Posted on 07/03/2010 9:51:24 AM PDT by PROCON
A survey of 238 "presidential scholars" released Thursday ranked Barack Obama as one of the nations's best presidents ever.
According to the Siena College Research Institute, Obama is currently in the fifteenth position an amazing three spots AHEAD of Ronald Reagan.
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Oh c’mon...really?
I know these people think their degrees matter, but the truth actually IS- they DON’T matter and neither do their opinions. They blew any credibility that they possessed a LONNNNNG time ago.
Universities are the new zoos- DON’T throw stuff at the monkeys!
Thanks for your insight on Pres. Reagan, I wept when he died!
Shows that “Presidential Scholars” are clueless. Probablky reflects who’s paying their salary since a “Presidential Schoilar” doesn’t have very marketable skills. The poll is useless. It reflects the fact that the media selects the respondents with the intent to support their own biased opinion. I would suggest that we ask only military personnel.
I'm more interested in the who, what, where, why, and how of the Siena College Research Institute's existence than I am in what they have to say.
SRI conducts the Siena New York Poll, a monthly snapshot poll of registered voters from throughout New York State on timely political topics
Lets see — Reagan only: 1) finished off the Soviet Union; 2) ended the Cold War; 3) created 28 million jobs; 4) extinguished double-digit inflation, double-digit unemployment rates, double-digit interest rates; 5) oversaw the freeing of the Iranian hostages; 6) restored America’s standing in the world; 7) greatly reduced nuclear weapons. But then again, he: 1) didn’t get a Nobel “Peace” Prize for doing nothing; 2) didn’t “do” a White House intern; 3) didn’t get honorary degrees from swish Ivy League universities; 4) was thorougly disliked in Hollywood, Georgetown and the Upper West Side of New York. So I guess he deserves 18th place as opposed to the great “accomplishments’ of Clinton and Obama.
And this is indicative of the 'quality' of most all the 'thinking' and 'scholarship' coming out of the liberal arts departsments of American universities.
Consider what they say, then assume the opposite is mostly likely true.
Professor Tom Kelly at Siena University says the survey is anonymous.
It took some digging to find, because Mr. Fund did not mention it in his article, but it should come as no surprise to FReepers that the #1 choice is FDR. Far and away, and for many years in this survey. Washington consistently #4.
After 18 months? 3/8 of 4 years.
Oh, I forgot they gave him the Nobel prize a LOT earlier than that. In fact, before he had done anything other than get elected.
LOL, true...
Obama is the best,first and last (unqualified, incompetent,anti-American,) affirmative action President.
ha hha hhha hhhha haa haaa haaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“According to the Siena College Culinary Research Institute, Racoon Ass is currently in the fifteenth position an amazing three spots AHEAD of Fillet Mignon.”
I don’t know anything about eating “racoon ass” but “Coon Asses” from S. La.can damn sure cook it. (or anything else!)
For example:
Chef Paul Prudhomme
http://www.chefpaul.com/site.php
Didn’t commie Obama also win the Nobel Peace Prize after being in office for only a week?
Ridiculous. These “scholars” are bunko artists and liars.
Mmmm-hmmm, anonymous, but oh, so important, credible and influential, don'cha know.
I agree. On Top Chef this last wee, one of the chefs was cooking some rather ripe fixins. Har...
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