Non-Partisan Poll
Loves Lincoln, shoves Bush down to 36. Apparently non-partisan historians don’t think much of thwarting terrorism attacks and freeing 50 million people from tyranny. CNN:
James Buchanan — the man who watched helplessly as the nation lurched toward civil war in the 1850s — finished last.
“As much as is possible, we created a poll that was non-partisan, judicious and fair-minded,” said Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley, who helped organize the survey of 65 historians
That must mean Clinton’s second to last. You know, for watching helplessly as Islamic terrorists declared war on us, murdered our soldiers, airmen and sailors, and plotted to attack our mainland.
Bill Clinton registered the greatest gain among recent presidents, jumping from 21st to 15th in the survey.
Oh. I guess not.
Topics: history
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 6:45 am Comments (4) on Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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February 17th, 2009 at 8:23 am
[...] was quick to point out that President George W. Bush was #36 in the poll. As Jules Crittenden writes, the non-partisan poll some how finds thwarting terrorism attacks and freeing 50 million [...]
February 17th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Clinton’s tawdry exit alone should put him in the bottom five, notwithstanding his accomplishments. And take away welfare reform, which was thrust upon him by a Republican congress, which he finally signed only to secure re-election, and what do you have?
February 17th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Historians look back through the lens of their present pre-occupations. What these guys need is humility, which would have prevented them from even entering this kind of contest.
Also, I have purchased your wife’s book, read it, and it is INCREDIBLY GOOD. Congratulations to Amy!!!
February 17th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
That must mean Clinton’s second to last. You know, for watching helplessly as Islamic terrorists declared war on us, murdered our soldiers, airmen and sailors, and plotted to attack our mainland.
Mainly because he was otherwise preoccupied boinking a brainless bimbo in the Oval Office. Priorities, ya know.