Huh? V

In the midst of a BBC profile of Condoleezza Rice, we read the following:

"Her uncompromising positions on missile defence, Russia and the environment won respect but helped build the European caricature of the new president as toxic troglodyte."

Ah yes, I'd wondered about the origins of that charming, alliterative epithet!

In case anyone's forgotten, here are various meanings of "troglodyte":

A.

1. A member of a fabulous or prehistoric race of people that lived in caves, dens, or holes.
2. A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.

B.

1. An anthropoid ape, such as a gorilla or chimpanzee.
2. An animal that lives underground, as an ant or a worm

I suppose A2 is the intended meaning - but is the benighted Dubya arguably a specimen of A1 or B2?! Perhaps the vaunted BBC - Queen's English and all - thinks so; and, yes, B1 insults other primates, right?