Obama; greatest American president or greatest American president EVER?

[leeroysphitz]

Obama; greatest American president or greatest American president EVER?

8 votes, 13 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I think Obama is the Greatest.
	5 (63%)
	I think Obama is the Greatest EVER.
	2 (25%)
	I am a racist.
	1 (13%)
	Undecided. (racist)
	0 (0%)
	13 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[graham4anything]

1. LBJ is #1, Obama #2, Lincoln #3, FDR #4, Carter #5. Adlai Stevenson could have been #6 nt.

only question is- how high up will Hillary get? Will it be #4?

[cali]

12. Not according to any historian

and Hillary will never be president. start your wailing and renting now.

[cherokeeprogressive]

27. Maybe you should read about the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

LBJ lied us into war.

[Union Scribe]

28. Ah, whimsy. nt

[Zen Democrat]

29. LBJ is Mr. Vietnam. I hardly think he's No. 1. FDR is No. 1.

[graham4anything]

35. I gotta laugh when people put down Obama & LBJ and Say FDR

and totally either don't know or forget what FDR did to our friends from Japan.

or forget what JFK and Bobby did to Dr. King (wiretapped him)

or forget that Truman dropped the big one, he did, he actually did.

[leeroysphitz]

40. FDR is number 4? I do not understand your thinking there.

Or are you also trying to be funny?

[Apophis]

42. There is no way LBJ or Obama would ever be ranked higher than Lincoln or FDR.

[MNBrewer]

61. No

and no

[NaturalHigh]

2. I'm not really a big fan of President Obama.

I guess I know where that puts me.

[uponit7771]

3. DU seems to be anti obama, don't think DU is a good test of this question

[great white snark]

21. Yes. Half the crap posted on DU is counting on that fact. nt

[JaneyVee]

4. Best of my lifetime so far. To be fair though I was born during Reagan.

[The Link]

5. Greatest of the century thus far.

[NaturalHigh]

11. Oh...I see what you did there.

[Nye Bevan]

20. I would even venture to say, greatest of this millennium (nt)

[SammyWinstonJack]

67. Not hard too be.

[MrSlayer]

6. Just another Reaganite.

So disappointing.

[YeahSureRight]

9. +1 So much promise and opportunity all squandered

or was it intentional?

[MrSlayer]

44. Definitely intentional.

You don't do the things these guys are doing by accident or because you're inept. The agenda is clear no matter who wins. The elimination of the public sector and the middle class. The continued upward transfer of wealth. And further global corporate dominance. The only difference is that the Democrats still pay lip service to the things the People hold sacred while the Republicans don't even bother lying about it anymore. They flat out tell you they're coming to fuck you. I have more respect for them because of it.

The only reason I even stay in this party is because anyone that is good and worthy in the Congress is a Democrat with the exception of Senator Sanders who is the best of them all.

[Pholus]

7. Wow, a poll version of every "rational argument" from these guys on DU for three weeks!

Yer either with us, or you're a racist or SHUT UP.

You know what, pal? I would have gladly selected one of your first two options if it weren't for the pesky matter of the issues. The moral cowardice of failing to force accountability over worst of the Bush Era abuses, and in fact even failing to prosecute those failings and going so far as to apparently empowering and continuing them is not associated with either "the greatest President" or the "greatest President EVAR!"

Sorry.

[NaturalHigh]

8. +1

[Savannahmann]

10. Oh Good God

Another loyalty test.

[cali]

13. I suspect the poll is sarcasm.

[Savannahmann]

15. I don't.

The reason I don't is we've seen how many of those in the last couple weeks?

[Pholus]

16. Poe's Law strikes again? Here's hoping! nt

[leeroysphitz]

31. +1

[Pholus]

39. A case of "Poe-nage" then. :)

[Oilwellian]

38. Oddly...

the OP voted PASS

[leeroysphitz]

41. I do. n/t

[graham4anything]

37. wow, we are in agreement again. How rare.

