"Scholars" Rank Obama 15th Best President Ever..

[Obama 2012 1,714]

What a joke.... You know it's a damn joke when FDR is #1.

Personally I'd put George Washington #1 for being the least corrupt and Woodrow Wilson #44 for royally screwing us over and selling the United States to the wealthy/big banks.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20009531-503544.html

A group of presidential scholars has ranked President Obama as the 15th best U.S. president of all time, a new survey shows, while his predecessor, President George W. Bush, is relegated to the bottom five.

Mr. Obama also has an advantage in the rankings over President Ronald Reagan, who came in 18th, but President Bill Clinton beats them both in 13th place.

The Siena College Research Institute's Survey of U.S. Presidents, which has been conducted five times since 1982, asked 238 presidential scholars to rank the 43 U.S. presidents on a number of characteristics.

The presidents were given rankings for six personal attributes (background, imagination, integrity, intelligence, luck and willingness to take risks), five forms of ability (compromising, executive, leadership, communication and overall), and eight areas of accomplishment (economic, other domestic affairs, working with Congress, party leadership, Supreme Court appointments, executive branch appointments, avoiding mistakes and foreign policy).

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was ranked the best president ever, followed by Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

While he has only been in office a year and a half, Mr. Obama was rated highly in areas such as imagination, communication and intelligence.

By comparison, Mr. Bush was ranked 23rd when the survey was conducted in 2002, after his first year in office. This year, Mr. Bush was ranked 39th after receiving poor ratings in communication, foreign policy, intelligence, the economy and his ability to compromise. Mr. Bush's best ranking came in the category of "luck," for which he was rated the 18th best president.

The four presidents who were ranked more poorly than Mr. Bush were Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin Pierce.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Who cares...

[JoannaV 174]

Given the long list of characteristics they ranked, I wouldn't take it too personally :-)

[spookyturtle 9,466]

What a joke.... You know it's a damn joke when FDR is #1.

Personally I'd put George Washington #1 for being the least corrupt and Woodrow Wilson #44 for royally screwing us over and selling the United States to the wealthy/big banks.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20009531-503544.html

A group of presidential scholars has ranked President Obama as the 15th best U.S. president of all time, a new survey shows, while his predecessor, President George W. Bush, is relegated to the bottom five.

Mr. Obama also has an advantage in the rankings over President Ronald Reagan, who came in 18th, but President Bill Clinton beats them both in 13th place.

The Siena College Research Institute's Survey of U.S. Presidents, which has been conducted five times since 1982, asked 238 presidential scholars to rank the 43 U.S. presidents on a number of characteristics.

The presidents were given rankings for six personal attributes (background, imagination, integrity, intelligence, luck and willingness to take risks), five forms of ability (compromising, executive, leadership, communication and overall), and eight areas of accomplishment (economic, other domestic affairs, working with Congress, party leadership, Supreme Court appointments, executive branch appointments, avoiding mistakes and foreign policy).

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was ranked the best president ever, followed by Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

While he has only been in office a year and a half, Mr. Obama was rated highly in areas such as imagination, communication and intelligence.

By comparison, Mr. Bush was ranked 23rd when the survey was conducted in 2002, after his first year in office. This year, Mr. Bush was ranked 39th after receiving poor ratings in communication, foreign policy, intelligence, the economy and his ability to compromise. Mr. Bush's best ranking came in the category of "luck," for which he was rated the 18th best president.

The four presidents who were ranked more poorly than Mr. Bush were Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin Pierce.

What was your life like under Wilson and Roosevelt compared to today? Are things better now than they were back then?

[Danno 1,228]

The reason FDR is first is because of their "priorities".

WHen socialism is paramount... how could FDR and others not do well?

For instance, one of FDRs dreams was a 2nd Bill Of Rights.

Here is what he proposed... you be the judge.

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

The right of every family to a decent home;

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

The right to a good education.

All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

Americas own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.

For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights

Not sure how most of these things could even be defined but as we have seen, the Courts and special interests Lawyers would love to take on that task.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

What a joke.... You know it's a damn joke when FDR is #1.

Personally I'd put George Washington #1 for being the least corrupt and Woodrow Wilson #44 for royally screwing us over and selling the United States to the wealthy/big banks.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20009531-503544.html

A group of presidential scholars has ranked President Obama as the 15th best U.S. president of all time, a new survey shows, while his predecessor, President George W. Bush, is relegated to the bottom five.

Mr. Obama also has an advantage in the rankings over President Ronald Reagan, who came in 18th, but President Bill Clinton beats them both in 13th place.

The Siena College Research Institute's Survey of U.S. Presidents, which has been conducted five times since 1982, asked 238 presidential scholars to rank the 43 U.S. presidents on a number of characteristics.

The presidents were given rankings for six personal attributes (background, imagination, integrity, intelligence, luck and willingness to take risks), five forms of ability (compromising, executive, leadership, communication and overall), and eight areas of accomplishment (economic, other domestic affairs, working with Congress, party leadership, Supreme Court appointments, executive branch appointments, avoiding mistakes and foreign policy).

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was ranked the best president ever, followed by Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

While he has only been in office a year and a half, Mr. Obama was rated highly in areas such as imagination, communication and intelligence.

By comparison, Mr. Bush was ranked 23rd when the survey was conducted in 2002, after his first year in office. This year, Mr. Bush was ranked 39th after receiving poor ratings in communication, foreign policy, intelligence, the economy and his ability to compromise. Mr. Bush's best ranking came in the category of "luck," for which he was rated the 18th best president.

The four presidents who were ranked more poorly than Mr. Bush were Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin Pierce.

Accurate ranking of these 4 (with Lincoln at top, and GW at #2):

• #8 Harding -- policies gave US "roaring 20's", else Depression would have hit well prior to '29
• #37 Pierce -- for not preventing Civil War
• #36 Buchanan -- not enough info
• #42 A. Johnson -- unelected POTUS (and Southern Democrat--Lincoln's approach of "showing unity"--probaly clobbered due to these factors)

(note: I put the four never elected at #'s 39-42, with Ford being #41)

[Vi-Jay 218]

A group of presidential scholars has ranked President Obama as the 15th best U.S. president of all time,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnPuHC111aA&NR=1

Did the criteria include breaking all but 1 campaign promise?

Edited May 5, 2011 by Vi-Jay

[Ironman140 45]

What a Joke

more left wing propaganda problems is some professor will drill thus garbage into the young minds they mold.