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‘60 Minutes’ Edits Out Obama‘s Claim That He’s the Fourth Best President
AP ^ | Sun, Dec 18, 2011

Posted on 12/19/2011 2:57:33 PM PST by presidio9

President Barack Obama sat for an extensive interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” last week, though it appears the portion of the interview actually broadcast on TV left out a statement where Obama essentially declared himself the fourth best president in terms of his accomplishments.

The statement was only made available online as part of the full interview on “60 Minutes Overtime.”

According to a transcript posted on the “60 Minutes” website, Obama said he would hold his accomplishments so far as president against those of Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history,”

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To: Aevery_Freeman

Lyndon pledged to take care of the black families - as long as there Wasn’t a man in the house - did lots to keep those families together, didn’t it!


21 posted on 12/19/2011 3:27:27 PM PST by momf (Gun control is not about guns; it's about control..(replace the word Gun with any change they want.))
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To: presidio9

Jefferson thought his term as U.S. President unworthy of his tombstone. Writer of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.

Truly one of the greatest Americans to ever live.


22 posted on 12/19/2011 3:28:10 PM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: mamelukesabre

Lincoln - destroyed state’s rights
FDR - Established Socialist principles into American mainstream
LBJ - created a permanent enslaved class to govt hand outs.

Obama - is a Communist. In his mind, he is right up there.


23 posted on 12/19/2011 3:28:38 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: MaxMax
I laughed listening to Beckel trying to explain this away with bumbling words. For once can the MSM be trusted...

Was it on The Five? I'll be sure to watch the replay tonight.

24 posted on 12/19/2011 3:28:51 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Someone should tell him he’s the penultimate President ever.

So you think this is near the END TIME ? just one more Potus and it’s all over? Have faith, there are great times to come, we just have to get past this IDIOT and things will look up


25 posted on 12/19/2011 3:30:02 PM PST by munin (Live free or on the news earlier todayatementched the st die. Put Paul in the hall)
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To: Steely Tom
Why would they do that?

No need to waste valuable airtime with something CBS is sure the viewers already know.

26 posted on 12/19/2011 3:30:02 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: momf
Correct. Many of the pathologies that society is currently experiencing (hip-hop culture is rampant with our youth) trace to the fatherless homes created by LBJ.
27 posted on 12/19/2011 3:31:56 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Rights begin where power ends!)
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To: presidio9

“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history,”

‘possible’?! ROFLMAO

He might possibly be fit to wipe Jimmy Carter’s a&&.


28 posted on 12/19/2011 3:33:20 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Diplomacy is war by other means.)
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To: presidio9

60 minute Obuma re-election Democrat campaign at work!


29 posted on 12/19/2011 3:34:35 PM PST by FreedBird (p)
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To: presidio9
Yes, the Five. He was hard to comprehend with everyone else calling him out
on his typical spin.
30 posted on 12/19/2011 3:35:10 PM PST by MaxMax
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To: mamelukesabre

I think LBJ was arguably more destructive than Jimmy Carter.


31 posted on 12/19/2011 3:35:21 PM PST by conservativebuckeye
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

Man you are singing my song dude!

LLS


32 posted on 12/19/2011 3:53:03 PM PST by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: presidio9

It wasn’t edited over live radio...And in Obama’s mind he is what he claims to be. Anyone who insists he’s not a dyed in the wool Commie is mistaken. That assertion and if you review what he’s done so far should leave no question.


33 posted on 12/19/2011 3:53:25 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Moses ..A nick name I received as a kid for warning another -It's a sin to tell a lie")
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To: Steely Tom
Why would they do that?

CBS had to make room for some commercials.

34 posted on 12/19/2011 4:02:41 PM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: munin
We have a mighty tough row to hoe ahead of us. Times will improve but I doubt that most of us alive today will ever see boom times and serious economic growth of the private sector. We owe too much money... even if we were to shrink the government by 75%... it will be a lifetime before our books ever get close to balance.

Our government spent 413 BILLION in just interest payments alone last year (2010). We spent more on interest payments than the Department of Health and Human Services... the Department of Transportation... the Department of Energy... the Department of Veteran Affairs... the Department of Justice... HUD... the Department of Homeland Security... the Department of Agriculture... the Department of Commerce... the Treasury Department and the Department of Labor... and the Small Business Administration... COMBINED!!!

Since 1988, we have spent over 8 TRILLION in interest payments alone. By 2021 the CBO says interest payments will amount to 1.1 TRILLION a year... that is if interest rates do not rise between now and then.

If the government stopped spending a single penny... no spending of any kind... and we paid toward our debt at a rate of 100 Million dollars a day... it would take 389 years to pay off our National debt.

http://governmentgonewild.org/videos

35 posted on 12/19/2011 4:21:40 PM PST by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: mosesdapoet
...in Obama’s mind he is what he claims to be.

In the minds of most Americans, the days until election 2012 cannot come fast enough.

36 posted on 12/19/2011 4:23:31 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: allmendream
Jefferson thought his term as U.S. President unworthy of his tombstone. Writer of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.

And your point is? None of these make the man a great president. US Grant won the Civil War for Pete's sake!

Speaking of which, while Jefferson was the scribe of the Declaration, because he was one of the youngest delegates and had excellent penmanship, its content was a group effort. A majority of the great lines are not his.

37 posted on 12/19/2011 4:27:10 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9

The man is truly departed from reality.

Fourth best?

My god the man is dellusional.


38 posted on 12/19/2011 4:38:29 PM PST by R0CK3T
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To: Aevery_Freeman

...fatherless homes created by LBJ.

&&

No LBJ fan here, but to claim he “created” fatherless homes is ridiculous. He enabled the growth of this horrible disease in the culture, but he did not create it.


39 posted on 12/19/2011 4:38:42 PM PST by Bigg Red (In this Advent season: Prepare ye the way of the Lord.)
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To: presidio9

with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln.


Key word here is POSSIBLE. He’s not a narcissist. He’s a megalomaniac. The real question has come down to are we as crazy for freedom as he is to take it from us.


40 posted on 12/19/2011 5:32:35 PM PST by TwoSwords
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