmurat Niyazov - Got me Fidel Castro - Disapprove Robert Mugabe - Disapprove Kim Jong-Il - Uh, disapprove Hu Jintao - Disapprove Anyone that I wrote "got me" beside I really don't have enough information about to make a decision one way or another. Islam Karimov is the dictator of Uzbekistan and a very good friend of Bush. He enjoys executing political prisoners by boiling them alive. See what I said about Niyazov above. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: AuH2O on February 18, 2005, 01:51:10 AM Dislike all except Putin.
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Silent Hunter on February 18, 2005, 03:36:32 AM George W. Bush- Approve
Jaques Chirac- Disapprove Tony Blair- Approve Jose Zapatero- Approve (well he is a Socialist) Vladimir Putin-Disapprove Hugo Chavez-Disapprove Iyad Allawi-Well, the Iraqis have spoken on that Ariel Sharon- Barely approve Mahmoud Abbas- Barely approve Osama bin Laden- Disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva- No idea Islam Karimonv- Disapprove Saparmurat Niyazov-Disapprove Fidel Castro-Disapprove Robert Mugabe-Disapprove (and we shouldn't be playing cricket with him) Kim Jong-Il- Disapprove Hu Jintao-Disapprove Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on February 18, 2005, 05:39:31 AM Here's the ones I know
Bush - strongly disapprove Chirac - weakly approve Blair - disapprove Putin - strongly disapprove Chavez - very weakly approve Allawi - disapprove Sharon - disapprove Abbas - neutral Bin Laden - very strongly disapprove da Silva - strongly approve Karimonv - strongly disapprove Castro - disapprove Mugabe - disapprove Jong-II - strongly disapprove bandit73 - strongly approve Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on February 18, 2005, 05:57:41 AM George W. Bush: Disapprove (but not to the level of hatred)
Jaques Chirac: Strongly Disapprove Tony Blair: Approve of the general record of his government, but he ignores Parliament too much. That's been changing recently and he's been much more humble in general (thank you Nick Brown and Clive Soley!) Jose Zapatero: His handling of the Basque thing is idiotic. I had hoped for better. Neutral. Vladimir Putin: Strongly Disapprove Hugo Chavez: Strongly Disapprove Iyad Allawi: Anyone else think he looks a wee bit crooked? He's as good as out of office now though Ariel Sharon: I'm suprised to be saying this, but Approve Mahmoud Abbas: See Sharon, Ariel. Osama bin Laden: Strongly, strongly, strongly, strongly disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: Approve Islam Karimonv: Strongly, strongly, strongly disapprove Saparmurat Niyazov: I still have trouble believing that he's real. Answer is the same as Karimov, Islam Fidel Castro: Strongly, strongly disapprove Robert Mugabe: See Niyaziv, Saparmurat Turmenbashi Kim Jong-Il: See Bin Laden, Osama Hu Jintao: See Mugabe, Robert bandit73: He's not as bad as is often made out, but he'd make a very bad President. He's be fun as a State Rep though (chances of him getting elected to anything in his county is remote though) Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Michael Z on February 18, 2005, 06:13:41 AM 1 - strongly disapprove
10 - strong approve George W. Bush -- 4 Jaques Chirac -- 5 Tony Blair -- 5 Jose Zapatero -- 7 Vladimir Putin -- 5 Hugo Chavez -- 4 Iyad Allawi -- 5 Ariel Sharon -- 4 Mahmoud Abbas -- 7 Osama bin Laden -- 1 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- 5 Islam Karimonv -- 1 Saparmurat Niyazov -- 2 Fidel Castro -- 4 Robert Mugabe -- 2 Kim Jong-Il -- 1 Hu Jintao -- 6 bandit73 -- 10 ;-) Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Umengus on February 18, 2005, 06:25:05 AM scale: 0-10 (10 is best)
George W. Bush: strongly disapprove 2,9 Jaques Chirac: disapprove 4,5 Tony Blair: disapprove 4 Jose Zapatero: neutral 5 Vladimir Putin: disapprove 3,5 Hugo Chavez: strongly approve 8 (I'm a populist...) Iyad Allawi: disapprove 3 Ariel Sharon: neutral 5 Mahmoud Abbas: approve 7 Osama bin Laden: strongly disapprove 0 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: approve but only 6 Islam Karimonv: ? Saparmurat Niyazov: ? Fidel Castro: strongly disapprove 2,9 Robert Mugabe: strongly disapprove 1 Kim Jong-Il: strongly disapprove 0 Hu Jintao: disapprove: 2 bandit73 (as he is president of New America): ? And I add some names: Schroeder: disapprove: 4 Maerkel/Stoiber: disapprove 3 Kozumi: disapprove 4 (but in fact, I don't know very well the japan politics) Barroso: strongly disapprove: 2,9 Berlusconi: strongly disapprove 2,9 Jospin: disapprove 3 Verhofstadt: disapprove 4 Le Pen: strongly disapprove: 1 Howard: as Kozumi Fortuyn: neutral 5 (what? he's dead? my bad...) Gordon Brown: neutral 5 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Middle-aged Europe on February 18, 2005, 07:13:25 AM -2: He should either resign or die.
