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Who Is America’s Greatest President?

Jesse Waters and Bill OReilly Discuss American Presidents Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln

“Who is America’s greatest president?” That was the ultimate question asked by a recent Gallup poll that placed Ronald Reagan, followed by Honest Abe Lincoln, top of the list among Americans.

Prior to discussing the poll’s findings on “The O’Reilly Factor” Wednesday evening, host Bill O’Reilly aired a “Watters’ World” segment in which producer Jesse Watters revealed just what, exactly, average city-goers known (or more pointedly, don’t know) about presidents from the distant and not so-distant past.

Watch below, but we warn, many of the answers are painful:

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  • Jeff Bassett
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:05pm

    I think George Washington was the greatest in American history. The issues he had to deal with along with setting the foundation was incredible, especially for it’s day.

    In modern history, I think Ronald Reagan reigns and overall in a close second. He turned this nation around when it was in great need, reset principles and pulled the nation together as not president has since Washington. His policies, like Washington, had world wide implications and he is appreciated by the people of many nations like no other president.

    There have been other great leaders, but these two showed that ethics and moral fiber are what truly makes a great president, that serving the people rather than ruling over them sets them apart.

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    • db321
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:16pm

      Obama is the Biggest Traitor we have had as President.

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:26pm

      George Washington should get it hands down for his accomplishments in creating this great nation. Reagan is the best in my lifetime.

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    • artistskeptic
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:42pm

      Excellent assesment.

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    • Raider1
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:54pm

      It is George Washington. Not even debatable. Anyone who actually knows anything about him and our founding wouldn’t even hesitate at that question. It would be hard not to list the first 4 presidents and THEN start choosing from there.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:31am

      The MOST INFAMOUS POTUS EVER…WITHOUT A DOUBT IS BHO!!!!!

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    • dutchy
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:51am

      Amen! Well said!

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    • sane_man
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:24am

      @DB321…nobody asked which President was a traitor. Frankly I’m puzzled by such a comment. Traitor? It’s hard to believe anyone could say that with informed sincerity. You may not agree with the policies. You may not like him as a person. But “traitor”? I can’t see how that kind of talk is really beneficial to anyone.

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    • NewLife56
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 5:31am

      @Jeff Bassett
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:05pm
      I think George Washington was the greatest in American history. The issues he had to deal with along with setting the foundation was incredible, especially for it’s day.

      Ditto, well said Jeff

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    • duskerhu
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 5:43am

      “” Frankly I’m puzzled by such a comment. Traitor? It’s hard to believe anyone could say that with informed sincerity. “” — Sane Man

      I made a very similar argument to my cousin (a litigator) Tuesday evening (sort of on purpose, to see what he’d say). I wish I could regurgitate his entire retort to you, but I’d consumed a pair of ales by that point… Needless to say, there are numerous arguments that can be made toward that which you deny.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 6:28am

      SANE_MAN, Barack Hussein Obama, is without a doubt the worst President we have ever had, may well be the last President we ever have, and the Imposter-in-Chief is a TRAITOR. You ask, why or how?

      In the first place he is an imposter, a liar and a deceiver, and Hell bent on destroying our nation, the economy and the American people. Obama has never been vetted, NEVER. This man is a Muslim, not opinion, fact. He admitted so twice on TV. He bowed to the Saudi King, a deference a Muslim makes, not the President. He is adamantly a supporter of EVERYTHING associated with Islam and an enemy of Israel, and believe it or not an enemy of America. Obama is not an American, whether he was born here or not. EVERYTHING that Obama stands for, promotes in his agenda and his ideology is not American. He and his anti-American cadre of czars, cabinet appointees and the associates and counselors that he surrounds himself with are bent on turning this country a socialist, if not communist, state in league with a globalist system of government and the complete destruction of the middle class, free enterprise and our Judeo-Christian culture and system of laws and the Constitution.

      Obama through “men” like George Soros, Andy Stern, Lerner, Leo Gerard, Trumka, and others, in cooperation with the lame stream media, Hollywood, and the rest of the liberal elites are orchestrating OWS, and the Fall Preview is just the beginning of what is about to be unleashed in the spring and summer.

