It’s The Chimpster.
Bad guy of 2006: President Bush. Good guy of 2006: President Bush. When people were asked in an AP-AOL News poll to name the villains and heroes of the year, Bush topped both lists, in a sign of these polarized times.
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Bush won the villain sweepstakes by a landslide, with one in four respondents putting him at the top of that bad-guy list. When people were asked to name the candidate for villain that first came to mind, Bush far outdistanced even Osama bin Laden, the terrorist leader in hiding; and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who is scheduled for execution.
The president was picked as hero of the year by a much smaller margin. In the poll, 13 percent named him as their favorite while 6 percent cited the troops in Iraq.
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Bush was the choice of 43 percent of Democrats for villain, and 27 percent of Republicans for hero.
UPDATE: The numbers on Villian of the Year.
George Bush (25%)
Osama Bin Laden (8%)
Saddam Hussein (6%)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (5%)
Kim Jong Il (2%)
Donald Rumsfeld (2%)
Satan (1%)
Hugo Chavez (1%)
Tom Cruise (1%)
Dick Cheney (1%)
Hillary Clinton (1%)
John Kerry (1%)
Rosie O’Donnell (1%)