Events (such as general voting patterns, support of the war in Iraq, etc.) over the past six years has led many to believe that the intelligence level of your average American citizen was on the decline. The following appears to lend credence to this belief.

Hero or villain? Depends on your point of view

George W. Bush is the biggest villain -and the biggest hero - of the year.

A poll conducted by the Associated Press and AOL News ranked the year’s heroes and villains, based on phone calls to 1,004 adults in all 50 states. Bush came out on top in both columns.

That’s a head’scratcher.

The president was followed in the villain poll by Osama bin Laden, who took in 8 percent to Bush’s 25 percent, Saddam Hussein (6 percent) and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (5 percent).

Bush ranks ahead of Osama bin Laden, Saddam and Ahmadinejad, as well as Kim Jong Il of North Korea and various other global despots. Satan, or The Devil, garnered 1 percent of the vote - the same as Vice President Dick Cheney, Rosie O’Donnell and Sen. Hillary Clinton.

In the hero poll, Bush’s 13 percent was followed by: Soldiers/troops in Iraq (6 percent), Oprah Winfrey (3 percent), Barack Obama (3 percent) and Jesus Christ (3 percent).

Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior of millions of Christians around the globe, got 3 percent and shared His spot on the list with Oprah Winfrey.

Source: ChillicotheGazette.com