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    • louise
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 6:38am

      The Greatest President in the history of America will be the one that fights for, and delivers the restoration of Liberty through the upholding of the Constitution.

      RON PAUL

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 6:49am

      SANE_MAN(continued), The objective is to cause total havoc, whereby the Imposter-in-Chief, will have an “excuse” to declare Marshal Law and “postpone” the fall Presidential election, in actuality, take over as dictator. This is “community organizing” on a national level and the downfall of the American Republic and the Constitution, which Obama and his cohorts literally despise. This is without a doubt being discussed in the the White House and other places in DC and across America in dark rooms, not necessary without light, but without the Light, but the Light sees their every move, and if He so chose could snuff them out in a moment of time.

      Without a doubt, this is a time when men and women’s souls will be tried. Obama is evil personified. Make no doubt about that, as are all those in the coven which surrounds him. This is an all out war to destroy us and impose a system of government and life that is opposite of everything we have known and lived and, if successful, will be both an unending nightmare and a daymare, meaning 24/7.

      These people are without a doubt sold out to the dark side. There is no compromising with this treachery and there is no return for them as most, if not all have sold their souls. for that their is no repentance. This must not only be opposed, countered and defeated with all natural forces that can be brought against them, but the supernatural of the Living God must be importuned and brought to bear against these dark forces.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 7:30am

      William Henry Harrison, he didn’t have the time to screw the pooch.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 7:32am

      Sane_man, that’s the same argument given by the defenders of Benedict Arnold.

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    • liberum1776
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 8:15am

      Having turned down the pressure by the people to become King of the United States, alone, makes George Washington the best. Just to add more to it, rather than attempt to gain more power like those in modern times, he, along with Jefferson and Adams among the first group, went back to their farms expecting little else (and hoping to be left alone in regards to politics but were not as they were true gentlemen and could not be rude). No President in modern times has returned to their previous profession after sacrificing so much for The United States (as being president is no longer considered a sacrifice but is rather a power grab). Men who think service to the United States and her people is truly service and not a means to an end we would have a much better nation. Oddly, men like these are unable to get to the positions where they could do the best.

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    • Godfather.1
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 8:21am

      @carbonyes

      You need to get your head checked and stop listening to Glenn Beck. I’ve never seen so many crazy conspiracy theories all rolled into one.

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    • smokeysmoke
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:00am

      coolidage yo

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    • Emrys
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:00am

      Washington and Reagan, without a doubt. Washington continually humbled himself as president, keeping the office to within the Constitutional guidelines, while still calling the House into session to castigate it for trying to influence a treaty by not funding it. He scolded them, saying that only the Senate could ratify a treaty or not, and if the House attempted to defund the measure, it would be usurping a power that it did not have by other means. They passed the funding. Go George!

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:20am

      I agree with your order and with the reasoning. Plus: Washington had to deal with the French Ambassador to America, Genet, whipping the people up for war with Britain and by the end Washington was looking at a near-national riot.

      Reagan never had to deal with that.

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    • bhelmet
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:36am

      @Raider1 – I agree with Washington, but not the 1st four argument. Although Adams and Jefferson were crucial to our founding and great men to boot, they both were pretty lousy presidents. Madison – I agree with he can start the debate for the #2 position.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:01am

      Agree with the Washington comments. Not sure if he or Abe should be first. I would add John Adams and Thomas Jefferson high on the list.

      Sheeple are so easily led. They select Reagan because he likely was the greatest in their lifetimes and they don‘t know America’s wonderful history. Reagan had a lot of great accomplishments but is also was the first to allow borrowing against SS Admin which is a large reason why our national debt is so completely out of control. Nothing was sacred to borrow against after that.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:05am

      I concur with you Jeff!

      Along with Reagans vision for a free world, he with our allies in Britain were able to set literally millions of people free around the globe esp in the X-Soviet bloc States and later his policies led to the end of the cold War and not a Third WW likle many said he would bring us to. Most of the rest of the presidents were corrupt scroundrels like the Clintons, the Obamas and even the Bushes. Throw in Nixon, Carter and that creep LBJ and you got a real mess Reagan had to straighten out.

