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‘60 Minutes’ Edits Out Obama‘s Claim That He’s the Fourth Best President
AP ^ | Sun, Dec 18, 2011

Posted on 12/19/2011 2:57:33 PM PST by presidio9

President Barack Obama sat for an extensive interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” last week, though it appears the portion of the interview actually broadcast on TV left out a statement where Obama essentially declared himself the fourth best president in terms of his accomplishments.

The statement was only made available online as part of the full interview on “60 Minutes Overtime.”

According to a transcript posted on the “60 Minutes” website, Obama said he would hold his accomplishments so far as president against those of Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history,”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; again; cbsnews; crazy; fakebutaccurate; insane; schizoid; theone
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1 posted on 12/19/2011 2:57:38 PM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Why would they do that?


2 posted on 12/19/2011 2:59:40 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Steely Tom

maybe someone at See BS noticed that their logo resembles a sphincter


3 posted on 12/19/2011 3:00:46 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Barak; obama

Obama you are a fourth rate president


4 posted on 12/19/2011 3:01:52 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: presidio9

Obama is nearly correct: If he left Honest Abe off his list, he would be correct. The policies of LBJ and FDR have nearly destroyed this country.


5 posted on 12/19/2011 3:02:01 PM PST by bkopto (Obama is merely a symptom of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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To: presidio9

Dear Leader, the Marxist Kenyan Muslim Usurper, self-proclaims his greatness.

And The Media swoons.


6 posted on 12/19/2011 3:06:27 PM PST by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: presidio9

I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president

Washington? Monroe? Jefferson? Truman? Reagan? Coolidge?

Hell even TR!

Frigging asshat.


7 posted on 12/19/2011 3:06:45 PM PST by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: presidio9

Johnson and FDR were better than Washington and Jefferson?


8 posted on 12/19/2011 3:06:51 PM PST by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: presidio9

I don’t totally understand what obama is saying. It almost sounds like he only wants to compare first two years to other presidents. I’m listening and trying to figure out why JOHNSON would be on his list of top 3 presidents. Johnson was a disgrace. He declined to run a second term because he knew he would lose.


9 posted on 12/19/2011 3:07:59 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: presidio9
he is THE WORST!!! a legend in his own mind...
10 posted on 12/19/2011 3:08:03 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: VanDeKoik

Maybe he’s listing the most accomplished statists.

Then, yeah, he might be fourth.


11 posted on 12/19/2011 3:09:24 PM PST by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: presidio9

I give 60 Minutes a good solid D- for that one.


12 posted on 12/19/2011 3:11:51 PM PST by FlyVet
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To: mamelukesabre
LBJ gave us the "Great Society" which, to black Americans, is the equivalent of "manna from Heaven."

I'm sure O-blame-a worships him.

13 posted on 12/19/2011 3:13:01 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Rights begin where power ends!)
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To: presidio9

Someone should tell him he’s the penultimate President ever. With such arrogance and stupidity, he’d repeat it without looking up the word.


14 posted on 12/19/2011 3:14:00 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: presidio9

I swear...I have a collection of teddy bears who’d lead the nation better than this twit has.


15 posted on 12/19/2011 3:16:26 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny ("Fair share" are the last two words I hear before I stop taking someone seriously.)
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To: mikey_hates_everything
Someone should tell him he’s the penultimate President ever. With such arrogance and stupidity, he’d repeat it without looking up the word.

Either that, or the idiot would chastise the person, saying there's no place in politics for such personal, mean-spirited attacks.

16 posted on 12/19/2011 3:19:44 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: freedomson
Johnson and FDR were better than Washington and Jefferson?

Jefferson is the most overrated president in US history. His accomplishments as president should not rate a mention in the top 10. That puts him in the middle of the pack.

17 posted on 12/19/2011 3:23:15 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: mikey_hates_everything
Someone should tell him he’s the penultimate President ever.

Racist!

18 posted on 12/19/2011 3:24:51 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9
I laughed listening to Beckel trying to explain this away with bumbling words.
For once can the MSM be trusted...
19 posted on 12/19/2011 3:25:39 PM PST by MaxMax
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To: presidio9

Barry obviously confused the words president and putz.


20 posted on 12/19/2011 3:27:27 PM PST by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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