WASHINGTON D.C. – A group of historians polled by Georgetown University has named Barack Obama the best President in the history of the United States. Not wanting to be seen as premature, a spokesman for the group stated that based on what the president has planned for the country, and assuming all campaign and inaugural promises come to pass, Obama’s legacy will absolutely trounce that of all previous occupiers of the Oval Office.
“We felt we waited long enough in making this inevitable declaration,” historian Albert Hedgefellow said at the press conference this morning. “It’s obvious to anyone with a knowledge of world events and conjecture that President Obama will end up with accomplishments greatly outnumbering those of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin Roosevelt combined.”
Despite his first year in office so far being marred by an ugly battle over healthcare reform, increased fighting in Afganistan, and Chicago losing its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, the 44th President’s announcements concerning the greatness of life in the future and potential of the world to come has been more than enough for many.
“We have complete faith in the president’s ability to achieve all the lofty goals he has set for himself and America,” fellow historian Louise Verna said. “Just because no one has managed to fix healthcare up until now doesn’t mean it can’t be done. And even though we live in a time where Republicans and Democrats are more divided than ever, there is no reason to think that the president can’t convince the sides to come together and agree on the tough issues that plague our society.”
The world of 2012 – long assumed to be the magical future time Obama aims for – is scheduled to be fraught with employment and prosperity, all soldiers returned home from the two-pronged war in Iraq and Afganistan, universal healthcare afforded to every man, woman, and child in the nation, the infrastructure of our highways and roads in tip-top shape, worldwide nuclear disarmament complete, Osama bin Laden dead as disco, Social Security prepared to support the exploding senior citizenry, and Detroit again a significant, proud city of automotive excellence, peace, and harmony.
“Isn’t that a world you’d like to live in?” Hedgefellow asked. “With all that coming down the pike, how could we as a learned, educated body not state with certainty that Barack Obama is the greatest president this country has ever known? Heck, we didn’t consider world leaders throughout the ages in the debate, but I can’t see who would top Obama even then.”
While some have expressed concern that proclaiming the president “the most exemplary display of presidential embodiment humanly possible” can only increase the pressure and ratchet up expectations on the still relatively new-on-the-job leader of the free world, Obama for one took the announcement in stride.
“I am very humbled by this declaration,” the president said. “This august body has made a very flattering, encouraging decision, and I can only consider this recognition as a call to action.”
The choice of the sitting president was a surprise to many, who’ve come to expect certain names at the top of this type of list. Perhaps even more surprising in the ranking, though, was Michelle Obama placing 37th, despite being at least seven years away from even running for the office. This position placed her ahead of such presidential disasters as James Buchanan, Herbert Hoover, and Andrew Johnson, and just directly behind Richard Nixon.
are you sh%$ in me
obama is the most horrible president ever hands down. he is a f u cking joke and i think he deserves 0 credibility
Not possible. Bush is the worst ever. 10 years later and people are still dying from his lie. “There are WMDs in Iraq.” Remember that? Did we find any? No. How many Iraqis and Americans died based on that? How many people died during Katrina? Then he had the nerve to say the lowest point in his presidency was a rapper (Kanye West) saying that Bush doesn’t car about black people. Really? Not having his car egged or getting shoes thrown at him or making us look like morons to the entire world, but a comment by a rapper. LOL. Obama isn’t the best, but he’s certainly not the worst.
Yet he’s accomplished most of his campaign promises despite the opposition. He didn’t cost us jobs they were already gone when he took the Presidency. He didn’t destroy the housing market or raid your retirement funds that was already done when he took office. You apparently aren’t looking around at the world that is changing because he is making American look like the beacon of freedom that other countries are striving for. Now if you believe differently because you listen to others not get your info yourself then be the puppet you are, LOL!!!
I suppose you are just one of those other racist that President Obama has and still is faced with. You need to be angry at Congress. The Republican Party is the group that everyone should be angry at. I am not into politics that deep,but a blind person can see that the president’s plans have been sabotaged by those who set out to hurt him even before he was elected. It is all because of his color. I guess I was naive also because I thought because the president is mixed-race it would not be so bad but I was badly mistaken.