      As much as the Left wants BHO to be the greatest president by literally foisting that title on him while he is in office, it won’t happen. This is a trick the Left does all the way down to grade school….Oh Johnny I know your really good inside and we are all waiting to see how good you really are. Not everyone is inherently good or even gifted with talent…some of us humans are just dull, lazy and evil. BHO is one of those. He is certainly lazy about his job at the WH. He lacks vision outside his agenda which makes him dull and he is evil with regards to his agenda.

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    • Locked
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:08am

      I’d go Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, for my first three. In the last 50 years? Kennedy, Clinton, Reagan, all for what they did for the country, not their personal lives (same for the first three, actually).

      Every one of them made mistakes, but every one of them helped our country survive, grow, or flourish.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:08am

      Obama stands to destroy these United States…that sir makes him an obvious traitor who happens to smile alot which I guess convinces you he’s an alright fellow.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:19am

      I’m apologize, fellow Blazers, if my words were too rash. I didn’t mean you all were sheep for selecting Reagan. You have raised valid defenses for why you put him high on the list…..as do I. My point was the reason most Americans select Reagan is because he was Prez during their lifetime and far too many really aren’t informed of the accomplishments of our other Presidents. Forgive me for being too quick to the draw on posting.

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    • Delta D-5-3
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:25am

      @Godfather.1………..Truth hurts guy doesn’t it? YOU need to get your head out of the friggin sand because your about as clueless as they come. Seriously. @Carbonyes. You could NOT have described what’s happening here in the U.S. any better. Well done!! The FACTS indeed speak for themselves and we can only hope BHO will be a one termer, and just fade away into history as being the WORST president EVER. We’re living in historic times people, and future generations will ask WHY and HOW did we allow this to happen to us. It’s going to take DECADES to repair the damage done by this dictator-in-chief. Let’s hope future generations will be up to the task………..

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:38am

      SANE_MAN: When one attempts to address the very best in a catagory, one must also address the very worst.
      In my opinion, the very best has been George Washington by far. Second would have to be Ronald Reagan, Third would be Calvin Cooledge (he took the policies of Warren G. Harding and turned them into the “Roaring 20′s” which was the greatest surge in economic growth ever seen by this country in modern times.
      Among the very worst would be Woodrow Wilson of course, FDR for his introduction of socialism and fascism into American life. Others would be LBJ for turning Vietnam into his “forever war” by lying to the American people and wasting our money on his “Great Society” which started the downturn from a moral country into the decaying wreck we have today. Abraham Lincoln is also on the list for instituting the move toward a supreme, centralized federal government and of course, starting the War of Northern Aggression against the South as his Northern masters ordered. Then there would be the person calling himself Barack Obama (more accurately called Barry Soetoro) who is presiding over the final fall of liberty by destroying the country he hates. He is a traitor to his country. Ignoring these facts will not make them go away!

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    • MiSolarMan
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:40am

      Excellent assessment, I could not agree ore.

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    • FreedomBelle
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:53am

      Well said Jeff. I totally agree with you.

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    • JRook
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:13am

      Similar to George Washington. Much of the Reagan mystique is fantasy. A good example is the belief he lowered taxes. Truth is he reduced income tax rates and then eliminated some key deductions that hurt the middle class much more than the wealthy. He also replaced much of the lost revenue with higher government fees. At the end of the day…. a shell game at best.

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    • OklahomaBound
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:28am

      Clearly George Washington is the greatest President, not only for early times, but of all time. If it were not for Washington leading our country in the American Revolution we would have no country and he risked both his life and his fortune to make it happen. The people wanted to make him King after the Revolution, but he refused since such leadership was what he fought against. He reluctantly became President in order to start our new Nation properly.

      The President many forget, who I would consider the best President closer to the middle of our history, is Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge was a staunch conservative who believed in rugged individualism and small government and who brought us the Roaring-20′s after the scandal and depression of his predecessors. Coolidge was in fact one of Ronald Reagan‘s favorite President and when Reagan became President he had Truman’s portrait removed from the WH Cabinet Room and replaced with Coolidges’ picture.

