Freeped poll: Who was the greatest president of the century?

[Cannikin]

http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=12175

Who was the greatest president of the century?

(36%)
Reagan, Ronald

(29%)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.

(21%)
Clinton, William J.

(7%)
Kennedy, John F.

(4%)
Roosevelt, Theodore

(4%)
Coolidge, Calvin

(0%)
Bush, George H.W.

(0%)
Taft, William H.

(0%)
Hoover, Herbert

(0%)
Johnson, Lyndon

(0%)
Wilson, Woodrow

(0%)
Bush, George W.

(0%)
Carter, Jimmy

(0%)
Nixon, Richard

(0%)
Eisenhower, Dwight

(0%)
Ford, Gerald

[Racenut20]

1. TRUMAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zynx]

3. Ack! He's not on there!

[jonnyblitz]

4. thank god. nuke bomb droppin asshole...

n/t

[Sirveri]

2. It's either getting freeped or there's a whole ass load of idjits.

Raygun has raced to 36. FDR is at 29, and Clinton is at 14. Teddy, Kennedey, and Coolidge are all tied for 3rd at 7. What a load, but slightly to be expected after Rayguns bucket kicking.

[WoodrowFan]

6. Reagan is the DEFAULT Choice

when I followed the link I found that on the poll "Reagan" was automatically selected as the defasult choice. FIXED!!

(Yes, I voted FDR)

[cmf]

19. FDR was the default choice when I looked at it

I think the default is whoever is in the lead at the time.

[Sirveri]

21. When I looked it wasn't one of the top contendors.

I picked FDR all the same though.

[Ganja Ninja]

5. The chimp didn't become pResident until January 20th 2001.

So which century are they talking about.

This should really be viewed as a test of peoples memory and judgement. Thirty-Six percent are failing miserably.

[SlingBlade]

7. FORD ?

?That was an option ?

[themann1086]

8. FDR's now in 1st

Of course, anyone who reads the story next to the poll sees that DU is mentioned.

Thanks guys, for celebrating. Making the rest of us look bad... sure, I may have hated a lot of what the man did, but jesus h, take the moral high ground!

[BlueEyedSon]

9. What kind of right wing BS news site is this?

One of their top stories is about what people are posting on DU re: Reagan!

[LionInWinter]

10. Hey, hey, hey ...

As of 7:10 -

FDR = 33%
Clinton = 30%
Reagan = 28%

[DaveSZ]

11. Truman

I wouldn't be alive today if Truman hadn't dropped the atom bomb.

My grandfather was about to be shipped to Japan when they surrendered.

I think it saved more lives than it cost.

[bpilgrim]

13. think

how many MORE would have survived if we had accepted their 1 condition sooner as all of our military leaders in theater at that time recommended.

<snip>

* In his memoirs Admiral William D. Leahy, the President's Chief of Staff--and the top official who presided over meetings of both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combined U.S.-U.K. Chiefs of Staff--minced few words:

The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender. . . .

In being the first to use it, we . . . adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children. (THE DECISION, p. 3.)

more...
http://www.doug-long.com/ga1.htm

peace

[the Kelly Gang]

12. Roosevelt 46 % Clinton 36 %..spot on !

[bryant69]

14. In fairness

Reagen is in everybodies mind; it's kind of like polls of what the best song by a band is; invariably they show that the best song is the one they just released (if it's a public poll. Among fans, every band has always sold out their earlier purer work).

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. poll now has it with FDR winning ....Clinton second.....reagan thrid...

[dusty64]

16. Results changed.

Can you believe someone actually voted for coolidge.


Who was the greatest president of the century?

(40%)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.

(28%)
Clinton, William J.

(27%)
Reagan, Ronald

(2%)
Kennedy, John F.

(1%)
Roosevelt, Theodore

(1%)
Nixon, Richard

(1%)
Coolidge, Calvin

[Killarney]

17. kick. FDR leading!

[Padraig18]

18. Who cares?

It's an online newspaper poll. Big deal.

:shrug:

[NewJeffCT]

20. we should care

If people see 50 online polls that indicate Reagan is #1 with more votes than every other president combined, it will start to seep into the greater public consciousness over time.

I don't know how many times I've heard normally open-minded people think that there may be something to those Clinton rape charges - after all, so many women coming forward must mean something...