-1: Disapprove. 0: Somewhat neutral. +1: Approve. +2: I want to invite him to my next birthday party. George W. Bush: -1 Jaques Chirac: 0 Tony Blair: 0 Jose Zapatero: +2 Vladimir Putin: -2 Hugo Chavez: -1 Iyad Allawi: 0 Ariel Sharon: for a long time -1, improved to 0 several months ago Mahmoud Abbas: +1 Osama bin Laden: -2 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: +1 Islam Karimonv: -2 Saparmurat Niyazov: -2 Fidel Castro: -2 Robert Mugabe: -2 Kim Jong-Il: -2 Hu Jintao: -2 bandit73 (as he is president of New America): no idea Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: opebo on February 18, 2005, 01:59:08 PM 1 - strongly disapprove
10 - strong approve George W. Bush -- 1 Jaques Chirac -- 6 Tony Blair -- 4 Jose Zapatero -- 8 Vladimir Putin -- 1 Hugo Chavez -- 3 Iyad Allawi -- 3 Ariel Sharon -- 3 Mahmoud Abbas -- 4 Osama bin Laden -- 1 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- 4 Islam Karimonv -- 1 Saparmurat Niyazov -- 1 Fidel Castro -- 3 Robert Mugabe -- 1 Kim Jong-Il -- 1 Hu Jintao -- 3 Oh, and Bandit is a great guy, and would be a better leader than all of the above except for Zapatero and Chirac. I'll give him a five. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: opebo on February 18, 2005, 02:07:12 PM And I add some names: Oh I want to do these too.. Schroeder: 8 Maerkel/Stoiber: 3 Kozumi: 4 Barroso: 1 Berlusconi: 1 Jospin: 3 Verhofstadt: 4 Le Pen: 1 Howard: 2 Fortuyn: 7 Gordon Brown: 8 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Erc on February 18, 2005, 05:51:28 PM George W. Bush - Approve
Jaques Chirac - Disapprove Tony Blair - Approve Jose Zapatero - Disapprove Vladimir Putin - Disapprove Hugo Chavez - Strongly Disapprove Iyad Allawi - Mildly Approve Ariel Sharon - Mildly Approve Mahmoud Abbas - Approve Osama bin Laden - Strongly Disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - Disapprove Islam Karimonv - que? Saparmurat Niyazov - Strongly Disapprove (although if he ever finishes up that ice palace...) Fidel Castro - Strongly Disapprove Robert Mugabe - Strongly Disapprove Kim Jong-Il - Strongly Disapprove Hu Jintao - Mildly Disapprove bandit73 (as he is president of New America) - No basis for Comment Quote Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Jake on February 18, 2005, 08:08:23 PM George W. Bush-Approve
Jaques Chirac-Disapprove Tony Blair-Approve Jose Zapatero-Disapprove Vladimir Putin-Approve Hugo Chavez-Disapprove Iyad Allawi-Approve Ariel Sharon-Approve Mahmoud Abbas-Approve Osama bin Laden-Disapprove,WTF Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva-Approve Islam Karimonv-Approve Saparmurat Niyazov-Approve Fidel Castro-Disapprove Robert Mugabe-Disapprove Kim Jong-Il-Disapprove Hu Jintao-Approve bandit73-Disapprove Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on February 18, 2005, 10:00:08 PM 1 - strongly disapprove 10 - strong approve George W. Bush -- 1 Jaques Chirac -- 6 Tony Blair -- 4 Jose Zapatero -- 8 Vladimir Putin -- 1 Hugo Chavez -- 3 Iyad Allawi -- 3 Ariel Sharon -- 3 Mahmoud Abbas -- 4 Osama bin Laden -- 1 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- 4 Islam Karimonv -- 1 Saparmurat Niyazov -- 1 Fidel Castro -- 3 Robert Mugabe -- 1 Kim Jong-Il -- 1 Hu Jintao -- 3 Oh, and Bandit is a great guy, and would be a better leader than all of the above except for Zapatero and Chirac. I'll give him a five. how would the Thai Prime Minister rank? And for those unfamiliar with Karimov, see my comment above. He's the dictator of a former Soviet Republic who enjoys torturing political dissidents, largely by boiling them alive. And a very close friend and ally of Bush. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Jake on February 18, 2005, 10:09:08 PM Karimov gets an approve for providing key special forces bases in preparation for Enduring Freedom. I could care less if he boils people.
