Best world leader

[PBI]

Hu is doing the best job. Tee hee hee

Interesting perspective, I suppose you could argue that he is the only one on the list who has actually made his country better (or at least richer) rather than worse, whereas the others have all had better starting points and made things worse.

Brown is a powerfully overated idiot

Overrated by whom? I was under the impression that he is more or less universally regarded as a moron. Though I guess you could argue even that is to give him too much credit.

Democracy is being brought to the ICU.

Apologies for my ignorance, what is the "ICU"? Is it a Backroom-repeatable term?

[ICantSpellDawg]

Apologies for my ignorance, what is the "ICU"? Is it a Backroom-repeatable term?

Intensive care unit. Sorry. I just meant that it isn't on its deathbed, but it could be if people don't get their houses in order.

Also - I meant "hu" as in "who". The question answered itself. Teeheehee

[cegorach]

Autocrats are popular because they always seem charismatic regardless what they do and when they achive results it looks well - full power, full responsibility in the eyes of the world.

Democratic leaders have to deal with far more things - political animosities, human rights, strikes, democratic tradition - rarely seem in controll and are always criticised.



I voted for Gah !


I couldn't choose most of the proposed leaders e.g. Putin - I think he will do more harm than good in the long run.

I might chose Sarkozy, but for now it is just too early and some results are necessary.

I liked and respected Blair (though he staid for too long in office), but Brown - really nothing, almost as if he wasn't there at all. Bush became a living disaster.

From European leaders only some can be called world leaders and from those for now only Merkel and Sarkozy can be seen as people with some vision - results will come, for good or ill, but we have to wait.

There is a number of local leaders for sure, but without so much influence - Zapatero ( I really don't like this man - he is a fraud to me, I cannot simply trust this man at all), Berlusconi (a nightmare, an EU jester), Yuschenko (intersting, but in never ending conflict with Yulia Timoshenko - she might be an interesting leader in the future, though) and Tusk (too early to tell much, but promising and I cannot really complain).

From other continents I am thinking that Brasil will become one of the new leaders, much thanks to their current president.


For now Gah ! IN next five years, who knows - I think it might be a hard decision because a number of new democratic leaders show much promise.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I there ever was a world leader called 'Gah', how could you not vote for him?

It would be even better if he had the exclamation mark at the end of his name...

[HoreTore]

Aaaaanyway... Has anyone else noticed that Putin isn't a president anymore?

[Don Corleone]

Aaaaanyway... Has anyone else noticed that Putin isn't a president anymore?

....which is why I voted for Hu Jintao and not Vladmir Putin, who is no longer, technically speaking, a world leader.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Aaaaanyway... Has anyone else noticed that Putin isn't a president anymore?

He's still head of government, if not head of state.

[cegorach]

Aaaaanyway... Has anyone else noticed that Putin isn't a president anymore?

Do you really believe it ?

[HoreTore]

Do you really believe it ?

Well that's another thing

[PBI]

I there ever was a world leader called 'Gah', how could you not vote for him?

It would be even better if he had the exclamation mark at the end of his name...

That would be good, kind of like a human version of Westward Ho!, the only place name in the world with an exclamation mark.

I guess the strong showing for Gah! thus far is not that surprising, pretty much reproducing the real poll in fact, as well as the strong showing for Putin thus far.