Presidential Historians Rank the U.S. Presidents from Best to Worst - Video 2/15/09

Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | February 15, 2009 | BrianinMO

[Federalist Patriot]

Here is a brief video report on a survey done by C-Span.org in which they asked Presidential Historians to rank the 42 men who have served as President of the United States (Obama not included). Abraham Lincoln graded out as our greatest President, and James Buchanan as the worst. . . . . . (Watch Video)

[OrioleFan]

Who created this list? Maybe, that noted plagerist, Doris Kerns Goodwin...

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Equal justice for all must be how Carter escaped the cellar. But in reality, he wasn’t any good at that either.

[mbraynard]

W. had a lot of flaws but I have to give him really high marks for starting an aggressive war against a tyrant and trying to set the initial stage for a permanent state of peace, freedom, and prosperity on Earth.

[Blue State Insurgent]

You rank Reagan so high because he followed an F-. He made you feel good about yourself again but that’s about it as far as accomplishments. His will be a footnote compared the presidency of George W. Bush.
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[Marathoner]

Read the list of categories that they use to ‘rate’ the Presidents. That explains a lot. Public Persuasion 30.0 40 39 Crisis Leadership 24.5 41 40 Economic Management 33.3 38 38 Moral Authority 26.9 38 36 International Relations 33.4 39 39 Administrative Skills 32.8 39 38 Relations with Congress 34.0 39 37 Vision / Setting an Agenda 25.6 40 40 Pursued Equal Justice For All 20.0 41 40 Performance Within Context of Times 26.7 40 40

WTF? What a Joke! How about using one criteria, Following the Constitution???

[Timocrat]

Any list that has FDR third has to be a waste of time. He gutted the Constitution and deserves to be last. Same with Woodrow Wilson.

[al baby]

Yeah how old are you anyways or have you been smoking a bong with that swimmer dude

[Wpin]

I think those so called historians are more political than scientific...There poll makes no sense historically whatsoever.

[Blue State Insurgent]

The new euphemism:”Hangin’ out with Michael Phelps”.

[genghis]

dems don’t do anything high grade,
actually it is just street crack, low class just like them.
anybody ranks fdr above coolidge looks at the world differently than me.

[SMCC1]

How about:
Winning the Cold War without a shot
largest peacetime economic boom in American history

[Nateman]

Coolidge was pretty good. Peace, low unemployment , low inflation and he followed the constitution. Historians pass him up because he was unexciting. I put Taft near the bottom because he started the ball rolling on the income tax. That cancerous amendment is killing this nation.

[pankot]

Who in the H*** are these “presidential historians”? And what do they know anyway. They crap out a pile of words and demand them “history”. Woodrow Wilson was an indirect cause of WWI and WWII. LBJ was a swine. JFK was a bumbler with a loose zipper. Carter was a clown. FDR was a Socialist who extended the Depression. I could go on. Historians my a**.