JOHN YOU ARE A RACIST!
THIS IS A NEW DAY AND TIME! AND THERE WANT BE ANY RACIST NO WHERE IN THE U.S. IN THE LATER FUTURE
THOSE WHO WERE FIRST WILL BE LAST
AND THOSE WHO ARE LAST WILL BE FIRST!
The truth is sacred because some people refuse to except it. All of you who criticize the President is because of your own in-ability to face the truth. Lies are your justification for hatred and so you cling to them out of pain of facing the truth. Read what you write and you will see yourself as hateful, bitter,unreasonable, and fearful of being less than what you were also told that you were, superior to all races other than your own. Well get over it there are people who excel, are more intelligent, courageous, and honest than you. Go ahead and spit fire like the devil.
I agree that Obama is the best President ever – we love him in Canada. The recent loss of the House is more a reflection of the fear and panic due to the jam the USA is in (and will be for the foreseeable future). It took more that 2 years for the country to get in and will take a multiplier to get them (us) out. It’s unfortunate but he US won’t turn around until it faces that it must be competitive to win. There is no God given destiny. In the meantime, bringing peoples together – from all around the world is leadership – and it is important that he succeeds in the US. In the end, the American people will see the value of a genuine, humble and accountable man from the opposite.
Genuine – Humble and Accountable my butt!
Who cares what you think Canada… You are all basically Communists. Stay in your Country’s business and we will deal with ours. Obama isn’t even a president to me. He’s a street thug!!
Since when do you keep your nose out of other countries’ business? That is laughable. Practice what you preach.
you take him as your leader then if like him so much
Your in Canada. Really bro, you obviously no nothing of the American people and what we are really going through. Obama is a terrible president and to date has done NOTHING to help any of us. He is cutting our military, messing with their benefits, and promising to only put more holds are their already small paychecks. I can promise peace, love, and harmony to but that doesn’t mean I’m going to make it happen. Obama is a piece of shit with promises that, like the past 3 years, he isn’t going to make happen.
That’s good Canada! If President Obama was a white man, they would be all up his butt right about now! Ha! Ha! Ha! LOL. American flags would be wrapped around his behind. Flags would be everywhere!!!! LMBO… Obama is God sent… I am so glad that he is a black man that knows how to do the job and to do it right….
I’m not sure which “historians” Georgetown University polled, but I would suspect that they all have two dates on their tombstones. I think FAQR’s
response is MOST appropriate. I’m sure we will have a new “leader” in 2012.
your kidding right? historians are calling a man the greatest for what he “says” he will do?! a politician at that?! this is b.s. and just proves that people will blindly follow bull crap so long as it rolls smoothly from the lips of those in power! any and all who see this as truthful and objective are truly ignorant!!!!!
It’s true, anyone who sees this as truthful is truly ignorant.
this is the most false written story I have ever seen. He has already spent more than George Bush and George Bush served for 2 terms. Also just because you love him in Canada that doesn’t mean anything. You don’t know what he is doing to the economy you just want to believe he is the best president.
Actually he hasn’t spent more than the previous Bush in 2 terms. All of his spending has been to stop the bleeding mess that was caused by GW Bush Jr.. What you’ve been listening to are the people that want the office back now that it’s looking good again. But try this on for size. Instead of watching FOX News faq check for yourself. Oh yeah of the 6 trillion dollar deficit only 2 trillion has been added by this administration and that was to stop us from going into the second depression
you better do a serious fact check go to fact check or politico even wiki
all you people saying bush raised the debt right before he left office might want to check because OBAMA VOTED FOR EVERY BUDGET INCREASE AND THE DEMOCRATS HAD MAJORITY CONTROL FOR LAST 2 YRS OF BUSH TERM UNTIL JAN 2010 AND AS OF NOW HAS INCREASED THE DEBT FAR PAST WHAT BUSH DID and.that’s sickening because bush was the worst of the worst until Obama. also you should read his book he wrote called my fathers dream you wont want to vote for him then.come on people stop blindly trusting these people.
