At yesterday’s White House press briefing,a reporter asked the president’s spokesman Jay Carney about Barack Obama’s claim that he could be considered the fourth best president in U.S. history,behind only Lincoln,FDR,and LBJ.
Carney basically said,yes he is:
Sure,I mean,this has obviously been of great interest in the conservative blogosphere,but the fact of the matter is,he has —he was making a point about the volume and substance of the legislative accomplishments,and the foreign policy accomplishments,in his nearly three years in power. He was not making an assertion of —that only historians will make about the success or —this was not a comparison of success to other presidencies except in the significance and substance and size of the legislative accomplishments,whether it’s health care reform,which was an effort that took 100 years to accomplish;or the Recovery Act,which was an enormous response to an historic economic crisis;the bailout of the automobile industry,the saving of the American automobile industry against great political opposition;and on the foreign policy front,continuing to take the fight successfully to al-Qaeda,embodied most notably in the successful mission to remove Osama bin Laden from the battlefield;the successful efforts that we led to bring the international community behind the effort of the Libyan opposition to remove Moammar Qaddafi from power.
I could go on,and believe me,I will,as time permits. But it was within the context of the substance and volume of what has happened in the face of enormous challenges in these past nearly three years.
Ah,see? Obama was not saying he was greater than George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,or Ronald Reagan —except in “the significance and substance and size of the legislative accomplishments.”And in some ways,he truly has exceeded all his predecessors,placing him in a category all his own.
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I can't stand this man he reminds me of a worm because he speaks for a worm.
No obummer is not the fourth,he is number ONE. The WORST president in the history of the United States.
A pity that a piss poor president of the United States of America would
make such a proposterous claim. Despite claims of accomplishment,
no one can point to an actual accomplishment of the Obama cult of
czars,progressives and racist's. Unless of course one points to the
promotion of the homosex agenda,open homosex in OUR military,
Fast and Furious,the Gates beer summit,appointment of racist Holder
to head DOJ,selection of Shrillery to SOS,Kagan and Sotomeyer to SCotUS,
Carney to the position of Propaganda czar,reckless Iraq policy,demoralization
of America and ad infinitum misconduct. Imagine a USArmy general,
sergeant or private claiming 4th best status. Obama's claim sufficiently
points to prima facie proof he is unqualified to be identified as an American leader,
man or PotUS.
Now we need to re-do Mount Rushmore;we can leave Lincoln as long as obama is OK with his position in the carving. That means George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,and Theodore Roosevelt need to come off. Please send me the money to complete this project so that FDR,LBJ,and obama can replace those now obsolete presidents. This is an important part of the obama "change program". I will invest all funds in Solyndra and by 1838 we should have the necessary funds to complete this project.