Survey Ranks Obama 15th Best President, Bush Among Worst

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Is this a joke?

Mike of MN 9:48PM May 25, 2012

Pretty good. I would have put George W. Bush at number 50 and Lincoln and Clinton a little higher. But still, nice job.

Peacenik2012 of NY 6:20PM May 14, 2012

To rank Obama so high clearly shows the leftist slant that has permeated the so called "historians" of today.

Scott Severin of NE 10:04AM May 03, 2012

Obama ahead of reagan, what a F'ing joke of a poll. Woodrow Wilson towards the top of the list?
Or is this a poll of the best presidents that were able to steer this country towards bankruptcy the fastest? Or the best at heading us towards socialism the fastest?

Mws of CA 11:07PM April 30, 2012

Wow, that was an extreme liberal/”progressive” list. Obama on his achievements should be lower than G.W. Bush. Smile and whit doesn’t make for a good president. Reagan should of course be in the top 4 and if you know your history, then Washington would be #1. This list is an example of how of how people vote for president and other positions. All flash and fluff with no content or research. Get a clue!

B.Cunningham of KS 10:11PM April 26, 2012

Survey a bunch of piglets on who has the best teats and I bet you get unanimous votes.
Obama should be ashamed. He should have scored much higher considering who they surveyed. Every one of these historians feeds at the government teat (government, academia, non-profits, etc...) so they naturally would love any idiot who sends more "mother's milk of politics --- i.e. CASH --- their way.

obama of OH 10:54AM April 21, 2012

Obamas first four years are not 15th best material. Once he is re elected and gets a democratic congress, more progress and the economy will start to get better then he will be in the top 15. Hes not done yet!

nate of OK 1:13PM April 04, 2012

Ridiculous- the worst presidents ever are as follows ( in order of worst to least worst ) : Obama- he is intent on bankrupting the country and turning the U.S. into a totalitarian dictatorship likes his buddy Putin in Russia; we will all be serfs under him if he is reelected. Carter- too stupid; Wilson ( he started this progressive nonsense and the Federal Reserve) FDR ( Wilson on steroids) and LBJ ( FDR on steroids).

Tom of IL 3:21PM April 03, 2012

Yeah, Robert of MS, Reagan was ALWAYS truthful. Were you an adult listening to the news in the 80s? If not, look up the Iran-Contra affair. He defied law and worked a 3-way deal to trade arms to Iran in return for freeing of the hostages.
"To this day, it is unclear exactly what Reagan knew and when, and whether the arms sales were motivated by his desire to save the U.S. hostages. After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, Reagan appeared on national television and stated that the weapons transfers had indeed occurred, but that the United States did not trade arms for hostages. The investigation was impeded when large volumes of documents relating to the scandal were destroyed or withheld from investigators by Reagan administration officials. On March 4, 1987, in a nationally televised address, Reagan accepted full responsibility for his own actions and for those of his administration, including activities undertaken without his knowledge. In the same broadcast, he stated that "what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages." - WikiPedia

essbird of ME 8:00AM March 29, 2012

This is complete nonsense! First of all Barack Obama is NOT the 15th best president that there ever was, the reasons are way too long for me to list but lets cover the big issues. The first would be that the national debt has increased from nine trillion dollars to a stunning FIFTEEN trillion dollars. Every liberal believes it was the war that got us that high in debt and it wasn't Bushes fault! Why is it that high because for one Obamas stimulus package is out of wack and he really doesn't care about the American people because the way things are set up are this way: When a president wants to run programs and he/she thinks that it will be better for the country to have these programs the start spending for that program. And where do they get the money from when they don't have it: TAXPAYERS! Normal American people. And when the keep spending money that they don't have the just say lets raise the taxes even more and then use that money for what ever the program is. And don't even get me started on FDR! Why on earth would he be "number one"? People may say that 'He got us out of the Great Depression' which is not true. He decided to get the government to spend money to start the New Deals which were government spent programs that was a COMPLETE WASTE of money! But the thing that really got us out of the Great Depression was World War Two. Reason is, is because we need jeeps, guns, ammunition, and etc. and it got production of these businesses working and people got jobs by making things necessary for war. And when the men can back after the war there needed more houses built for their families to live in and someone has to build that house which creates jobs and other things such as cars, paper, food, and etc. Personally the "number one" president should be George Washington. His character was out of this world. Did you know that he got offered to be king of the United States and he didn't take it because ha said that's the reason why we left England to get away from a monarchy! That's what being a president is all about. And I'm not an adult I'm a 14 year old kid that actually cares about what all these lenrals are doing to this country making it softer and softer by the minute. I just hope we can get the country back up and running to the way America should be. "One nation! Under GOD, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all"!

Austin Fleming of NC 11:51PM March 15, 2012