      And the best President of modern times is clearly “The Gipper” himself, Ronald Reagan. Like Coolidge he was a strong conservative who believed in the individual over the government. He was a strong President who won the Cold War and brought us out of the tragedy that was Jimmy Carter who was America’s worst President until Obama came along. I am proud to say that the first President I was old enough to vote for and did vote for was Ronald Reagan, every President since Reagan has been a major disappointment when compa

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    • sane_man
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:49pm

      @CARBONYES I won‘t even begin to argue with you as it’s clear you are too far gone to be reasoned with at this point and it would surely end in tears. I’m sure you are a nice person, but your mind has apparently been poisoned and corrupted by those that stand to profit from the fear and hatred they have fostered in you. We need to get back to discussing real policy and get away from this fear-mongering, conspiracy, foil helmet, buy gold, “it‘s God’s will” mentality. Please consider coming back to reality with the rest of us so we can talk. I’d like that. Take care.

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    • sane_man
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:57pm

      @DELTA D-5-3 I find it frightening that there are so many of you out there that think this way. Frankly I’m surprised I can still find tin foil at the grocery store. there must be something in our water causing people to believe just about any whacked-out conspiracy theory their sold so they’ll buy gold and food insurance. You do realize people have been manipulated like this for centuries right? You have fallen into trap and are too far down to see the daylight. Come back to us so we can all try to work this out together, okay?

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    • GoliathOnline
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:10pm

      there is a Poll out that claims that more Americans are more afraid of BO being re-elected than Iran having Nukes. that just shows the fear we have towards the President that is in office right now.. we should NOT ever be afraid of our country and the men that run it.. it should always be the other way around.. that is why BO is a tyrant.

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    • db321
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 5:39pm

      Thanks for the back stop everyone – To Sane Man – Any President that is out to destroy the Constitution, run up debt at a time when we needed to cut the budget, comment that our police acted stupidly, start class war fare like none other before him, have a staff that is full of criminals, indoctrinate our school children with his socialist views, in my book is a Traitor – 10 years ago, if any country would have done to America what this President has done and is still doing – it would have been declared as an act of War.

      Sane Man – you just sit back relax and don’t worry, while others and myself pay your way, give you free health care, and plenty of entitlements. Heed my warning you useful idiot, the moment Obama gets a 2nd term – he will cut off all of the useful idiots that fell for his line of crap and voted for him – Not one single dictator in the World would allow someone that can work but refuse too get a free pass. As far as the Illegal Aliens, they will be sent packing like no other mass exist any country has ever seen. Useful idiots are just that – easy to get a vote out of them and disposable like a Bic lighter.

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    • Armed Patriot
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 5:43pm

      One of the greatest Regan quotes, “I‘m pleased to announce that I’ve signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in five minutes.” LMAO… God bless Ronald Wilson Regan.

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    • Armed Patriot
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 5:45pm

      sane_man… nobama troll…

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    • kingssman
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 7:21pm

      Abe Lincoln Hands down. A leader that pulled though a Civil War that divided the country and was able to reunite it as if the South had never left. Most countries would still be split or would oppress the other other side and forever be divided had they experience civil war.

      Abe Lincoln by far got through perhaps America’s darkest history changing era and kept the country together.

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    • sane_man
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 8:17pm

      ARMED PATRIOT…predictable idiot.

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    • Dr. Joel Fleischman
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:07pm

      Insane_Man: sounds like you just described yourself.

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    • Truthurts
      Posted on January 14, 2012 at 9:42am

      Does everyone notice that insane_man, like all marxist O-bot trolls, makes insult laden inflammatory comments that are completely void of facts? Alinsky would be so proud. insane_man is such a well-trained little brownshirt democrap.

      @Kingssman

      For the record, the president responsible for keeping the states united after the Civil War was Andrew Johnson, a southerner. He was rewarded for his efforts with impeachment. Look it up. BTW, Lincoln was dead within weeks of the end of the war.

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    • mr molotov cocktail
      Posted on January 14, 2012 at 2:59pm

      you guys are morons george washington was the 8th president… there were 7 federalist presidents before him Henry Laurens Was and still is the greatest president!

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    • ScarletRose
      Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:05pm

      Amen.