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on February 18, 2005, 11:03:10 PM Enduring "Freedom", how ironic. Kind of like supporting Saddam in the 80s. Now we have a new Saddam in Central Asia and right wingers think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: minionofmidas on February 19, 2005, 03:49:22 AM George W. Bush disapprove
Jaques Chirac disapprove Tony Blair disapprove Jose Zapatero approve Vladimir Putin disapprove Hugo Chavez disapprove (but not enough to support the opposition, who are worse) Iyad Allawi neutral Ariel Sharon disapprove Mahmoud Abbas neutral Osama bin Laden disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva approve Islam Karimov disapprove Saparmurat Niyazov disapprove Fidel Castro disapprove (but not enough to support the US based part of the opposition) Robert Mugabe disapprove Kim Jong-Il disapprove Hu Jintao disapprove bandit73 (as he is president of New America) approve as a poster, disapprove as president Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on February 19, 2005, 04:02:44 AM You disapprove of everyone Lewis ;D
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: minionofmidas on February 19, 2005, 04:25:25 AM You disapprove of everyone Lewis ;D Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: minionofmidas on February 19, 2005, 04:27:59 AM I'll do Umengus' and Dakota BRTD's as well:
Schroeder: neutral Merkel: disapprove Stoiber: disapprove Koizumi: disapprove Barroso: disapprove Berlusconi: disapprove (and, yes, to the point of hatred) Jospin: approve Verhofstadt: approve Le Pen: disapprove Howard: disapprove Fortuyn: disapprove Gordon Brown: neutral Thaksin Shinawatra: disapprove Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Platypus on February 19, 2005, 04:47:29 AM 1 - strongly disapprove 10 - strong approve George W. Bush -- 1 Jaques Chirac -- 6 Tony Blair -- 4 Jose Zapatero -- 8 Vladimir Putin -- 1 Hugo Chavez -- 3 Iyad Allawi -- 3 Ariel Sharon -- 3 Mahmoud Abbas -- 4 Osama bin Laden -- 1 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- 4 Islam Karimonv -- 1 Saparmurat Niyazov -- 1 Fidel Castro -- 3 Robert Mugabe -- 1 Kim Jong-Il -- 1 Hu Jintao -- 3 Oh, and Bandit is a great guy, and would be a better leader than all of the above except for Zapatero and Chirac. I'll give him a five. how would the Thai Prime Minister rank? Thaksin would be a 3 for me. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Colin on February 19, 2005, 10:38:51 AM George W. Bush- Approve
Jaques Chirac- Disapprove Tony Blair- Approve Jose Zapatero- Disapprove Vladimir Putin- Disapprove Hugo Chavez- Disapprove Iyad Allawi- Approve Ariel Sharon- Approve Mahmoud Abbas- Hasn't been in power long enough for me to have an opinion on him. His early attempts to stop Hamas and Islamic Jihad are admirable and his promises to finally bring the conflict to a conclusion are promising. Osama bin Laden- Disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva- Disapprove Islam Karimonv- Disapprove Saparmurat Niyazov- Disapprove Fidel Castro- Disapprove Robert Mugabe- Disapprove Kim Jong-Il- Disapprove Hu Jintao- Disapprove bandit73 (as he is president of New America)- Disapprove Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: DanielX on February 19, 2005, 11:12:01 AM (on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being 'homicidal hatred', 10 being "want to reach out and give a big kiss, ? means 'never heard of him')
George W. Bush 7 Jaques Chirac 3 Tony Blair 5 Jose Zapatero 4 Vladimir Putin 3 Hugo Chavez 2 Iyad Allawi 6 Ariel Sharon 7 Mahmoud Abbas 3 Osama bin Laden 1 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 4 Islam Karimonv ? Saparmurat Niyazov ? Fidel Castro 1 Robert Mugabe 2 Kim Jong-Il 1 Hu Jintao 1 bandit73 (as he is president of New America) 1 or 2 Schroeder: 3 Maerkel/Stoiber: ? Kozumi: 5 Barroso: ? Berlusconi: 7 Jospin: 3 Verhofstadt: ? Le Pen: 5 Howard: 7 Fortuyn: 7 Gordon Brown: ? And some others... Paul Martin: 4 Ayatollah Khameimi: 1 ArielSharon: 6 Incidentally, for perspective, the following historical figures rank... Ronald Reagan: 8 Bill Clinton: 4 Franklin Roosevelt: 5 Joseph Stalin: 1 Winston Churchill: 8 Benito Mussolini: 2 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Middle-aged Europe on February 19, 2005, 11:26:18 AM Umengus´additional list:
Schröder: somewhat neutral Merkel/Stoiber: neutral (I thought these were individual persons and not siamese twins *lol*) Kozumi: neutral Barroso: neutral Berlusconi: strongly disapprove Jospin: neutral Verhofstadt: approve Le Pen: strongly disapprove Howard: disapprove Fortuyn: rather dead Gordon Brown: neutral BRTD´s additional: Thaksin: disapprove DanielX´ additional list: Paul Martin: approve The Ayatollah: strongly disapprove Ariel Sharon: already ranked DanielX´s historical figures (I admit I ranked them so as they would still alive and running for a office): Ronald Reagan: disapprove Bill Clinton: approve Franklin Roosevelt: approve Joseph Stalin: strongly disapprove Winston Churchill: neutral Benito Mussolini: strongly disapprove Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Silent Hunter on February 19, 2005, 11:44:03 AM Wasn't 'Enduring Freedom' originally 'Infinite Justice', but it had to be changed because of Muslim complaints?
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Jake on February 19, 2005, 11:55:08 AM Wasn't 'Enduring Freedom' originally 'Infinite Justice', but it had to be changed because of Muslim complaints? Possibly, I can't remember. Though, the Pentagon likes to use "Freedom" in their operational names. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: opebo on February 19, 2005, 03:41:11 PM how would the Thai Prime Minister rank? Thaksin Shinawat - 1 He's just as bad as Bush, or possibly even worse. Basically a Thai Bush. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: minionofmidas on February 21, 2005, 09:04:30 AM Paul Martin: disapprove
Ayatollah Khameimi: disapprove ArielSharon: uh, I think he was ranked before, but I still disapprove Ronald Reagan: disapprove Bill Clinton: disapprove Franklin Roosevelt: approve Joseph Stalin: disapprove Winston Churchill: disapprove Benito Mussolini: disapprove Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: opebo on February 21, 2005, 10:09:30 AM Paul Martin: disapprove Ayatollah Khameimi: disapprove ArielSharon: uh, I think he was ranked before, but I still disapprove Ronald Reagan: disapprove Bill Clinton: disapprove Franklin Roosevelt: approve Joseph Stalin: disapprove Winston Churchill: disapprove Benito Mussolini: disapprove I think I would pretty much agree, except perhaps for Paul Martin. What's wrong with him? Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: minionofmidas on February 21, 2005, 10:29:40 AM He's no Jean Chrétien. :)
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Hitchabrut on February 28, 2005, 06:58:33 PM George W. Bush 7
Jaques Chirac 4 Tony Blair 4 Jose Zapatero 3 Vladimir Putin 2 Hugo Chavez 2 Iyad Allawi 6 Ariel Sharon 6 Mahmoud Abbas 2 Osama bin Laden 1 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 3 Islam Karimonv 2 Saparmurat Niyazov 2 Fidel Castro 1 Robert Mugabe 1 Kim Jong-Il 1 Hu Jintao 2 bandit73 (as he is president of New America) 2 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Jake on February 28, 2005, 07:31:46 PM Paul Martin: disapprove
Ayatollah Khameimi: disapprove Ariel Sharon: approve Ronald Reagan: approve Bill Clinton: approve Franklin Roosevelt: approve Joseph Stalin: disapprove Winston Churchill: approve Benito Mussolini: disapprove What a bad person Churchill was :P Considering he helped liberate your ungrateful as all hell country. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: minionofmidas on March 01, 2005, 09:29:00 AM Yes and no...if you read a history of the Second World War, you'll notice that if he'd suddenly died in December 41 or something like that, D-Day would likely have occured one summer before (and the unnecessary Italian invasion that year would not have occurred at all.) I give him a lifetime of credit for preventing a ceasefire in 1940...but I can't really think of anything else he's ever done that I wholly approve of.
