Poll: FDR # 1 President

[mal]

Let's see...

1. FDR -- 400,000+ American boys and uncounted civilians killed....Really great...NOT!
2. Lincoln -- 500,000+ American boys and uncounted civilians killed & numerous cities burned to the ground...Really great...NOT!
3. Washington -- How did the father of our nation end up #3?
4.Teddy Roosevelt -- The prototype of the arrogant warmongering neocon.
5. Jefferson -- Author of the Declaration of Independence #5....Really??
6. Truman -- That the most unpopular president prior to George BOOOOSH! even makes the top 10 is really giving away the store as to the bias of the poll pool.
7. Jackson -- Meh...Reasonably deserving of the position.
8. Madison -- The principal author of the Constitution polls this far back in the pack...Really?
9. Wilson -- This proven racist & warmonger, who gave us the income tax and Federal Reserve, belongs on the list of ten worst, not best.
10. Reagan -- Grossly overrated. But not surprising, given that the poll respondents seem to be of the opinion that real history started in the T. Roosevelt administration.

I Adore the List... Honestly I do...

One Issue...

How many Times a day to you Say or even Think "NeoCon"?...



peace...

 

[Bfgrn]

Now Jake, tell us, just which part of good ole FDR did you like the most? Was it throwing the japs in camps and taking their property? Or perhaps that big social security check extortion scheme that I, for example, will never see a penny of? That gold grab was pretty cool too huh?

Jake's a Republican. Really. He's trying to bring the rest of us to our senses.

He admires FDR and LBJ and big government social programs because that's what Republicans do and have always done.

"The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere."
President Abraham Lincoln

"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower


HERE is what the Republican Party USED to stand for...

Excerpt from:
Republican Party Platform of 1956
August 20, 1956


Our Government was created by the people for all the people, and it must serve no less a purpose.

The Republican Party was formed 100 years ago to preserve the Nation's devotion to these ideals.

On its Centennial, the Republican Party again calls to the minds of all Americans the great truth first spoken by Abraham Lincoln: "The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere."

Our great President Dwight D. Eisenhower has counseled us further: "In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative.

"We shall ever build anew, that our children and their children, without distinction because of race, creed or color, may know the blessings of our free land.

We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs-expansion of social security-broadened coverage in unemployment insurance - improved housing- and better health protection for all our people. We are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people.

Labor
"Under the Republican Administration, as our country has prospered, so have its people. This is as it should be, for as President Eisenhower said: "Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this country...they are America."

The Eisenhower Administration has brought to our people the highest employment, the highest wages and the highest standard of living ever enjoyed by any nation. Today there are nearly 67 million men and women at work in the United States, 4 million more than in 1952. Wages have increased substantially over the past 3 1/2 years; but, more important, the American wage earner today can buy more than ever before for himself and his family because his pay check has not been eaten away by rising taxes and soaring prices.

The record of performance of the Republican Administration on behalf of our working men and women goes still further. The Federal minimum wage has been raised for more than 2 million workers. Social Security has been extended to an additional 10 million workers and the benefits raised for 6 1/2 million. The protection of unemployment insurance has been brought to 4 million additional workers. There have been increased workmen's compensation benefits for longshoremen and harbor workers, increased retirement benefits for railroad employees, and wage increases and improved welfare and pension plans for federal employees.

In addition, the Eisenhower Administration has enforced more vigorously and effectively than ever before, the laws which protect the working standards of our people.

Workers have benefited by the progress which has been made in carrying out the programs and principles set forth in the 1952 Republican platform. All workers have gained and unions have grown in strength and responsibility, and have increased their membership by 2 millions.

Furthermore, the process of free collective bargaining has been strengthened by the insistence of this Administration that labor and management settle their differences at the bargaining table without the intervention of the Government. This policy has brought to our country an unprecedented period of labor-management peace and understanding...

Republican action created the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as the first new Federal department in 40 years, to raise the continuing consideration of these problems for the first time to the highest council of Government, the President's Cabinet.... We have supported the distribution of free vaccine to protect millions of children against dreaded polio.