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    • QuietBeige
      Posted on January 14, 2012 at 9:24pm

      Dang Jeff – Well said!!!

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  • bpopwell
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:01pm

    Ron Paul :)…the answer in 10 years

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:31pm

      Won’t happen. There won’t be an election even though the sound of it brings comfort to the heart.

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    • BMartin1776
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:35pm

      HAhahahahahahahahaha that was funny

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:32am

      There’s one in every bunch.

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    • dutchy
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:52am

      No thanks!

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    • UrsaMajor
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:19am

      Anyone who HATES Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln would be just as bad as Obama.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:45am

      Another TROLL for Ron Paul. Yes, he’d make a great SecTres or even VP (Romney might ask his for the slot after he’s been given the candidacy by his progressive masters). But right now, he needs to consider dropping out unless he wins at least one primary soon.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:57am

      “right now, he needs to consider dropping out unless he wins at least one primary soon”

      I suppose, then, that Gingrich, Perry, and Huntsman should all drop out tomorrow, as they haven’t even got SECOND in any of these primaries.

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    • ScarletRose
      Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:55pm

      Ron Paul – worst nightmare. How many times did he spit in the Apple of God’s Eye just in 2011, alone.

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  • rsanchez1
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:58pm

    Whoever says Obama is terribly short-sighted, deliberately deceived, or deliberately deceiving.

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    • Bobj_1960
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:33am

      “There’s nothingworse than a low-down dirty deceiving….deceiver.” – Jayne Cobb

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  • SAYNOTOSOCIALISM
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:57pm

    After George W Ronnie R plain and simple…. JFK wasn’t given a chance ;)

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    • Xpressed
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:06am

      By George W. I hope that is for “W”ashington and not Walker. I‘m sure thats what you meant but I’ve seen some of the posts on this site and feel that clarification is in order.

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    • Mimi24
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 2:03am

      JFK tried though. He got killed for it. I’m afraid if Ron Paul gets elected he will be eliminated too. I’m not, so not advocating this. Just what I expect.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 7:20am

      JFK was the LAST of the Democrats……Since the marxists had him killed they have been running the DNC ever since!!

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:14am

      The planned turmoil of the sixties was when THEY the LEFT thought their time had really come. In stepped JFK! JFK by todays standards would make him a very conservative chum. Which now looking back on it stood in the way of those who had other plans for the emerging world at large which I believe is what caused the actions to take him out. Even if one acted alone to assin$!5 him, he acted on a ideology that they all agree upon, the hive mentally or borg whichever.

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  • Mite43
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:57pm

    Obama, should go down as the man who brought down the United States of America single-handed with out firing a shot. With his socialist co-hots they have undermined our Constitution. When he took the oath of office, he swore to defend the Constitution not destroy it.
    The greatest of our presidents was Abraham Lincoln,Ronald Reagen,George Washington, and G.W.Bush.They were men of integrity. I know some will strongly disagree me, but these men stood against the odds and did not back-down. They had and have a strong faith in God, and they showed it.Thank God for Godly leaders.

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    • floradaze
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:11pm

      Ya gotta remember he had to take that oath Three times to get it out correctly. It must have been really hard to say those words.

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    • phoenix9
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:45am

      Lincoln is a double edged sword though. Everyone props him up for the good he did (ending slavery) which I’m glad he did but no one looks at the bad. The amount of power the executive branch usurped by the end of the Civil War was not what our founders intended. At the end of the Civil War because of Lincoln is when federal law started dictating state law allowing the government to grow to the huge unrecognizable monster it is today. Again I am glads slavery is gone but but don’t be clouded by the mans legend. The juggernaut of a beast that is Washington DC started with him.

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    • sane_man
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:32am

      MITE43. Yes I will wholeheartedly disagree with you. :-) Let me explain. If Obama brought down the US single-handedly then he must be mighty-powerful. Let’s be serious and think about this. Getting us into wars we couldn‘t’ afford, while deregulating and looking the other way on investment banks and balling out Wall Street with tax dollars, while increasing spending, while ballooning our deficit and spending our surplus – and UN-balancing our budget was something our LAST president did…not the current one. Perhaps your derision is misdirected?