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on March 01, 2005, 09:35:02 AM I don't like Churchill. I won't go into too many details, but his conduct during the General Strike, over India, during the '45 election campaign, over the NHS and in his second, wasted, term (along with some other stuff) makes me dislike him quite a lot.
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on October 17, 2006, 10:20:41 PM George W. Bush -disapprove 4 Jaques Chirac -approve 6 Tony Blair -disapprove 2 Jose Zapatero -approve 10 Vladimir Putin -disapprove 2 Hugo Chavez -approve 8 Iyad Allawi -disapprove 2 Ariel Sharon -disapprove 3 Mahmoud Abbas -jury still out Osama bin Laden -disapprove 0 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -approve 8 Islam Karimonv -disapprove 0 Saparmurat Niyazov -disapprove 0 Fidel Castro -disapprove 3 Robert Mugabe -disapprove 2 Kim Jong-Il -disapprove 0 Hu Jintao -approve 7 You also seemed to have a rather favorable opinion here: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=17574.0 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Umengus on October 18, 2006, 06:47:21 AM George W. Bush D 4 Jaques Chirac D 4 Tony Blair A-D 5 Jose Zapatero D 4 Vladimir Putin D 3 Hugo Chavez D 2,5 (his anti-america and pro-Iran stance is completely stupid) Iyad Allawi A 6 (don't know enough) Ariel Sharon D 4 (his "unilateral disengagment" strategy was unfortunatly bad) Mahmoud Abbas A 6 Osama bin Laden D 0 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva A 6 Islam Karimonv D 1 (don't know enough) Saparmurat Niyazov D 1 (don't know enough) Fidel Castro D 2,5 Robert Mugabe D 1,5 Kim Jong-Il D 0 Hu Jintao D 1,5 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Maastricht on October 18, 2006, 03:15:30 PM George W. Bush 4
Jaques Chirac 5 Tony Blair 5 Jose Zapatero 7 Vladimir Putin 3 Hugo Chavez 3 Iyad Allawi 5 Ariel Sharon 3 Mahmoud Abbas 4 Osama bin Laden 1 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 6 Fidel Castro 2 Robert Mugabe 2 Kim Jong-Il 1 Hu Jintao 3 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: © tweed on February 20, 2007, 03:47:35 PM George W. Bush: disapprove
Jaques Chirac: disapprove Tony Blair: disapprove Jose Zapatero: approve Vladimir Putin: strongly disapprove Hugo Chavez: approve Iyad Allawi: irrelevant Ariel Sharon: he's half dead, so I'll spare calling him a terrorist Mahmoud Abbas: disapprove Osama bin Laden: disapprove. although I admire him for rejecting a comfortable background to go live in a cave and fight for his conception of freedom. I don't share his ideology nor approve of his tactics, hence disapprove. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: approve Islam Karimonv: fascist, and simply a mircocasm of what has befallen that region since the collapse of the USSR Saparmurat Niyazov: unfamilar Fidel Castro: extremely mixed. Upon his death, I'll cry for the young lawyer who led resistance against the fascist regime in place in the 40s and 50s, and the man who liberated Havana on new years' day, not the sellout to the statecapitalist sugar daddy and the guy who killed thousands in the 60s. Robert Mugabe: disapprove. dolt Kim Jong-Il: extremely horrible person Hu Jintao: fascist bandit73: irrelevant Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Jake on February 20, 2007, 03:57:09 PM George W. Bush: Lean positive.
