George Bush: he loves fishing.
Photograph: Pat Wellenbach/AP.One of the rules of modern life is that you should never take an internet poll at face value - the respondents are self-selecting, they are probably having a laugh. While those same caveats must apply to this MSNBC poll, its findings are too fun to ignore.
The question put to readers came from an interview George Bush gave to Bild am Sonntag, a German Sunday newspaper. Asked what he considered the best moment of his presidency, Mr Bush replied that the "best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5lb perch in my lake".
Whether he was speaking the absolute truth (or making a joke at his expense) is something only the US president knows. But it turns out that 47% of the MSNBC poll respondents agree with him - they really do think catching a big fish is the best thing Mr Bush has done since January 2001. The figure rises to 69% if you include those who agree with Mr Bush, but still think Dick Cheney's hunting accident was the administration's crowning achievement.
In the interview, Mr Bush reflects that September 11 was his worst moment in the job. But unlike recreational fisherman the world over, makes no mention of the one that got away.
