I know this is an old global opinion poll, but it's very revealing. I know the world hates Bush, but I didn't know it was this bad. This poll is 1.5 years old, but I doubt much has changed since then.
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/13729/mandela_is_most_admired_global_leaderHow much do you admire the following world leaders?
(Mean score)
Nelson Mandela
7.0
Bill Gates
6.9
The Dalai Lama
6.3
Bono
5.8
Bill Clinton
5.5
Kofi Annan
5.5
Stephen Harper
5.2
Jimmy Carter
5.1
Angela Merkel
5.0
Junichiro Koizumi
4.8
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva
4.6
Tony Blair
4.5
Pope Benedict XVI
4.5
Condoleezza Rice
4.3
Hugo Chavez
4.1
George W. Bush
3.3
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3.2
Hassan Nasrallah
3.1
Kim Jong Il
3.1
Source: Angus Reid Strategies / Maclean's
Methodology: Online interviews with 5,800 adults in Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and the United States, conducted from Sept. 22 to Oct. 6, 2006.
Even Chavez, despite the world corporate media's slander and lie campaign, comes in solidly ahead of Bush. But here is another poll also taken around the same time:
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/us_more_threatening_than_iran_china_or_israel/U.S. More Threatening than Iran, China or Israel
Polling Data
Which one of the following countries do you think is the greatest threat to global stability?
United States
33%
Iran
18%
China
12%
Israel
12%
Iraq
11%
North Korea
9%
Other Country
5%
Russia
1%
Which one of the following issues is the greatest threat to global stability?
American foreign policy
26%
International terrorism
25%
Islamic extremism
18%
Poverty / Unemployment
8%
Global warming
6%
Fundamentalist governments
4%
The rise of China
3%
Israeli foreign policy
3%
Globalization
2%
Iranian foreign policy
2%
HIV / AIDS
2%
Source: Angus Reid Strategies / Maclean's
Methodology: Online interviews with 5,800 adults in Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and the United States, conducted from Sept. 22 to Oct. 6, 2006.
This is absolutely sad, and it's not good news for American business interests. So even business-friendly conservatives should be against our insane, extremist, neoconservative foreign policy.