Republican leadership has enlarged Federal assistance for construction of hospitals, emphasizing low-cost care of chronic diseases and the special problems of older persons, and increased Federal aid for medical care of the needy.

We have asked the largest increase in research funds ever sought in one year to intensify attacks on cancer, mental illness, heart disease and other dread diseases."

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25838


Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
Barry Goldwater (R) Late Senator & Father of the Conservative movement[/QUOTE]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Now Jake, tell us, just which part of good ole FDR did you like the most? Was it throwing the japs in camps and taking their property? Or perhaps that big social security check extortion scheme that I, for example, will never see a penny of? That gold grab was pretty cool too huh?

Jake's a Republican. Really. He's trying to bring the rest of us to our senses.

He admires FDR and LBJ and big government social programs because that's what Republicans do and have always done.

"The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere."
President Abraham Lincoln

"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower


HERE is what the Republican Party USED to stand for...

Excerpt from:
Republican Party Platform of 1956
August 20, 1956


Our Government was created by the people for all the people, and it must serve no less a purpose.

The Republican Party was formed 100 years ago to preserve the Nation's devotion to these ideals.

On its Centennial, the Republican Party again calls to the minds of all Americans the great truth first spoken by Abraham Lincoln: "The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere."

Our great President Dwight D. Eisenhower has counseled us further: "In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative.

"We shall ever build anew, that our children and their children, without distinction because of race, creed or color, may know the blessings of our free land.

We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs-expansion of social security-broadened coverage in unemployment insurance - improved housing- and better health protection for all our people. We are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people.

Labor
"Under the Republican Administration, as our country has prospered, so have its people. This is as it should be, for as President Eisenhower said: "Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this country...they are America."

The Eisenhower Administration has brought to our people the highest employment, the highest wages and the highest standard of living ever enjoyed by any nation. Today there are nearly 67 million men and women at work in the United States, 4 million more than in 1952. Wages have increased substantially over the past 3 1/2 years; but, more important, the American wage earner today can buy more than ever before for himself and his family because his pay check has not been eaten away by rising taxes and soaring prices.

The record of performance of the Republican Administration on behalf of our working men and women goes still further. The Federal minimum wage has been raised for more than 2 million workers. Social Security has been extended to an additional 10 million workers and the benefits raised for 6 1/2 million. The protection of unemployment insurance has been brought to 4 million additional workers. There have been increased workmen's compensation benefits for longshoremen and harbor workers, increased retirement benefits for railroad employees, and wage increases and improved welfare and pension plans for federal employees.

In addition, the Eisenhower Administration has enforced more vigorously and effectively than ever before, the laws which protect the working standards of our people.

Workers have benefited by the progress which has been made in carrying out the programs and principles set forth in the 1952 Republican platform. All workers have gained and unions have grown in strength and responsibility, and have increased their membership by 2 millions.

Furthermore, the process of free collective bargaining has been strengthened by the insistence of this Administration that labor and management settle their differences at the bargaining table without the intervention of the Government. This policy has brought to our country an unprecedented period of labor-management peace and understanding...

Republican action created the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as the first new Federal department in 40 years, to raise the continuing consideration of these problems for the first time to the highest council of Government, the President's Cabinet.... We have supported the distribution of free vaccine to protect millions of children against dreaded polio.

Republican leadership has enlarged Federal assistance for construction of hospitals, emphasizing low-cost care of chronic diseases and the special problems of older persons, and increased Federal aid for medical care of the needy.

We have asked the largest increase in research funds ever sought in one year to intensify attacks on cancer, mental illness, heart disease and other dread diseases."

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25838


Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
Barry Goldwater (R) Late Senator & Father of the Conservative movement

[/QUOTE]

We have met the enemy and he is us.

 

[Oddball]

What the GOP "stood for" when they were playing door mats to progressives, so they could get good tee times and get invited to all the good parties.

Whoop-dee-do!

 

[Bfgrn]

What the GOP "stood for" when they were playing door mats to progressives, so they could get good tee times and get invited to all the good parties.

Whoop-dee-do!

Call it whatever you need Jethro to justify your Monica Lewinsky act on the elite and corporations.

