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Old 01-17-2011, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Yorkshire, England
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Any thoughts?

BBC News - The top US presidents: First poll of UK experts
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:24 AM
 
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Any thoughts?
Bad ranking - way too high for Bush.
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:25 AM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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British academics like dictatorial and socialist leaning Presidents???
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:25 AM
 
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That sounds about right. I would have put Bush closer to the bottom, but that is pretty close.
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:27 AM
 
Location: Fargo, ND
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Jimmy Carter 18???
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:33 AM
 
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Yes ... I wouldn't place much value in British intellectual opinion, given that they still believe it a good idea to rob the populace to pay the Queen and her royal family to live in castles and play polo for a living.
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Southeast
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Thanks for sharing this, I always wanted to see an international perspective on U.S. presidential rankings.

By the way, it is hilarious that Carter ranks above Clinton, and ironic how WWII is cited as a reason for FDR as #1.
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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Yup, nothing says top of the heap like interment camps for US citizens of Japanese or Asian descent.
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:38 AM
 
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Jimmy Carter 18???
And he beat Clinton!

I'm not exactly a fan of Clinton but beat by Carter? ROFL
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Old 01-17-2011, 10:41 AM
 
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If jimmy carter is 18, it detracts from any "validity" the ranking may have suggested. Carter, by most estimates, was the worst president of the 20th century.

I wonder if anyone would care if we "ranked" the British Prime Ministers?
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