Jaques Chirac: Leaning towards irrelenvance, negative. Tony Blair: Also leaning towards irrelevance, but positive. Jose Zapatero: Socialist trash, negative. Vladimir Putin: Basically a Russian ultra-nationalist. Not what they need, negative. Hugo Chavez: Tin pot dictator who happens to control oil, negative. Iyad Allawi: Worthless Ariel Sharon: God bless. One of the freedom fighters in the Middle East. Mahmoud Abbas: Not positive at all. Osama bin Laden: Currently waging war against America, negative. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: Anti-free trader, negative. Islam Karimov: Tin pot dictator. Happens to be anti-US this week. Saparmurat Niyazov: He's dead, isn't he? Fidel Castro: Can he die already? Negative. Robert Mugabe: Tin pot dictator who happens to be crazy, negative. Kim Jong-Il: Another crazy, very negative. Hu Jintao: Competent leader, lean positive. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Michael Z on February 20, 2007, 08:24:19 PM My vote in February 2005 vs Now
George W. Bush -- 4 / 1 Jaques Chirac -- 5 / 4 Tony Blair -- 5 / 2 Jose Zapatero -- 7 / 7 Vladimir Putin -- 5 / 7 Hugo Chavez -- 4 / 4 Iyad Allawi -- 5 / 2 Ariel Sharon -- 4 / NA Mahmoud Abbas -- 7 / 7 Osama bin Laden -- 1 / 1 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- 5 / 6 Islam Karimonv -- 1 / 1 Saparmurat Niyazov -- 2 / NA Fidel Castro -- 4 / 3 Robert Mugabe -- 2 / 1 Kim Jong-Il -- 1 / 1 Hu Jintao -- 6 / 6 bandit73 -- 10 ;-) / 11 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: © tweed on February 21, 2007, 12:39:24 AM Vladimir Putin -- 5 / 7 Why? Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: © tweed on February 21, 2007, 12:44:35 AM Also, why are people sympathetic to Hu Jintao? apparently it's perfectly fine to commend capitalist dictators while spewing hatred at democratically elected socialist like Chavez.
Jintao and Putin are immeasurably worse than Chavez. Yet people here commend the 'competence' of those two while bashing the left for its admiration of Chavez. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Hatman 🍁 on February 21, 2007, 12:51:56 AM George W. Bush - disapprove
Jaques Chirac - disapporve Tony Blair - disapporve Jose Zapatero - approve Vladimir Putin - disapprove Hugo Chavez - neutral Iyad Allawi - disapprove Ariel Sharon - disaprove Mahmoud Abbas - neutral Osama bin Laden - disapprove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - neutral Islam Karimov disapprove Saparmurat Niyazov - dead (disapprove) Fidel Castro - disapprove Robert Mugabe - disapprove Kim Jong-Il - disapprove Hu Jintao - disapprove bandit73 - neutral Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Gustaf on February 21, 2007, 05:10:27 AM George W. Bush DISAPPROVE
Jaques Chirac DISAPPROVE Tony Blair APPROVE Jose Zapatero DISAPPROVE Vladimir Putin DISAPPROVE Hugo Chavez DISAPPROVE Iyad Allawi WHO??? Ariel Sharon APPROVE Mahmoud Abbas APPROVE Osama bin Laden DISAPPROVE Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva DISAPPROVE Islam Karimonv DISAPPROVE Saparmurat Niyazov DISAPPROVE Fidel Castro DISAPPROVE Robert Mugabe DISAPPROVE Kim Jong-Il DISAPPROVE Hu Jintao DISAPPROVE bandit73 (as he is president of New America) DISAPPROVE Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Hash on February 21, 2007, 08:51:47 AM 1- strongly disapprove 10-strongly approve
George W. Bush - 1 Jaques Chirac - 2 Tony Blair - 3 Jose Zapatero - 8 Vladimir Putin - 2 Hugo Chavez - 3 Iyad Allawi - neutral Ariel Sharon - past job- 6 Mahmoud Abbas - 3 Osama bin Laden - 0 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -6 Islam Karimov - 0 Saparmurat Niyazov - dead (0) Fidel Castro - 1 Robert Mugabe - 0 Kim Jong-Il - 0 Hu Jintao - 2 Stephen Harper - 4 Jean Charest - 2 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Cubby on February 27, 2007, 01:35:21 AM George W. Bush - 1