 

[mal]

Finger Pointing and Bitching has it's Bennies...

1.) No Responsibility for anything.

2.) It's Free!



peace...

 

[CrusaderFrank]

What the GOP "stood for" when they were playing door mats to progressives, so they could get good tee times and get invited to all the good parties.

Whoop-dee-do!

Call it whatever you need Jethro to justify your Monica Lewinsky act on the elite and corporations.

Democrat Party Platform of 1956 "Our Government Lacks Leadership. We need bold leadership, yet in the three years since Stalin's death..."

Democratic Party Platforms: Democratic Party Platform of 1956

 

[mal]

What the GOP "stood for" when they were playing door mats to progressives, so they could get good tee times and get invited to all the good parties.

Whoop-dee-do!

Call it whatever you need Jethro to justify your Monica Lewinsky act on the elite and corporations.

Democrat Party Platform of 1956 "Our Government Lacks Leadership. We need bold leadership, yet in the three years since Stalin's death..."

Democratic Party Platforms: Democratic Party Platform of 1956

"The Democratic Party affirms that world peace is a primary objective of human society. Peace is more than a suspension of shooting while frenzied and fearful nations stockpile armaments of annihilation" - DemocRATS Circa 1956

This from the Carpet Bombing Desden, A-Bombing Japan DemocRATS?...

Classic.

Do as they say, NOT as they do.

How about Internment Camps, FDR?...

For Fucks Sake!



peace...

 

[rightwinger]

Let's see...

1. FDR -- 400,000+ American boys and uncounted civilians killed....Really great...NOT!
2. Lincoln -- 500,000+ American boys and uncounted civilians killed & numerous cities burned to the ground...Really great...NOT!
3. Washington -- How did the father of our nation end up #3?
4.Teddy Roosevelt -- The prototype of the arrogant warmongering neocon.
5. Jefferson -- Author of the Declaration of Independence #5....Really??
6. Truman -- That the most unpopular president prior to George BOOOOSH! even makes the top 10 is really giving away the store as to the bias of the poll pool.
7. Jackson -- Meh...Reasonably deserving of the position.
8. Madison -- The principal author of the Constitution polls this far back in the pack...Really?
9. Wilson -- This proven racist & warmonger, who gave us the income tax and Federal Reserve, belongs on the list of ten worst, not best.
10. Reagan -- Grossly overrated. But not surprising, given that the poll respondents seem to be of the opinion that real history started in the T. Roosevelt administration.

FDR- Held the country together during the Depression. He brought us out of the Depression, something Hoover was unable to do, led the Nation through wars in two theaters of war. Turned the country into a superpower both militarily and economically

Lincoln- Put down the traitorous insurrection of the Southern States and reunited the country. turned a bunch of united states into the United States, freed the slaves

Washington- Most of his accomplishmets were before he was president. set the precidents for the office of President. Guided an infant nation

Teddy Roosevelt- Established the National Parks system, Panama canal, pushed the US into becoming a global presence, trust busting

Jefferson- Wrote the Declaration of Independence BEFORE he was president. Louisianna purchase

Truman- More popular after he left office. Ended the war with Japan. Guided postwar Superpower. Fired the arrogant SOB MacArthur

Jackson- Good and bad. established a powerful executive branch. The first powerful president. Indian wars for good and bad

Madison- Wrote the Constitution long before he was president. Guided an infant nation and fledgeling diplomacy

Wilson- Gave us the income tax and federal reserve . League of Nations. Guided the country in WWI

Reagan- Brought us out of recession, re-energized the nation after Carter, worked with Gorby for a graceful end to the USSR

 

[Oscar Wao]

Actually, FDR's policies prolonged the Depression....not to mention violating basic laws of economics.

 

[Political Junky]

Now Jake, tell us, just which part of good ole FDR did you like the most? Was it throwing the japs in camps and taking their property? Or perhaps that big social security check extortion scheme that I, for example, will never see a penny of? That gold grab was pretty cool too huh?

Jake's a Republican. Really. He's trying to bring the rest of us to our senses.

He admires FDR and LBJ and big government social programs because that's what Republicans do and have always done.

