Opinion of the following world leaders:

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Freedom Fighter or Horrible Person:

George W. Bush
Jacques Chirac
Paul Martin
Jose Zapatero
Angela Merkel
Hugo Chavez
Manmohan Singh
Vladimir Putin
Kim Jong-Il
Pervez Musharraf
Saparmurat Niyazov
Tony Blair
Fidel Castro
Robert Mugabe
Viktor Yuschenko
Islam Karimov
Silvio Berlusconi
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
John Howard
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Evo Morales
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What I say:

George W. Bush - HP
Jacques Chirac - HP
Paul Martin - HP
Jose Zapatero - FF
Angela Merkel - HP
Hugo Chavez - FF
Manmohan Singh - FF
Vladimir Putin - HP
Kim Jong-Il - HP
Pervez Musharraf - on balance, FF
Saparmurat Niyazov - HP
Tony Blair - HP
Fidel Castro - HP
Robert Mugabe - HP
Viktor Yuschenko - Both
Islam Karimov - HP
Silvio Berlusconi - HP
Ibrahim al-Jaafari - HP
John Howard - HP
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - HP
Evo Morales - FF
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - FF

[Max Power]

Of the ones I know:

George W. Bush- HP
Jacques Chirac- HP
Paul Martin- HP
Angela Merkel- HP
Hugo Chavez- HP
Manmohan Singh- HP
Vladimir Putin- HP
Kim Jong-Il- HP
Pervez Musharraf- HP
Tony Blair- HP
Fidel Castro- HP
Robert Mugabe- HP
Viktor Yuschenko- HP
Silvio Berlusconi- HP
John Howard- HP
Evo Morales- HP

A lot of freedom fighters.

[Q]

I'll do approve/disapprove since the other scale is ridiculous.
'DK' (don't know) means that I don't have enough knowledge to fairly evaluate.

George W. Bush - D
Jacques Chirac - D
Paul Martin - A
Jose Zapatero - A
Angela Merkel - D
Hugo Chavez - D
Manmohan Singh - DK
Vladimir Putin - Yeltsin was clearly better, so D
Kim Jong-Il - D
Pervez Musharraf - A
Saparmurat Niyazov - DK
Tony Blair - A
Fidel Castro - D
Robert Mugabe - D
Viktor Yuschenko - A
Islam Karimov - D
Silvio Berlusconi - DK
Ibrahim al-Jaafari - DK
John Howard - A
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - D
Evo Morales - D
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - DK

[phk]

George W. Bush - HP
Jacques Chirac - HP
Paul Martin - Nuetral
Jose Zapatero - FF
Angela Merkel -
Hugo Chavez - FF
Manmohan Singh - FF
Vladimir Putin - HP
Kim Jong-Il - HP
Pervez Musharraf - FF
Saparmurat Niyazov
Tony Blair - FF
Fidel Castro - FF
Robert Mugabe - HP
Viktor Yuschenko - HP
Islam Karimov - HP
Silvio Berlusconi - HP
Ibrahim al-Jaafari - HP
John Howard - HP
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - HP
Evo Morales - FF
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - FF

[nini2287]

George W. Bush - HP
Jacques Chirac - HP
Paul Martin - HP
Jose Zapatero - Don't Know
Angela Merkel - FF
Hugo Chavez - HP
Manmohan Singh - India?  If so, FF
Vladimir Putin - HP
Kim Jong-Il- Horrible, Horrible Person
Pervez Musharraf - HP
Saparmurat Niyazov - Don't Know
Tony Blair - Both
Fidel Castro - HP
Robert Mugabe - HP
Viktor Yuschenko - HP (although my mom's seen him in person, kinda weird)
Islam Karimov - Don't Know
Silvio Berlusconi - HP
Ibrahim al-Jaafari - Don't Know
John Howard - FF
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - HP
Evo Morales - HP
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - Don't Know

[Cubby]