Jaques Chirac - 7 Tony Blair - 9 Jose Zapatero - 10 Vladimir Putin - 1 Hugo Chavez - 6 Ariel Sharon - 10 Ehud Olmert- 7 Mahmoud Abbas - 9 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - 8 (Not liberal enough) Fidel Castro - 4 Robert Mugabe - 0 Kim Jong-Il - 0 Hu Jintao - 5 Stephen Harper - 1 (Hasn't managed to ban it yet, hope he loses soon) John Howard- 0 (I hated him long before his Obama remarks) Angela Merkel- 7 Romano Prodi- 8 Those stupid Polish Twins- 0 Manmohan Singh- 8 Pervez Musharraf- 8 Nuri al-Maliki- 0 Mahmoud Ahmedinejad- 0 Felipe Calderon- (Too soon to tell. Wanted Obrador to win) Evo Morales- 8 Shinzo Abe- 8 Thabo Mbeki- 4 Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Tetro Kornbluth on July 22, 2007, 02:38:23 PM Bump.
George W. Bush: Words can not express how I can disapprove. Jaques Chirac: Bent Crook, thank god he is gone. So yeah, disapprove. Tony Blair: Almost seemed a bit of an egomaniac. Some of his decisions were dubious in the least. So generally Disapprove. Jose Zapatero: Somewhat neutral leaning approve. Vladimir Putin: See Bush Hugo Chavez: See Bush Iyad Allawi: No longer relevant. Ariel Sharon: Comatose, disapprove but he's not the palestinian baby eater which some portray. Mahmoud Abbas: Generally disapprove Osama bin Laden: See Bush (X1000) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: Lean approve Islam Karimonv: See Osama Bin Laden (X10000) Saparmurat Niyazov: Thank god he's dead Fidel Castro: Strongly, Strongly disapprove - not the greatest of fans of the Florida-based opposition though, but is even less of a fan of Fidel and even worse is the "Cuba is a socialist paradise" bridage in the west - yes, I'm looking at you Finian McGrath. Robert Mugabe: Now that Niyazov is dead, quite possibly the world's most evil man? Kim Jong-Il: Oops, I stand Corrected (see above) Hu Jintao: Strongly Disapprove bandit73 (as he is president of New America): Care? Ehud Olmert: Lean Disapprove Gordon Brown: Still Unsure, want to see what he makes of the Iraq situation first. Good move on constitutional reforms though. Romano Prodi: Unsure but far better than the other guy without a shadow of a doubt Stephen Harper: Disapprove Angela Merkel: Neutral Shinzo Abe: Strongly Disapprove Thabo Mbeki: Disapprove Mahmoud Ahmedinejad: Are you sure he's not a cartoon character? The Polish Twins: Strongly Disapprove John Howard: Go Away Nuri al-Maliki: Where to start? Not the greatest fan, but jesus there could be far worse. Pervez Musharraf: See Nuri al-Maliki Paul Martin: Don't really know much about him. Always in the shadow of Chreiten. A great Mediocrity I guess. Ayatollah Khameimi: A vile human being Ronald Reagan: A daft actor who belonged in an Old folks home, not the white house Bill Clinton: Disapprove, but there has been far worse. Franklin Roosevelt: Generally Approve Joseph Stalin: Is this a Joke? Winston Churchill: I have doubts about his sanity and ability, so really disapprove despite the historical legend Benito Mussolini: See Stalin, Joseph As you can see, there isn't much I approve of in the world. :P Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: DanielX on July 22, 2007, 03:02:22 PM I'm neutral towards Ariel Sharon and 1 or 2 i've never heard of. The rest I disapprove, between Bush (who i generally disapprove of) to Kim, Mugabe, and their ilk (who should be slowly and painfully tortured to death).