"The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere."
President Abraham Lincoln

"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower


HERE is what the Republican Party USED to stand for...

Excerpt from:
Republican Party Platform of 1956
August 20, 1956


Our Government was created by the people for all the people, and it must serve no less a purpose.

The Republican Party was formed 100 years ago to preserve the Nation's devotion to these ideals.

On its Centennial, the Republican Party again calls to the minds of all Americans the great truth first spoken by Abraham Lincoln: "The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere."

Our great President Dwight D. Eisenhower has counseled us further: "In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative.

"We shall ever build anew, that our children and their children, without distinction because of race, creed or color, may know the blessings of our free land.

We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs-expansion of social security-broadened coverage in unemployment insurance - improved housing- and better health protection for all our people. We are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people.

Labor
"Under the Republican Administration, as our country has prospered, so have its people. This is as it should be, for as President Eisenhower said: "Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this country...they are America."

The Eisenhower Administration has brought to our people the highest employment, the highest wages and the highest standard of living ever enjoyed by any nation. Today there are nearly 67 million men and women at work in the United States, 4 million more than in 1952. Wages have increased substantially over the past 3 1/2 years; but, more important, the American wage earner today can buy more than ever before for himself and his family because his pay check has not been eaten away by rising taxes and soaring prices.

The record of performance of the Republican Administration on behalf of our working men and women goes still further. The Federal minimum wage has been raised for more than 2 million workers. Social Security has been extended to an additional 10 million workers and the benefits raised for 6 1/2 million. The protection of unemployment insurance has been brought to 4 million additional workers. There have been increased workmen's compensation benefits for longshoremen and harbor workers, increased retirement benefits for railroad employees, and wage increases and improved welfare and pension plans for federal employees.

In addition, the Eisenhower Administration has enforced more vigorously and effectively than ever before, the laws which protect the working standards of our people.

Workers have benefited by the progress which has been made in carrying out the programs and principles set forth in the 1952 Republican platform. All workers have gained and unions have grown in strength and responsibility, and have increased their membership by 2 millions.

Furthermore, the process of free collective bargaining has been strengthened by the insistence of this Administration that labor and management settle their differences at the bargaining table without the intervention of the Government. This policy has brought to our country an unprecedented period of labor-management peace and understanding...

Republican action created the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as the first new Federal department in 40 years, to raise the continuing consideration of these problems for the first time to the highest council of Government, the President's Cabinet.... We have supported the distribution of free vaccine to protect millions of children against dreaded polio.

Republican leadership has enlarged Federal assistance for construction of hospitals, emphasizing low-cost care of chronic diseases and the special problems of older persons, and increased Federal aid for medical care of the needy.

We have asked the largest increase in research funds ever sought in one year to intensify attacks on cancer, mental illness, heart disease and other dread diseases."

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25838


Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
Barry Goldwater (R) Late Senator & Father of the Conservative movement

[/QUOTE]
That is far removed from the GOP of 2010.

 

[rightwinger]

Actually, FDR's policies prolonged the Depression....not to mention violating basic laws of economics.

Tell it to Glenn Beck...he might believe you

 

[Gunny]

Actually, FDR's policies prolonged the Depression....not to mention violating basic laws of economics.

Tell it to Glenn Beck...he might believe you

If you were capable of logical thought, you might believe it too.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Jake's a Republican. Really. He's trying to bring the rest of us to our senses.

He admires FDR and LBJ and big government social programs because that's what Republicans do and have always done.

"The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere."
President Abraham Lincoln

"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower


HERE is what the Republican Party USED to stand for...

Excerpt from:
Republican Party Platform of 1956
August 20, 1956


Our Government was created by the people for all the people, and it must serve no less a purpose.

The Republican Party was formed 100 years ago to preserve the Nation's devotion to these ideals.

On its Centennial, the Republican Party again calls to the minds of all Americans the great truth first spoken by Abraham Lincoln: "The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere."

Our great President Dwight D. Eisenhower has counseled us further: "In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative.

"We shall ever build anew, that our children and their children, without distinction because of race, creed or color, may know the blessings of our free land.

