Brits see Bush as "foolish and Insincere".

[Tripleshot]

Way to go Bush. Piss off the best of all allies we will ever have. This is just more evidence that Americans need to rid this white house of this jerk.

On Friday the British polling firm YouGov provided NEWSWEEK with survey data gathered in recent days. It doesn?t make pretty reading for Bush fans. By big majorities, Britons believe Bush is ?not very intelligent? (62 percent), ?insincere? (53 percent) and ?not very well informed about the world? (62 percent). He also ?does not care much about the views of people in other countries? (82 percent), is ?a bad advertisement for America? (65 percent) and is ?foolish? (63 percent).

?Foolish and Insincere? As George W. Bush prepares for his transatlantic visit, a new poll finds that the majority of Britons have nothing good to say about the U.S. president.

 

[AEB]

no one is americas ally because our country is full of morons regardless of who the presient is

 

[SuperTool]

Isn't "not very intelligent" and "foolish" kind of redundand?

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
Isn't "not very intelligent" and "foolish" kind of redundand?

lol (@ spelling mistake)

not really. A foolish person acts without thinking, somebody who is not very intelligent lacks that very ability.

 

[SuperTool]

acting without thinking is not very intelligent.

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

its foolish

 

[Jmman]

And we care because???

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Jmman
And we care because???

Why would we not care what one of our strongest allies thinks? Thats the whole f'n problem with this administration, no one gives a crap about international relations.

 

[jahawkin]

I'm sure this Interview with the Sun will help that perception. When the interview is plastered between the page 3 girl's boobies and a story about some celeb's alleged overdose, Bush will come out "very intelligent."
Why would Bush grant an interview to a cheap tabloid??

Officials at the White House acknowledge that it was a reward to the Sun for its unstinting support of the United States regarding the war in Iraq. (The Sun's pro-Bush stance also got it an interview with Vice President Cheney in late 2001.)

Is anyone surprised?? This is SOP with the Bush admin.

 

[AEB]

the poll could be flawed as well its like asking people on this forum what they think of bush, vs what teh GOP thinks

 

[Drensch]

I guess I'm British at heart.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: AEB
the poll could be flawed as well its like asking people on this forum what they think of bush, vs what teh GOP thinks

why flawed?

 

[Red Dawn]

The last time he (Dubya) dined with the Queen ? in 1992 at his father's White House, wearing cowboy boots emblazoned with GOD SAVE THE QUEEN ? he asked if she had any black sheep in her family. "Don't answer that!" his mother Barbara interjected, trying to avoid embarrassment.

I wonder where they'd get that idea?

I wonder if he packed those boots for this trip

 

[Pers]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

The last time he (Dubya) dined with the Queen ? in 1992 at his father's White House, wearing cowboy boots emblazoned with GOD SAVE THE QUEEN ? he asked if she had any black sheep in her family. "Don't answer that!" his mother Barbara interjected, trying to avoid embarrassment.

I wonder where they'd get that idea?

I wonder if ge packed those boots for this trip

God must really hate this country right now to have cursed us w/ the existence of bush.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Pers

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

The last time he (Dubya) dined with the Queen ? in 1992 at his father's White House, wearing cowboy boots emblazoned with GOD SAVE THE QUEEN ? he asked if she had any black sheep in her family. "Don't answer that!" his mother Barbara interjected, trying to avoid embarrassment.

I wonder where they'd get that idea?

I wonder if ge packed those boots for this trip

God must really hate this country right now to have cursed us w/ the existence of bush.

This is America, there is no God.

 

[CaptnKirk]

The SUN ?
Of course he would, it's a Rupert Murdoch enterprise.
FOX News of England with ( . ) ( . ) Visuals - Panderers get what Panderers want.
Good-Old-Boy network.

 

[Lonyo]

It doesn't matter to Blair what the British public thinks, he doesn't give a damn.

As long as Blair is in power, the UK is the US' ally, whether the public think he's a moron or not

(ie: the public does think he's a moron, and the UK is still the US' ally).

We need a new Prime Minister.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Curiously, Labor . . . oops I mean New Labor is standing behind their man; despite a few people raising critical challenges to Blair's contribution to Bush War 2003. As much as the Tories complain about Blair's boot licking, I doubt Iain Duncan Smith (or whoever replaced him) would have been any less eager. But I still think Labor (and a broad swath of UK citizens) are just as hypocritical. It's one thing to change your mind after receiving new information but I would argue the public in the UK/US has not received substantial information subsequent to Bush War 2003 . . . yet there's been a dramatic shift in public opinion.

 

[Kaiser__Sose]

i don't think it's just the british that think this... i'm pretty sure your closest neighbours to the north have the same feeling.

 

[Fencer128]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
Curiously, Labor . . . oops I mean New Labor is standing behind their man; despite a few people raising critical challenges to Blair's contribution to Bush War 2003. As much as the Tories complain about Blair's boot licking, I doubt Iain Duncan Smith (or whoever replaced him) would have been any less eager. But I still think Labor (and a broad swath of UK citizens) are just as hypocritical. It's one thing to change your mind after receiving new information but I would argue the public in the UK/US has not received substantial information subsequent to Bush War 2003 . . . yet there's been a dramatic shift in public opinion.

Not sure I'm quite reading that right. Are you saying that there was broad support for the invasion pre war but not post war? From what I can tell there has never been anything like broad support for a war here - before or since.

Andy

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

My understanding of UK opinion is that it followed a similar pattern as the US. The majority opposed invasion up until early 2003. When it became apparent that invasion was inevitable, US and UK citizens gave tacit approval of the invasion (essentially an adjunct to our unqualified support for our respective armed forces). In the post war period, the passions of impending warfare are gone and people are evaluating the invasion AND occupation on the merits. In this environment, the UK public broadly rejects the case for war. The US public isn't quite there yet but I think we've got a hard floor of support that cannot be breached b/c 130K US personnel are still in Iraq.

 

[Lonyo]

"Approval" was more, we know you're a brown noser, Blair, and that you'll go to war whatever we think, so we'll give you our support and hope we win without too many losses.

A lot of the public did not back the war before, during or after, but they backed the troops and resigned themselves to defeat, because Blair wasn't listening to anyone.