First thought was to come in here yelling BS!!
Read the OP and laughed.
Read all the terrible math posts and started rolling!!
It's all in the way you perceive it.Of the total of 44 US Presidents, Obama was rated the 5th best president ever! I was just reading a Democratic publicity release that said, "...after a little more than four years, Obama has been rated the 5th best president ever."
The details according to White House Publicists:
* Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and seven others tied for first.
* 15 presidents tied for second.
* 17 other presidents tied for third.
* Jimmy Carter came in fourth.
* And, Obama came in fifth.
Are people really that bad at math? I'm kind of scared for America's future.
and damn proud of it too!!!....and we're the good guys!
10 in the first line
15 in the second
17 in the third
42 subtotal
43 is Carter
44 is O'Bama
I KNEW I should have used purple for the whole thing...
-= = -who-o-o-sh!=-=-=
I don't think the Dems should publicize this too widely. Do not be deceived by the Dem. spin.
Here's why. Take a good look at what the OP really says.
In other words, THIRTY-NINE (39!) presidents (7 "1sts" +15 "2nds" +17 "3rds") rank HIGHER than Carter or Obama.
So, Carter's so-called 4th rank is really 40th!
Obama's so-called 5th rank is really 41!
So really, there are only 3 presidents LEFT (44-41) to rank lower than Obama. And that may be just about right.
See that?