We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs-expansion of social security-broadened coverage in unemployment insurance - improved housing- and better health protection for all our people. We are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people.

Labor
"Under the Republican Administration, as our country has prospered, so have its people. This is as it should be, for as President Eisenhower said: "Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this country...they are America."

The Eisenhower Administration has brought to our people the highest employment, the highest wages and the highest standard of living ever enjoyed by any nation. Today there are nearly 67 million men and women at work in the United States, 4 million more than in 1952. Wages have increased substantially over the past 3 1/2 years; but, more important, the American wage earner today can buy more than ever before for himself and his family because his pay check has not been eaten away by rising taxes and soaring prices.

The record of performance of the Republican Administration on behalf of our working men and women goes still further. The Federal minimum wage has been raised for more than 2 million workers. Social Security has been extended to an additional 10 million workers and the benefits raised for 6 1/2 million. The protection of unemployment insurance has been brought to 4 million additional workers. There have been increased workmen's compensation benefits for longshoremen and harbor workers, increased retirement benefits for railroad employees, and wage increases and improved welfare and pension plans for federal employees.

In addition, the Eisenhower Administration has enforced more vigorously and effectively than ever before, the laws which protect the working standards of our people.

Workers have benefited by the progress which has been made in carrying out the programs and principles set forth in the 1952 Republican platform. All workers have gained and unions have grown in strength and responsibility, and have increased their membership by 2 millions.

Furthermore, the process of free collective bargaining has been strengthened by the insistence of this Administration that labor and management settle their differences at the bargaining table without the intervention of the Government. This policy has brought to our country an unprecedented period of labor-management peace and understanding...

Republican action created the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as the first new Federal department in 40 years, to raise the continuing consideration of these problems for the first time to the highest council of Government, the President's Cabinet.... We have supported the distribution of free vaccine to protect millions of children against dreaded polio.

Republican leadership has enlarged Federal assistance for construction of hospitals, emphasizing low-cost care of chronic diseases and the special problems of older persons, and increased Federal aid for medical care of the needy.

We have asked the largest increase in research funds ever sought in one year to intensify attacks on cancer, mental illness, heart disease and other dread diseases."

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25838


Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
Barry Goldwater (R) Late Senator & Father of the Conservative movement

That is far removed from the GOP of 2010.[/QUOTE]

The GOP of 1956 would have very little to do with the GOP of today. The Republicans of then understood that the USA was part of an international order, the Republicans then understood that a social compact existed in which the better off in society were morally obligated to watch out for the less fortunate in society. The GOP then refused to make room for wackos like the John Birch Society and would not make room for the extreme elements of the Tea Party.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The Dem Platform of 1956 made me LOL in several places, I posted one where they let slip their longing and sadness over the passing of Uncle Joe.

 

[rightwinger]

Actually, FDR's policies prolonged the Depression....not to mention violating basic laws of economics.

Tell it to Glenn Beck...he might believe you

If you were capable of logical thought, you might believe it too.

Great post Gunny

Thanks for your insight

 

[Wry Catcher]

July 2, 2010
U.S. Presidential Rankings: Roosevelts 1, 2, Obama 15, George W. Bush 39
The Siena College Research Institute has released its 5th ranking of U.S. Presidents by 233 presidential scholars, historians, and political scientist. The Top 5 are:
1.Franklin Roosevelt
2.Theodore Roosevelt
3.Abraham Lincoln
4.George Washington
5.Thomas Jefferson
Barack Obama ranks 15th among 43 presidents; George W. Bush ranks in the bottom five (39th overall, next to last in communication ability, foreign policy accomplishments, handling of the U.S. economy, imagination, and intelligence). The complete ranking is below the fold:


1.F. Roosevelt
2.T. Roosevelt
3.Lincoln
4.Washington
5.Jefferson
6.Madison
7.Monroe
8.Wilson
9.Truman
10.Eisenhower
11.Kennedy
12.Polk
13.Clinton
14.Jackson
15.Obama
16.L. Johnson
17.J. Adams
18.Reagan
19.J.Q. Adams
20.Cleveland
21.McKinley
22.G.H. Bush
23.Van Buren
24.Taft
25.Arthur
26.Grant
27.Garfield
28.Ford
29.Coolidge
30.Nixon
31.Hayes
32.Carter
33.Taylor
34.B. Harrison
35.W. Harrison
36.Hoover
37.Tyler
38.Fillmore
39.G.W. Bush
40.Pierce
41.Harding
42.Buchanan
43.A. Johnson
Update: Wall Street Journal, Obama the Great? How Leftist Scholars Rank the Presidents, by John Fund:

Barack Obama had barely settled in office when he won a Nobel Peace Prize. Though he's been in the job fewer than 18 months, liberal scholars are already rating him one of our better presidents, finishing ahead of even Ronald Reagan on 20 attributes ranging from legislative accomplishments to integrity.

In a Siena College poll of 238 presidential scholars, Mr. Obama emerges as the 15th most highly rated president, trailing Bill Clinton (13th place) but finishing three spots above Reagan (18th place). Mr. Obama's immediate predecessor, George W. Bush, was ranked number 39th among 42 presidents, and bested only Warren Harding in one category, intelligence.

 

[rightwinger]

July 2, 2010
U.S. Presidential Rankings: Roosevelts 1, 2, Obama 15, George W. Bush 39
The Siena College Research Institute has released its 5th ranking of U.S. Presidents by 233 presidential scholars, historians, and political scientist. The Top 5 are:
1.Franklin Roosevelt
2.Theodore Roosevelt
3.Abraham Lincoln
4.George Washington
5.Thomas Jefferson
Barack Obama ranks 15th among 43 presidents; George W. Bush ranks in the bottom five (39th overall, next to last in communication ability, foreign policy accomplishments, handling of the U.S. economy, imagination, and intelligence). The complete ranking is below the fold:


1.F. Roosevelt
2.T. Roosevelt
3.Lincoln
4.Washington
5.Jefferson
6.Madison
7.Monroe
8.Wilson
9.Truman
10.Eisenhower
11.Kennedy
12.Polk
13.Clinton
14.Jackson
15.Obama
16.L. Johnson
17.J. Adams
18.Reagan
19.J.Q. Adams
20.Cleveland
21.McKinley
22.G.H. Bush
23.Van Buren
24.Taft
25.Arthur
26.Grant
27.Garfield
28.Ford
29.Coolidge
30.Nixon
31.Hayes
32.Carter
33.Taylor
34.B. Harrison
35.W. Harrison
36.Hoover
37.Tyler
38.Fillmore
39.G.W. Bush
40.Pierce
41.Harding
42.Buchanan
43.A. Johnson
Update: Wall Street Journal, Obama the Great? How Leftist Scholars Rank the Presidents, by John Fund:

Barack Obama had barely settled in office when he won a Nobel Peace Prize. Though he's been in the job fewer than 18 months, liberal scholars are already rating him one of our better presidents, finishing ahead of even Ronald Reagan on 20 attributes ranging from legislative accomplishments to integrity.

In a Siena College poll of 238 presidential scholars, Mr. Obama emerges as the 15th most highly rated president, trailing Bill Clinton (13th place) but finishing three spots above Reagan (18th place). Mr. Obama's immediate predecessor, George W. Bush, was ranked number 39th among 42 presidents, and bested only Warren Harding in one category, intelligence.

Obama ranked higher than Reagan?

That didn't take long

 

[Flopper]

Had it not been for Vietnam, I'd choose LBJ. No other president did more for civil rights.

LOL, he did what he did in hopes of votes, he did not believe in Civil Rights.

LBJ knew he's lose the South for years and he was right. Almost all Southern Democrats [Dixiecrats] switched to the GOP because of civil rights.

The solid south was lost before LBJ. The civil rights act was just the straw that broke the camels back.

 

[JakeStarkey]

LOL, he did what he did in hopes of votes, he did not believe in Civil Rights.

LBJ knew he's lose the South for years and he was right. Almost all Southern Democrats [Dixiecrats] switched to the GOP because of civil rights.

The solid south was lost before LBJ. The civil rights act was just the straw that broke the camels back.

The lower south was lost in 1964

and Nixon's southern strategy pushed it along