Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Searching for Georgie

Well he may have some of the worst polling numbers for a sitting President in a long, long time. And it's certainly the lowest point in his six years in office.

But George Bush can take solace in one thing, on the internet he's 'THE MAN'.

The President is far and away the most sought after person in searches on the internet.

thepoplist.com has listed George W. Bush as the number one person of the world wide web, as he has appeared on over 315 million websites. The only one coming close is Bill Gates and he's a fair amount off in the distance in second place at 117 million.

As far as politicians go, Bush is far and away the most listed guy on the net. Past American legends such as George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson and Bill Clinton were mere blips on the internet radar as they finished far, far off the pace of the leader of the free world and ruler of the wired one.

It's too bad that the Republican party can't try and tap into this wave of interest in their leader, but then again, thepoplist.com doesn't say exactly in what form the Presidents exposure takes. A bit of diligent digging would probably find that of that 315 million web pages featuring the name of George Bush, a good portion might not be exactly on side, nor on message.

But for sheer shock value of numbers. Bush is number one. For a government that likes to condense it's messages to simple terms and leave out the nasty details, that will look pretty good on one of the many backdrops we see the President speaking in front of on Fox daily.

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