Posted on 02/18/2005 2:23:36 PM PST by NYGOPRULEZ
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, NJ -- Depending on where Americans live, on Monday they'll be celebrating the birthday of the nation's first president, George Washington, or Washington's birthday and President Abraham Lincoln's birthday. A recent Gallup Poll asking Americans to name, without prompting, the "greatest United States president," finds Americans most often mentioning Ronald Reagan. Republicans and Democrats differ sharply in their views of the greatest president, with Republicans most often mentioning Reagan and Democrats most often mentioning Bill Clinton. When asked to choose the greater president between Lincoln and Washington, Americans pick Lincoln by a wide margin.
Reagan Tops List
The poll, conducted Feb. 7-10, finds that Reagan is mentioned more often than any other president in history as the greatest, at 20%. Four other presidents trail closely behind: Clinton (with 15% of the mentions), Lincoln (14%), Franklin D. Roosevelt (12%), and John F. Kennedy (also 12%). The current president, George W. Bush, and the first president, Washington, are each mentioned by 5% of Americans.
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Clinton and Carter should be noted as THE WORST EVER!!!
Polk was a pro-slavery Democrat. Not my cup of tea.
No, I'm not complaining....I was impressed with the photo.
Yeah, they should make the respondants name like 20 presidents and only poll the ones who can.
He will never be great because in hindsight he failed miserably in responding to the growth Islamic terror.
A quick overview of Reagan and terror immediately excludes him from greatness as far as I'm concerned:
1)Beirut Embassy bombed 63 dead 120 wounded No response
2)Marine Barracks blown up 241 US Marines Dead - No response- US leaves Lebanon
3) Kuwait Embassy bombed No response
4) CIA Station Chief William Buckley taken hostage / murdered - No response
5) Pays bribes to Iranians to get hostages - against expressed US Policy
6) Kuwaiti Airliner hijacked-2 USID Employees Killed Iranians allow hijacker to leave unscathed. Reagan does nothing
7)American Airlines jet hijacked to Lebanon American Navy Seal murdered and tossed onto the tarmac Reagan has no response. Under pressure from Washington Israel released hundred of terror suspects in response to demands of terrorists.
8)1985- the Achille Lauro hijacked on the high seas-American citizen Leon Klinghoffer is murdered and tossed overboard. Hijackers eventually captured when their plane is forced down in Italy- Italian authorities eventually release Abu Abbas unharmed.
9) 1985 Rome and Vienna airports were bombed killing 5 Americans - No response
10)1986 discotheque in West Berlin is bombed killing US Servicemen. Reagan finally response by attacking Libya.
11) In retaliation for US bombing Palestinian Abu Nidal executed 3 US citizens who worked at American University in Beirut.
12) Qaddafi survives to arrange the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland
Reagan's record regarding terror is arguably worse than Jimmy Carters.
It's not just you.
Klintoon ... maybe the greatest Clymer
and from these results we can determine that 27% of those polled are retarded.
Reagan?
Soviet Union.
But they were undertaken in order to get more territory for the expansion of slavery. This is why anti-slavery politicians like Lincoln opposed the Mexican War.
Ronald Wilson Reagan is on the top of my list. Sorry, but Bill Fellatio Clinton is not even close.
Say WHAT!?!? Suuuure, and all those settlers who swarmed into the west had nothing to do with it.
They obviously asked the wrong question. I would asked "Among the presidents who have not been impeached, have not had their licenses to practice law revoked, and who upheld the oath they took to preserve and protect against all enemies, foreign or domestic, who would you consider to be America's greatest President?"
The greatest threat by far to the U.S. and her future during Reagan's time was global communism. He faced that threat head on and won. That's greatness.
Your argument is like saying Jefferson and Adams did not respond to the north/south divide that engulfed the country fifty years later so they failed miserably.
I'm not buying it.
why not......i'm just rearranging another guy who said washingont, reagan then lincoln........i just reversed lincoln with Reagan....what's the problem with that
and that is why I named Washington #1 and Lincoln #2...been to both their homes both at Mt Vernon and in Ill...respect both men immensely.....Lincoln being the first Repub President did save the union.......and Washington was the Father of our country.......and well deserved......
Wow! Clinton mentioned by 15% and GW by 5%. I don't think people are that stupid. I believe this is media manipulation... but who knows - maybe they are, lol.
Seriously, Clinton will never rank in the top 20, What legacy ?
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