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‘Incompetent’ is the top word that Americans associate with President Bush.

In a Pew survey released today, “just 11% said Bush will be remembered as an outstanding or above average president,” which is “by far the lowest positive end-of-term rating for any of the past four presidents.” Sixty-four percent of respondents said that the Bush administration “will be remembered more for its failures than its accomplishments.” The poll also asked people to describe Bush in a word. The top word that came to mind for 56 respondents was “incompetent“:

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Update

This post originally stated that “56 percent” of respondents called Bush “incompetent.” It has been edited to correctly say “56 respondents.” Apologies for not initially updating after the change was made.

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