Bush-          Horrible
Chirac-        Freedom Fighter
Martin-        Freedom Fighter (and still in office!)
Zapatero-   Awesome Freedom Fighter
Merkel-       Horrible, but not by much
Chavez-      Freedom Fighter
Singh-         Freedom Fighter
Putin-          Horrible
Jong-Il-       Horrible
Musharraf-  Freedom Fighter
Niyazov-     
Blair-           Freedom Fighter
Castro-       No comment
Mugabe-     Horrible Bastard
Yuschenko- Freedom Fighter
Karimov-     
Berlusconi-  Horrible
Jaafari-       
Howard-      Horrible Horrible Person
Ahmadinejad-  Evil
Evo Morales-   Awesome Freedom Fighter   
Lula da Silva-  Freedom Fighter  (although he's disapointed us leftists)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Generally I don't like world leaders. Sane people don't. Especially not this selection

George W. Bush: not a fan to put it mildly. Good that he's on the wagon though.
Jacques Chirac: a criminal
Paul Martin: a louse
Jose Zapatero: seems too media-obsessed. Don't know much else about him to be honest, although he's not been bad in E.U stuff IIRC
Angela Merkel: zzz...
Hugo Chavez: a would-be-dictator. Could have walked off a Carry On set...
Manmohan Singh: quite bland really. Nice to see a sikh as P.M though.
Vladimir Putin: a control freak
Kim Jong-Il: an insane dictator
Pervez Musharraf: not bad for a dictator. Certainly better than the rapacious politicial classes that preceeded him...
Saparmurat Niyazov: an insane dictator. Go ice palace!
Tony Blair: politically I'm still irritated that the final reform of the Lords has been delayed. I also dislike his tendency to play down the redistributive effect of Labour's record for fear of upsetting newspaper barons. In general too media-obsessed (not as much as he was though). On a personal level he's a decent guy by most accounts.
Fidel Castro: a dictator
Robert Mugabe: a dictator
Viktor Yuschenko: an egomaniac etc, but better than the alternatives.
Islam Karimov: a dictator
Silvio Berlusconi: a criminal
Ibrahim al-Jaafari: ?
John Howard: An unpleasant bandwagon billy type. Never liked him, but dislike turned into loathing after that thing with the boat people...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: a lunatic
Evo Morales: either a would-be-dictator or a fraud
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: generally not bad, been too tolerant of corruption though.

[minionofmidas]

George W. Bush - HP
Jacques Chirac - HP, but some entertainment value on a good day.
Paul Martin - HP. He couped me out!
Jose Zapatero - FF
Angela Merkel - HP
Hugo Chavez - HP. Not as bad as some of his opponents though.
Manmohan Singh - FF
Vladimir Putin - HP. Not quite as bad as many in the West seem to have decided he is, though.
Kim Jong-Il - HP. But great entertainment value.
Pervez Musharraf - HP
Saparmurat Niyazov - HP
Tony Blair - HP
Fidel Castro - HP. But great entertainment value.
Robert Mugabe - HP. Again, even though it was hard to give this man a press even worse than he deserved, Western news media have managed to.
Viktor Yuschenko - HP
Islam Karimov - HP
Silvio Berlusconi - HP
Ibrahim al-Jaafari - AS [American Stooge. Doesn't make him an HP though.]
John Howard - HP
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - HP in foreign policy, FF by the appropriate yardstick in domestic.
Evo Morales - FF ... or HP ... time will tell.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - FF

[opebo]

George W. Bush - HP
Jacques Chirac - HP
Paul Martin - HP
Jose Zapatero - FF
Angela Merkel - HP
Hugo Chavez - FF
Manmohan Singh - FF, barely
Vladimir Putin - HP
Kim Jong-Il - HP
Pervez Musharraf - HP, but in context of pakistan pretty good
Saparmurat Niyazov - HP
Tony Blair - HP
Fidel Castro - HP
Robert Mugabe - HP
Viktor Yuschenko - HP
Islam Karimov - HP
Silvio Berlusconi - HP
Ibrahim al-Jaafari - HP
John Howard - HP
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - HP
Evo Morales - FF
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - FF

[useful idiot]

George W. Bush: HP
Jacques Chirac: HP
Paul Martin: HP
Jose Zapatero: HP
Angela Merkel: FF
Hugo Chavez: HP
Manmohan Singh: FF
Vladimir Putin: HP
Kim Jong-Il: HP
Pervez Musharraf: HP
Saparmurat Niyazov: HP
Tony Blair: FF
Fidel Castro: HP
Robert Mugabe: HP
Viktor Yuschenko: FF
Islam Karimov: HP
Silvio Berlusconi: HP
Ibrahim al-Jaafari: FF
John Howard: FF
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:HP
Evo Morales: HP
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: the most HP ever

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Robert Mugabe - HP. Again, even though it was hard to give this man a press even worse than he deserved, Western news media have managed to.