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: minionofmidas on July 22, 2007, 03:03:30 PM The only ratign of mine that I'd like to change would be Abbas.
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: DownWithTheLeft on July 22, 2007, 03:21:28 PM One's that I know (that are still in power):
George W. Bush: Approve Vladimir Putin: Strongly Disapprove Hugo Chavez: Terrorist Ariel Sharon: WTF happened to this guy? Mahmoud Abbas: Neutral Osama bin Laden: POS Fidel Castro: Strongly disapprove Robert Mugabe: Pretty bad, but not the worst Kim Jong-Il: Terrorist Ehud Olmert: Disapprove Gordon Brown: Strongly Disapprove Romano Prodi: Italians could not have made a worse decision in the last election Stephen Harper: Strongly Approve Angela Merkel: Disapprove Mahmoud Ahmedinejad: Terrorist The Polish Twins: Neutral John Howard: Approve Nuri al-Maliki: Neutral Pervez Musharraf: approve Ayatollah Khameimi: Awful Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Sensei on July 22, 2007, 06:00:00 PM George W. Bush: Strongly Disapprove
Vladimir Putin: Strongly Disapprove Hugo Chavez: Strongly Disapprove Ariel Sharon: Comatose Mahmoud Abbas: He's half-way decent I guess. Better than that POS Arafat Osama bin Laden: Long, painful, torturous death please Fidel Castro: see Osama Robert Mugabe: Strongly Disapprove Kim Jong-Il: See Fidel Ehud Olmert: Neutral Gordon Brown: Approve Romano Prodi: Approve Stephen Harper: Disapprove Angela Merkel: Approve Mahmoud Ahmedinejad: See Kim The Polish Twins: Disapprove John Howard: Disapprove Nuri al-Maliki: Neutral Pervez Musharraf: Neutral Ayatollah Khameimi: See Ahmedinejad Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Jaggerjack on July 22, 2007, 06:05:42 PM George W. Bush: VERY VERY VERY Strongly Disapprove
Vladimir Putin: Neutral Hugo Chavez: Strongly Disapprove Ariel Sharon: Irrelevant Mahmoud Abbas: Neutral Osama bin Laden: Strongly disapprove Fidel Castro: Strongly disapprove Robert Mugabe: VERY VERY Strongly Disapprove Kim Jong-Il: Worst leader on the planet Ehud Olmert: Neutral Gordon Brown: Approve Romano Prodi: Approve Stephen Harper: Disapprove Angela Merkel: Approve Mahmoud Ahmedinejad: Strongly disapprove The Polish Twins: Neutral John Howard: Disapprove Nuri al-Maliki: Neutral Pervez Musharraf: Neutral Ayatollah Khameimi: See Ahmedinejad Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Verily on July 22, 2007, 08:47:25 PM Easier to just list the people I approve of.
Romano Prodi Angela Merkel Ariel Sharon (before the stroke, obviously) That's it for major world leaders. I disapprove of all the others to varying degrees. Gordon Brown and Jose Luis Zapatero might eke out Neutral. Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Sensei on July 22, 2007, 09:40:03 PM FTR, Martin Torrijos Espino is a big-time FF.
Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: CultureKing on July 26, 2007, 12:32:11 AM George W. Bush: Strongly Disapprove
Vladimir Putin: disapprove Hugo Chavez: Nuetral Ariel Sharon: Approve Mahmoud Abbas: Approve Osama bin Laden: Strongly, Strongly, Strongly disapprove (though he really isn't even a leader) Fidel Castro: Nuetral Robert Mugabe: VERY Strongly Disapprove Kim Jong-Il: VERY Strongly Disapprove Ehud Olmert: Disapprove Gordon Brown: Approve Romano Prodi: Approve Stephen Harper: Disapprove Angela Merkel: Approve Mahmoud Ahmedinejad: Strongly disapprove The Polish Twins: Neutral John Howard: Disapprove Nuri al-Maliki: Disapprove Pervez Musharraf: Neutral Ayatollah Khameimi: Stronly disapprove Title: Re: World leaders survey Post by: Verily on July 26, 2007, 12:36:05 AM Ah, I forgot one major world leader. I approve of Manmohan Singh, too. That brings the total up to the three.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India Prime Minister Romano Prodi of Italy |