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Barack Obama Ranked 12th Best U.S. President Ever in Major Survey of Historians
Time ^ | February 17, 2017 | David Von Drehle

Posted on 02/17/2017 10:57:36 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

Barack Obama has been whisked to a very good table at the club of former presidents, according to a C-SPAN survey of 91 presidential historians published on Friday. Obama’s 12th-place ranking only a month after leaving office is the best for any president since Ronald Reagan, who ranks ninth in the new survey. The list updates previous C-SPAN surveys compiled in 2009 and 2000.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: cspan; poll; presidents; survey
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To: publius911

Some scholars say there have been as many as eight black presidents plus Mr. Obama.


21 posted on 02/17/2017 11:42:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

12th best black & white commie president.


22 posted on 02/17/2017 11:53:24 PM PST by FreedomGuru (Clinton a gazillion wrong moves)
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To: ConservativeStatement

They were counting forward, from President Eisenhower.

Sounds about right to me.


23 posted on 02/17/2017 11:53:47 PM PST by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: blackdog

That’s right.

These so called Historians are the same bunch who do so much revisionist history.


24 posted on 02/18/2017 12:10:53 AM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

it’s probably true news- those idiots probably do think he was great- everyone else practically though thinks he was the worst


25 posted on 02/18/2017 12:49:17 AM PST by Bob434
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Quite.


26 posted on 02/18/2017 1:53:08 AM PST by aces (Got Jesus?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

0bama would not ranked that high even if they polled only cities like East St. Louis. Memphis, and New Orleans. Strictly the Sheeple still trying to cover for the worst experiment in the history of the World


27 posted on 02/18/2017 2:26:34 AM PST by okie 54
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To: ConservativeStatement

0bama would not ranked that high even if they polled only cities like East St. Louis. Memphis, and New Orleans. Strictly the Sheeple still trying to cover for the worst experiment in the history of the World


28 posted on 02/18/2017 2:26:39 AM PST by okie 54
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To: ConservativeStatement

0bama would not ranked that high even if they polled only cities like East St. Louis. Memphis, and New Orleans. Strictly the Sheeple still trying to cover for the worst experiment in the history of the World


29 posted on 02/18/2017 2:27:24 AM PST by okie 54
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To: ConservativeStatement

0bama would not ranked that high even if they polled only cities like East St. Louis. Memphis, and New Orleans. Strictly the Sheeple still trying to cover for the worst experiment in the history of the World


30 posted on 02/18/2017 2:27:42 AM PST by okie 54
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To: ConservativeStatement

Combining Obama and Best President is an oxymoron.


31 posted on 02/18/2017 2:35:10 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: ConservativeStatement

In time, TRUTH will out. - They’ve got us between a rock &
a hard place. If we pooh-pooh this bunch on Obama, then
we’ve got to also pooh-pooh their vote on Reagan as “ninth”
best. - It’s the black thing, you know.


32 posted on 02/18/2017 2:55:55 AM PST by Twinkie (The MSM is DEAD. - John 3:16)
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To: j_guru

I heard that he ranked 5th.

Reagan and Lincoln tied for 1st
Seventeen presidents tied for second
Twenty three presidents tied for third
Jimmy Carter came in fourth
and Obambo was fifth.

I’m pretty sure 12th is correct...12th best since 1980.


33 posted on 02/18/2017 3:26:35 AM PST by WinMod70
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To: ConservativeStatement
Brevity...

Barack Obama Rank enough said.

34 posted on 02/18/2017 3:29:22 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (TETELESTI Read em and weep Lucy! Yer times almost up.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Barky 12th best President ???
Only if there is a 33 way tie for 11th best !


35 posted on 02/18/2017 3:44:37 AM PST by daku
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To: ConservativeStatement

His fall in ranking will accelerate with time


36 posted on 02/18/2017 4:15:17 AM PST by clearcarbon
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To: JohnLongIsland

And these parents deserve everything spewed down the
throats and into the minds of their kids.

Embrace the suck!


37 posted on 02/18/2017 4:20:55 AM PST by Original Lurker
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To: clearcarbon

They’ll never give up on their Apex Token.

Ironically for them, if Obama had shown achievement in any area, any at all, their rating wouldn’t be such a glaring example of bias.

I could write a book about Obama’s transgressions and character flaws but one of the most lasting was his attitude: he never stopped acting as if he was doing the US a favor. We are well shot of him.


38 posted on 02/18/2017 4:39:22 AM PST by relictele (`)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Take a look at those they surveyed. Many aren’t “historians” at all. Others are journalists, like Cokie Roberts.
More Fake News.


39 posted on 02/18/2017 4:46:08 AM PST by CivilWarguy
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To: ConservativeStatement

It’s a known fact that memory of a president’s greatness wanes over time. Who remembers the greatness of Millard Fillmore, darling of the Know Nothing Party? The fact that Obama is this low already, a month after he leaves office does not bode well for his legacy.


40 posted on 02/18/2017 5:05:14 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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