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:58am

      Two out of four isn’t too bad. George Bush (either variety) did very little except extend the Reagan legacy for a few more years…..definitely NOT in the top five or even top 20. Abraham Lincoln is an overhyped shill for the Northern bankers and industrialists who wanted the South brought back into the Union by any means necessary because the South was their cash cow…PERIOD. He manipulated the South into starting a war that the South didn’t want or need. He is directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans on both sides during the War, and should go down in history as America’s preeminent MURDERER. The generals under his command were guilty of sickening war crimes (William T. Sherman admitted to as much) against both black and white peoples in the South, and started the United States down the road to the Supreme Federal State that we now have. There is no more United States thanks to Abraham Lincoln. Instead we have the Federal State of America…and that too shall be soon lost thanks to the traitor who is channeling him today.

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  • BetterDays
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:56pm

    Ron Paul.

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    • NoNannyState4me
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:04pm

      I will vote for Ron Paul if everyone will consider lingk this if NOT voting for him.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=acLW1vFO-2Q

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:01am

      NONANNYSTATE4ME Yeah….America sucks….nothing keeping you here. So go, you are just a drag anyways.

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    • sane_man
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:33am

      @Reblicorp: Why would you tell someone to leave the US?

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 7:47pm

      @rain man
      You are not sane if you support obama. He is fomenting class war and has shown contempt for congress with his remarks about bypassing them and giving illegal immigrants amnesty. He has divided people along race and class lines. He promised hope but has only brought anxiety and uncertainty about the future.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:55pm

    William Harrison. Think about it, he never had time to screw anything up! Of course he had never had time to do any good either, but at least for some recent presidents…less is more.

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  • heyjim55
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:54pm

    Washington is first, followed by Eisenhower the rest are so so.

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  • SFsuper49er
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:53pm

    Washington was our greatest President but there will never be another man like him because he could never learn morals and values in today’s society.

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    • Icnivad
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:01pm

      He could if he was a Mormon in these days. Morals and values are some of the most central focuses for Latter-day Saints.

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    • SFsuper49er
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:02pm

      I made up my mind a while back when i saw The Revolution on Netflix instant watch. What that man went through to start this Country made me decide real quick… and it was a real wake up call.

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  • LibertarianRight
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:51pm

    Martin van Buren: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uW0hepYV1M

    Yeah, I know. No one knows anything about him. It’s really too bad. Although, of course, he’s the “best” in the sense of “least bad”, because we never really had a definitively good President. (And that includes Reagan, who fantastically skyrocketed deficits and was unable to shrink government by ending the Fed, the EPA, the Department of Education, or really anything more than lowering taxes, and the Founders who instituted laws against sedition and many other things in violation of the Constitution they had recently signed.)

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    • Delta D-5-3
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:37am

      Thanks for your post. I haven’t laughed that hard since the first post by a “Paul-ee”, lol.

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  • phillipwgirard
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:50pm

    In my lifetime, Reagan!!! In All,,, I think Lincoln!!! He also fought to have the Rothschilds out of America

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    • db321
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:21pm

      Agree – President Ronald Reagan – The Great Communicator – He also made it a cake walk for Clinton to step into a balanced budget and strong economy.

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:26pm

      Too young to really remember Reagan, other than hearing that he was shot on the radio and I do remember the day the walls in Berlin came down, my mother cried for joy.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:50pm

    James K Polk, they have a whole day dedicated to him on the 4th hour.

    No seriously, the greatest Prez was Grover Cleveland, no, wait, I am thinking of Grover from Sesame Street. Dang. Mayber it was James Brown, he was the President of Soul.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:46pm

    Obama says he is in the top five,so it must be true.He never lies.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:51pm

      Whatever Obama says, flip it 180 and you have the truth.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:53pm

      LOL .. thanks I needed the laugh!

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:54pm

      I saw the interview, he claimed #4,,, the nerve,,,

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    • pwatkins
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:09am

      Obama would be the top five if we are talking the 57th state….but we will never see that state…I hope.
      George Washington #1———–Ronald Reagan #2

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  • Mtremblay
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:45pm

    I think ole Ronnie but let us not forget Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson. I kinda would like the drunk bar brawling Jackson back. He could be useful now

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:44pm

    Oh…. And i thought it was gonna be Jimmy Carter…. Our national hemmorhoid…

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:04pm

      Jimmy is no longer the worse .. that is quite an accomplishment for Obama. Perhaps his first!

