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Blue_In_AK

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56. I get it, but

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 08:50 PM

Jul 2013

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.

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Obama; greatest American president or greatest American president EVER? [View all] leeroysphitz Jul 2013 OP

LBJ is #1, Obama #2, Lincoln #3, FDR #4, Carter #5. Adlai Stevenson could have been #6 nt. graham4anything Jul 2013 #1

Not according to any historian cali Jul 2013 #12

Maybe you should read about the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #27

Ah, whimsy. nt Union Scribe Jul 2013 #28

LBJ is Mr. Vietnam. I hardly think he's No. 1. FDR is No. 1. Zen Democrat Jul 2013 #29

I gotta laugh when people put down Obama & LBJ and Say FDR graham4anything Jul 2013 #35

FDR is number 4? I do not understand your thinking there. leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #40

There is no way LBJ or Obama would ever be ranked higher than Lincoln or FDR. Apophis Jul 2013 #42

No MNBrewer Jul 2013 #61

I'm not really a big fan of President Obama. NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #2

DU seems to be anti obama, don't think DU is a good test of this question uponit7771 Jul 2013 #3

Yes. Half the crap posted on DU is counting on that fact. nt great white snark Jul 2013 #21

Best of my lifetime so far. To be fair though I was born during Reagan. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #4

Greatest of the century thus far. The Link Jul 2013 #5

Oh...I see what you did there. NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #11

I would even venture to say, greatest of this millennium (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #20

Not hard too be. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #67

Just another Reaganite. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #6

+1 So much promise and opportunity all squandered YeahSureRight Jul 2013 #9

Definitely intentional. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #44

Wow, a poll version of every "rational argument" from these guys on DU for three weeks! Pholus Jul 2013 #7

+1 NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #8

Oh Good God Savannahmann Jul 2013 #10

I suspect the poll is sarcasm. cali Jul 2013 #13

I don't. Savannahmann Jul 2013 #15

Poe's Law strikes again? Here's hoping! nt Pholus Jul 2013 #16

+1 leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #31

A case of "Poe-nage" then. :) Pholus Jul 2013 #39

Oddly... Oilwellian Jul 2013 #38

I do. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #41

wow, we are in agreement again. How rare. graham4anything Jul 2013 #37

Where's the option for middle of the pack? cali Jul 2013 #14

I like the president but the poll provides a false dichotomy DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #17

This is the first poll I've ever seen that should be Blocked 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #18

The first two options seem to be the same. Jenoch Jul 2013 #19

The joke is, first THREE options are the same. Iggo Jul 2013 #36

Trashing this nonsense...I suggest others do the same alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #22

Yep etherealtruth Jul 2013 #25

If you like 'corporation' type presidents! dmosh42 Jul 2013 #23

Flamebait or Flamenest Bait Ever? NoPasaran Jul 2013 #24

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2013 #26

+2 leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #33

+3 ever MrMickeysMom Jul 2013 #72

post and run, run, run away. cali Jul 2013 #30

Sorry I had to run to kmart to buy fireworks on clearance. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #32

Lol. Iggo Jul 2013 #34

Who cares? tblue Jul 2013 #43

Too early to tell Retrograde Jul 2013 #45

I truly hope that residents on other planets and exoplanets can see his greatness jsr Jul 2013 #46

I hope they don't read D.U.. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #47

Is this some kind of joke? Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #48

I never joke on D.U.. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #49

Greatest poll evah!! Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #50

Either way. lol leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #54

I get it, but Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #56

Well I hope you don't lose any sleep analyzing it. It really isn't worth the effort. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #62

Already forgotten. :) Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #71

It's a riff on the Stephen Colbert interviews, where he asks guests winter is coming Jul 2013 #55

Oh, okay. Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #57

Try again. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #63

OP, how are you feeling today? nt darkangel218 Jul 2013 #51

Is that the membership application to the BOG? HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #52

#15 so far underpants Jul 2013 #53

I promised myself I would never use ignore. mick063 Jul 2013 #58

Go ahead, lol. You know you wanna... n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #60

No, you are just fine. mick063 Jul 2013 #64

teehee :) nashville_brook Jul 2013 #59

Need one more option to your poll Caretha Jul 2013 #65

neener neener neener. n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #68

3rd Way mediocrity. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #66

Given what he has faced and how he has overcome the obstacles, I would put him bluestate10 Jul 2013 #69