On some things (ie; that mess with the white farmers) yes. On other things, no. Although the tendency for the media to act as if he's the *only* evil lunatic misruling an African country is irritating.

[YoMartin]

Approve / Disapprove / Don´t know enough to judge

George W. Bush D
Jacques Chirac D
Paul Martin DK
Jose Zapatero A
Angela Merkel DK (yet)
Hugo Chavez D
Manmohan Singh DK
Vladimir Putin D
Kim Jong-Il D
Pervez Musharraf DK
Saparmurat Niyazov DK
Tony Blair Mmm... used to approve strongly. Now...
Fidel Castro D
Robert Mugabe D
Viktor Yuschenko DK
Islam Karimov DK
Silvio Berlusconi D
Ibrahim al-Jaafari DK
John Howard D
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad D
Evo Morales DK (yet, but he´s moving towards sanity)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva A
[/quote]

[Middle-aged Europe]

Freedom Fighters:

Jose Zapatero - a true hero

Angela Merkel - doesn't beat Platzeck though, who managed to join a opposition group months before the fall of the Berlin Wall

Manmohan Singh - doesn't know that much about him, but surely not a horrible person




Horrible Persons:

George W. Bush - stupid jerk

Jacques Chirac - corrupt and a jerk

Paul Martin - corrupt

Hugo Chavez - slightly megalomaniac

Vladimir Putin - just plain pure evil

Kim Jong-Il - extremely megalomaniac

Pervez Musharraf - military dictator

Saparmurat Niyazov - see Putin, just worse

Tony Blair - jerk

Fidel Castro - cool, but evil nonetheless

Robert Mugabe - disgusting

Viktor Yuschenko - corrupt

Islam Karimov - same as Putin and Niyazov

Silvio Berlusconi - corrupt and a stupid jerk

Ibrahim al-Jaafari - probably a jerk

John Howard - jerk

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - insane

Evo Morales - jerk

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - corrupt and incompetent

[Jake]

George W. Bush - FF
Jacques Chirac - HP
Paul Martin - HP
Jose Zapatero - HP
Angela Merkel - marginal FF
Hugo Chavez - HP
Manmohan Singh - marginal FF
Vladimir Putin - FF
Kim Jong-Il - HP
Pervez Musharraf - FF
Saparmurat Niyazov - marginal FF
Tony Blair - FF
Fidel Castro - HP
Robert Mugabe - HP
Viktor Yuschenko - marginal FF
Islam Karimov - HP
Silvio Berlusconi - FF
Ibrahim al-Jaafari - FF
John Howard - FF
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - HP
Evo Morales - HP
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - HP

[Speed of Sound]

George W. Bush-HP
Jacques Chirac-lean FF
Paul Martin- neutral
Jose Zapatero-?
Angela Merkel-?
Hugo Chavez-ive seen better, but not really a HP
Manmohan Singh-?
Vladimir Putin-i guess leaning HP
Kim Jong-Il-HP
Pervez Musharraf-?
Saparmurat Niyazov-?
Tony Blair-leaning FF. His hearts in the right place, he just needs some courage to stand up to international bullies.
Fidel Castro-HP
Robert Mugabe-i know the name, I just cant think of anything else about him
Viktor Yuschenko-Hes an OK guy, i guess FF
Islam Karimov-?
Silvio Berlusconi-undecided
Ibrahim al-Jaafari-?
John Howard-eh.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-?
Evo Morales-?
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva-?


Please excuse my unknowing of world leaders, im afraid i havent studied it as much as I could.