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:43pm

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    Washington…………….He was really the only good president we ever had……….

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    • 2GodBeTheGlory
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:29pm

      @SpankDaMonkey

      I agree with your. After reviewing history and what each president did or did not do, I understand that the only good president would be the one that does not seek it, is God fearing, honest, honorable, and does the will of the Father. That is why Washington was such a great president – he did not seek power, however, being a honorable individual when asked he did the best job he could without a “power grab”.

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  • democritusoilder267
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:42pm

    I would say George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower.

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  • Chappy123
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:40pm

    Reagan by far

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  • BonnieBlueFlag
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:38pm

    Jefferson Davis.

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  • kourage
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:38pm

    GB looks for the next George Washington; heck, I wouldn’t mind the next Ronald Reagan.

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  • Benetto
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:36pm

    Not Obama that is FORSURE!

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  • NoNannyState4me
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:36pm

    Washington was our greatest president. If it weren’t for his character as a man we would have had a Monarchy instead of a Republic.

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  • The10thAmendment
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:35pm

    1. George Washington
    2. Abraham Lincoln
    3. Warren G. Harding
    4. Ronald Reagan
    5. John F. Kennedy

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:40pm

      I think I should move Coolidge to number 3, and drop Harding to number 6.

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:45pm

      This is a list,, 1 the 1 u think is the greatest. Hard isn’t it ?

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:45pm

      abraham lincoln? 2nd worst maybe. original neocon. who needs the Constitution? let’s just invade the South and kill, rape and burn.

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    • rtlane28
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:51pm

      I have never understood why people believe Kennedy was a great president.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:21pm

      @ rtlane28
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:51pm

      I have never understood why people believe Kennedy was a great president.
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      Kennedy had his good and his bad, but what he did have was claim to being the very last “real” democrat this Country has ever had. I know all about his desire to keep Dr. King in jail, but almost always his reason found its way to the forefront of his thinking. He is also the mark point for when the progressive communists stole the power in the United States. They had Kennedy murdered to have “extreme” progressive LBJ installed and the platform entitlements was staged to explode into political consciousness of every American. That would not have happened had they not murdered Kennedy.

      When I look back at the history of America I use prominent points to review historical trends. JFK marked the paradigm from middle age liberalism and republicanism to the rise to communism in America.

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    • JL320
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:40pm

      @circledwagons I was just reading all these comments shaking my head at all these people praising Lincoln. He wanted to ship all blacks back to Africa, but didn’t have the resources to do it. He invaded the south because they refused to pay for 80% of the country. Slavery was used as propaganda. The C.S.A. was already preparing laws against slavery. Lincoln used terrorist acts against his own people, including rape, torture etc. All because the north wanted to suck off the booming southern industries. Remember Lincoln is Obamas favorite president, and for good reason! John Wilkes Booth was a famous actor, and didn’t destroy his life killing Lincoln because he was mad about slavery. He killed him because he was a true tyrant!

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:04am

      @ JL320
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 11:40pm
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      You sound like you’d love you some Franklin Pierce and Woodrow Wilson. Or maybe even some Andrew Jackson.

      The mark of a great leader is when he can see through his own flaws and faults, learn from them and grow as a person and a leader. Lincoln MORE than qualifies.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:08am

      John F. Kennedy looks good when you consider what we have. I do think Kennedy loved this country and he was more conservative than many of the rinos we have

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  • pennsy.357
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:31pm

    Where’s Obama in the picture :-P

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    • Chappy123
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:39pm

      They didnt say resident

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:45pm

      I don‘t think he’s earned the right to have his photo with other American Presidents…His photo belongs in a collection with Hitler…Stalin..Castro ..etc..

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    • Mtremblay
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:46pm

      They said President not usurper

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    • Shasta
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:48pm

      And they didn‘t say ’present’

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  • concealled9mms
    Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:31pm

    i cant tell you whos americas best president, but the worst has got to be adolph obamma

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