IN SEARCH OF A LEGACY Poll: Clinton greater than Reagan, Washington

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IN SEARCH OF A LEGACY Poll: Clinton greater than Reagan, Washington Gallup survey also ranks Bill ahead of Jefferson, tied with Bush

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 27, 2003 3:54 a.m. Eastern

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Bill Clinton tops Ronald Reagan, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in a new survey of America's greatest presidents, and ranks evenly with George W. Bush.

Bill Clinton

A Gallup poll released this month asked the question: "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?"

While Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy finished first and second with 15 and 13 percent of the votes respectively, Clinton and President Bush tied for third at 11 percent.

Reagan finished fifth with ten percent of responses, followed by Franklin Roosevelt with nine percent and George Washington with seven.

Reagan, George H.W. Bush on Time cover

Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, Teddy Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, and Thomas Jefferson all collected less than five percent.

Clinton is especially popular among the MTV generation, with nearly 3 in 10 respondents in the 18- to 29-year-old age group mentioning him. His 29 percent tally of younger Americans is about triple the competition from Lincoln and the current president, both of whom received ten percent support from that group.

Not surprisingly, one's political affiliation had a great impact on selections for this poll. For instance, among Republicans, Clinton received only two percent backing, compared to 23 for George W. Bush, 20 for Lincoln, and 18 for Reagan.

Those identifying themselves as Democrats gave Kennedy 25 percent and Clinton 21 percent, compared to just three percent for Both Reagan and Bush the younger.

Just two years ago when the same question was asked, Reagan was the overall winner of the greatest president question, gathering 18 percent of responses – twice as much as Clinton.

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[skinkinthegrass]

"Brazil"...loved that movie... :)

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Perjury, Obstruction of Justice, Adultery, and outright lies to his family, his staff, the congress and the country. This will be the legacy that our 42nd President will write into history - one he has forged in the fires of his deceit.

´´Mr. President, you have disgraced yourself, you have disgraced your office, you have disgraced your family and you have disgraced this country and it is time for you to leave.´´ --Sen. John Ashcroft

´´Clinton has put himself above the law and if we permit that, we will have become a nation where the rule of man supercedes the rule of law.´´--Majority Whip Tom DeLay

´´James Madison said among the grounds for the impeachment of someone would be ´failure to superintend the excesses of subordinates. Leaving aside 900 FBI files winding up in the White House, we have the experience recently of a member of the White House staff, Sidney Blumenthal, calling journalists in an attempt to smear Henry Hyde (Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee).´´ --George Will

´´Clinton feels about religion the way he feels about sex. He likes the kind that makes him feel good but requires nothing of him.´´ --Cal Thomas

´´If President Clinton is allowed to serve out the remainder of his term, it will have profoundly negative cultural consequences. ... This corrupt and corrupting president must be repudiated.´´ --Bill Bennett

´´Everything that Bill Clinton has ever said, everything that has ever been said by others in his behalf, will be re-examined now. This is the Clinton legacy.´´ --Wes Pruden

´´Bill Clinton is bad for women. For feminists and post feminists, single women, divorced women, married women, fat women, skinny women and all the others in between.´´ -- Suzanne Fields

´´The defining characteristic of politics in our time is a loss of moral courage. ... [Mr. Clinton] has created a culture of corruption and deceit.´´ --Steve Forbes

[helper]

Perhaps the reason for the ignorance is it's the Mexican people. That would account for Bill's high rating

[backhoe]

I certainly agree- we have sort of degenerated from a culture to a "cult of celebrity"- simply being recognizable on TV carries a lot of weight with naive, gullible people. And we seem to have a lot of those...

[Tallguy]

I cannot imagine a "Republican" saying "Bill Clinton was the greatest president this country ever had." Not even 2 percent.

2% could have been as little as a single vote. We don't know how big the "sample" was for this poll. I'm imagining a single hard-of-hearing, self-identified conservative who responded with "Bill Clinton" because they misunderstood the question.

[mewzilla]

Actually, I think the results can be blamed on the fact that a lot of our fellow countrymen and women are too ignorant to know any better. I wish they'd make poll respondants pass a quick test before allowing them to respond to a poll. I don't care what ignorant people think.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Is that your work? Well done. Neat, too. To reach today's America, we need 15 sec. sound bites or, better yet, Freepers in Hollywood - esp. sitcom writers.

Bookmarking this 'legacy' thread.

[From The Deer Stand]

His 29 percent tally of younger Americans is about triple the competition from Lincoln and the current president, both of whom received ten percent support from that group.

Of course these MTV'ers like the guy - Clinton taught them that oral sex was OK and that such an act was not having sexual relations.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Pic courtesy of Curmudgeonly & Skeptical

[KCmark]

I agree. Most over rated President ever.

[LiteKeeper]

Booooooooooooooo!

[aristeides]

The Republican who voted for Bill Clinton must be the "Republicans" who phone in to C-SPAN.

[InvisibleChurch]

oh, just make him #1 or vote him the one president the US could not have survived without... make the 'honor' even more ridiculous than it already is ...i am surprised, however, that fdr didn't garner top honors, but i guess maybe that internment camp gig back in ww2 might have soured things for him

[Gritty]

If there was ever any question what happened to the Ameracin edumacation sistum, this answers it!

[martianagent]

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[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

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W J CLINTON LEGACY RECORDS SET

- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

No, not my work, can't find the URL as of this moment as in any CLINTON LEGACY search the number of 'hits' is astronomical. I will post whose work it is later when I have time and can go back and see.

[Grampa Dave]

You forgot the twenty Gays "Poled" in the hot tubs of Gay Sex Clubs in San Francisco.