Did a bit of crude maths earlier on this evening with an ad planner mate. We worked out that statistically - George W Bush must be the world's most hated man. There's no need to call in Millward Brown to work it out, it boils down to two factors.
1. Exposure. There's a global population of 6.5 billion. Let's say 4 billion know who he is - that's a lot of people with an opinion.
2. If you know who he is, you're entitled to an opinion on him. Let's be kind - let's say a conservative 50% think he's a prick, and 50% think he's alright. Well, he's still hated by a whopping 2 billion people.
The battle's surely for second place.
With that, I'm off for a couple of weeks. Stag weekend + more in the UK...
It's a shame that there's no real recognition of the hugely wealthy and powerful people that manouvered him into position. They run the show not POTUS.
Posted by: Charles Frith | April 09, 2007 at 01:03 AM