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Obama not on Smithsonian’s ’100 most significant Americans’ list; liberals in shock over who is!
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| November 22, 2014
| Tom Tillison
Posted on 11/22/2014 4:04:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Smithsonian magazine compiled a list of the 100 most significant Americans, and to the dismay of his fan base President Obama failed to make the cut.
Adding insult to injury, former President George W. Bush made the list. But it gets even better, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was also included.
The liberal website Raw Story bemoaned the very idea that the Smithsonian Institution decided that George W. Bush is a more significant figure in U.S. history than the exalted one.
Curiously, the only redeeming qualification Raw Story named when mentioning Obama is that he was the countrys first black president former President Bill Clinton notwithstanding.
According to the website, there were eleven former presidents included, with Bush listed seventh. The others in the Presidents category include: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Ronald W. Reagan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, James Madison, and Andrew Jackson.
But no Obama.
The 100 most significant Americans list was determined by the magazine by using data compiled by Google engineer Charles B. Ward and Steven Skiena, a professor of computer science at Stony Brook University.
The magazine took the data and broke it down into categories of ten, making its own determination of who would be included.
But no Obama.
Raw Story commented on the limited reaction to the list before duly dismissing it as yet another pointless ranking.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama didn't make the list? not surprised, it's a list that only includes Americans.
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posted on
11/22/2014 4:55:03 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
( O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. Ps 34:3)
To: GeronL
was this just living people?Yup!!!
George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Woody Wilson, Teddy R, Franky R, Ronnie Reagan
All living...
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posted on
11/22/2014 4:56:09 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Secretariat is on the list...and obamatollah isn’t!
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posted on
11/22/2014 4:56:12 PM PST
by
newfreep
("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
To: newfreep
When did Secretariat become an American?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/22/2014 4:59:48 PM PST
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: Brandonmark
HAH!!!
Secretariat made it.
The horse made it
But the horses a$$ didn't.
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:01:25 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: mountn man
47
posted on
11/22/2014 5:04:40 PM PST
by
Brandonmark
(There is still hope for our country! 11.04.2014 - DAY OF RENEWAL)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Why isn't President Obama on the list?!" whines Raw Story in a high-pitched, mosquito-like drone.
A: Because candidates must be Earthlings.
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:05:15 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Brandonmark
Ha, the goobernator and snap-on tool queen over _
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:06:27 PM PST
by
eldoradude
(It doesn't matter how many it takes, the lightbulb has already been stolen.)
To: mountn man
Yup!!! George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Woody Wilson, Teddy R, Franky R, Ronnie Reagan All living...
Yeah...and still voting.
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:08:17 PM PST
by
eldoradude
(It doesn't matter how many it takes, the lightbulb has already been stolen.)
To: Brandonmark
There should have been 3 more categories:
armed forces
scientists
inventors
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:09:14 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"...to the dismay of his fan base President Obama failed to make the cut. Adding insult to injury, former President George W. Bush made the list.
It will even out. Someday, following his inevitable flight, BO will be able to brag that W never made the FBI "most wanted" list.
To: stars & stripes forever
Just before obamatollah was annointed by satan to become our future dicktator.
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:11:45 PM PST
by
newfreep
("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oddly enough, the list of 100 Most Significant “AMERICANS” includes:
Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Sacajawea, Tecumseh, Sitting Bull, and Pocahontas.
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:19:58 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: mountn man
if hes told....he will doubtless compare himself to his underling Mrs Bidens little boy...Joey
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:23:45 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I can see Bush, since he was pres. on 9/11 but honestly if you have Palin you should have Obama.
Even though she’s great and he stinks, that’s not the point of the list, is it?
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:25:50 PM PST
by
jocon307
To: MUDDOG
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:37:33 PM PST
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
maybe one has to be an American to appear on the list.
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:39:32 PM PST
by
isom35
To: Brandonmark; 2ndDivisionVet
Secretariat made the list, a race horse!
It's a travesty, I tell ya. Far and away the greatest and most significant racehorse of all time was Man O' War.
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:39:47 PM PST
by
smoothsailing
(Mel Kaminsky for President!!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
countrys first black president
No really the first half black illegal alien pResident golfer.
Calling him a President would give all Presidents a bad name, including Carter
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:45:27 PM PST
by
eartick
(Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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