[cali]

14. Where's the option for middle of the pack?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. I like the president but the poll provides a false dichotomy

Or maybe my irony meter is off...

[1-Old-Man]

18. This is the first poll I've ever seen that should be Blocked

It is offensive.

Fuck anyone else who thinks that a person has to be a racist to think that the President of the United States is not doing a very good job.

[Jenoch]

19. The first two options seem to be the same.

[Iggo]

36. The joke is, first THREE options are the same.

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. Trashing this nonsense...I suggest others do the same

[etherealtruth]

25. Yep

[dmosh42]

23. If you like 'corporation' type presidents!

[NoPasaran]

24. Flamebait or Flamenest Bait Ever?

[uponit7771]

26. +1

[leeroysphitz]

33. +2

[MrMickeysMom]

72. +3 ever

[cali]

30. post and run, run, run away.

[leeroysphitz]

32. Sorry I had to run to kmart to buy fireworks on clearance. n/t

[Iggo]

34. Lol.

[tblue]

43. Who cares?

I don't mean to take away your fun, and I think you're being facetious. I just want him to be a great Democratic president who, at minimum, follows literally the oath of office he took. There's already enough energy wasted yelling at people for their opinions about the man. This isn't a beauty contest and the issues are way too complex to broad-brush in this way. Let history decide where he ranks.

(OTOH, I have to put in my props for LBJ. In the fullness of time, I'd rank LBJ among the greatest for his civil rights legislation even though I'd rank him lower for Vietnam and then I'd bump him up a bit for not running for another term.)

[Retrograde]

45. Too early to tell

IMHO it usually takes a generation before a president can be assessed objectively.

[jsr]

46. I truly hope that residents on other planets and exoplanets can see his greatness

He's just the most amazing and greatest human being EVER since the Big Bang.

[leeroysphitz]

47. I hope they don't read D.U.. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

48. Is this some kind of joke?

[leeroysphitz]

49. I never joke on D.U.. n/t

[Major Hogwash]

50. Greatest poll evah!!

Either the haters don't get it, or they get it, and they hate it.

[leeroysphitz]

54. Either way. lol

[Blue_In_AK]

56. I get it, but

it just makes me go "Why?" What ulterior motives are at play here? I neither love nor hate the poll, the poll topic or the president, for that matter. So I have to ask myself why someone posted this.

I'm analytical that way.

[leeroysphitz]

62. Well I hope you don't lose any sleep analyzing it. It really isn't worth the effort. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

71. Already forgotten. :)

[winter is coming]

55. It's a riff on the Stephen Colbert interviews, where he asks guests

whether Bush was a great president or the greatest president.

[Blue_In_AK]

57. Oh, okay.

I don't watch Colbert much, but when I do he makes me laugh hysterically. I guess I missed this particular riff.

[leeroysphitz]

63. Try again. n/t

[darkangel218]

51. OP, how are you feeling today? nt

[HooptieWagon]

52. Is that the membership application to the BOG?

[underpants]

53. #15 so far

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

[mick063]

58. I promised myself I would never use ignore.

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[leeroysphitz]

60. Go ahead, lol. You know you wanna... n/t

[mick063]

64. No, you are just fine.

Your poll is "cute"

It is a few more down that is making me crazy.

[nashville_brook]

59. teehee :)

[Caretha]

65. Need one more option to your poll

I coulda woulda voted if this had been an option:

I'm an idiot for posting this stupid ass poll

[leeroysphitz]

68. neener neener neener. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

66. 3rd Way mediocrity.

[bluestate10]

69. Given what he has faced and how he has overcome the obstacles, I would put him

in the top 10 at this time, and if he get immigration reform and defeat republicans in the 2014 midterms then get the economy really rolling with democrats in control, I would put him in the top 5 all time.

[bluestate10]

69. Given what he has faced and how he has overcome the obstacles, I would put him

in the top 10 at this time, and if he get immigration reform and defeat republicans in the 2014 midterms then get the economy really rolling with democrats in control, I would put him in the top 5 all time.