Posted on 05/23/2013 8:24:31 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
George Washington University Professors: Obama on Mt. Rushmore – Eventually
Posted By Katherine Rodriguez - George Washington University On May 23, 2013 @ 2:04 am In Fix Exclusives,Image Slider | No Comments
A handful of George Washington University political and history professors largely support the idea of adding President Barack Obama’s face to Mount Rushmore – just not quite yet.
According to a survey conducted by The College Fix, three out of the 10 George Washington University history and political science professors questioned via email replied it’s simply too soon for Obama’s likeness to be immortalized on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
But he very well could and should be added – eventually – the three educators said.
“Historical judgments take time to form and Obama is still in office,” said history professor Edward Berkowitz. “It could be that he will be one of the great presidents, worthy of having his likeness carved on a mountain, but certainly not yet.”
Professor Paul Wahlbeck, a professor and chairman of the political science department, said he is “reluctant to venerate political leaders while or shortly after they served,” but still remains optimistic.
“History undoubtedly will accord President Obama a special place by virtue of being the first African American President,” Wahlbeck said in an email to The College Fix.
The three professors seemed united that a president’s legacy should not appear prematurely.
Political Science Professor Robert Stoker, who specializes in social policy and authored an article [1] in January claiming that Social Security does not add to the nation’s debt, voiced skepticism about venerating Obama’s legacy too soon.
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Welcome to North Korea.
How do you go about making it dynamite proof?
Not before Ronald Wilson Reagan!!!
The only way he gets recognition like this will be as Stalin was immortalized - by the communist State that he left behind.
I was taught in my gun safety course never to fire at anything hard, like a rock.
THE TRUTH WILL BE KNOWN...
Sure, why not, surely one of those men must have had a wart that was left off...
There is not enough carvable stone left on Mt. Rushmore to put the dictator up there.
wanna bet ?
It will not stay there.
Obama on Mt. Rushmore the same way Jose Canseco gets into the Baseball Hall of Fame: if he pays.
Put him on the back as the ass.
Bwahahaha, love it.
He will get his own mountain. He would not like sharing, he’s the 0ne!
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