fail to hold the politicians accountable,and you end up with exactly what we have now a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government so bloated and corrupt it looks to be beyond repair..If government was a person you hired to work for you and had performed in comparable ways,wouldn’t you of fired them long ago?remember we don’t work for them,or at least we didn’t use too. “For those looking for security, be forewarned that there’s nothing more insecure than a political promise.” — Harry Browne
Virtual insanity. Is there one things that this man has done in his tenure that has helped this country. Massive debt…..destroying the free markets.
oh and set it up so that in a few years if you don’t have health insure you will sit in jail!!!
And you call yourself a Dr. but you didn’t do any faq checking before you chimed in on this. You’ve been glued to the misinformation that Fox and Hannity and the other cronies are feeding you for ratings, lol! You apparently having seen the changing global arena since this President has come into office as well as his string of successes in the security arena. What free markets do you see destroyed because of this President and massive debt? You might want to check to see if that was already done when he came into office.
GeeMoney – don’t argue with fools are you’ll become just like them. The fact of the matter is, those who are white in America have simply not come to grips with the truth that they are still racists. They don’t like the fact that a black man is at the pinnacle of America running things and doing it exceptionally well. It is so sad that they cannot and will not accept the truth. But guess what? The truth needs no defense. It stands on its own and it’s good that there are those out there who will bust the “stagnant” quo and do what’s right. Republicans have caused a false economic crisis and these idiots are buying into it. President Obama is having to clean up the two-term mess that George Bush created. It amazes me of how stupid they can be and the amnesia that sets in. They simply ignore the terrible shape that George Bush put this country in and that President Obama has had to work hard to clean up. Wake up white America. There is a new order and it is not white supremacy…no such thing. Take a look at the upcoming Republic Convention – you’ll see just how far behind the times they are…a room filled with racists people who haven’t gotten past the civil rights movement. It’s happened. Times have changed. And we’re not going back to that ignorant era. Wake up and see the truth for what it is…you don’t like it that a black man is changing the course of America for the better and restoring our relationships and character with the nations.
What is this s’at-ire you sepak of?
its true, people are just blinded by the color of his skin, but the world loves him and i do too. he has in 2 years done what bush couldnt do in 8 years.. and halth care system also in just 1 years 6 months … not to mention the national economic injection which insured that there is even still a bank in america… simple true america would be in a pile of “faerces” if it wasnt for obama
Get your head out of your butt! Seriously! They want us to answer to the government for everything. Robbing from me to pay a bunch of lazy druggy deadbeats to sit at home, make babies they can’t feed and suck the rest of us dry! They want us all to be like that! Well, I don’t mind working for a living….but I do mind the thieves that double dip into my income to ‘save the world’. The world has to want to save themselves first. Get up off your butts and get to work!
Amy, you are right on. Lets cut gov’t programs and spending and stop raising the dept ceiling. People must be responsible for themselves and I believe most people can work, but as long as we keep supporting them why should they.
That was Bush’s bailout. Do some of you even follow politics? Before Bush left, he passed the Bailouts. If you recall, when Obama first got into office, the media made a huge deal as to whether or not he would veto Bush’s bill. Bush’s last act was to spend an extra $1 Trillion on his way out to help his banker buddies. If we are going to be honest, at least don’t put blame on a man that had nothing to do with it. Blame him for not using the power of Veto on Bush’s last “F You” to the American people on his way out of office.
You people have the nerve. There are people out here that try everyday to find jobs. You are not the only ones struggling out here. There has been people that has worked thier butt off all there lives then companies decide to do lay off, now they are looking for help. Until you walk in other peoples shoes and know what they go through stop judging.
I sit here and read everyone comments. We fail to realize that the people that we elect are human, the are not GODS. The will fall short just like you and everyone else. You want to see a change. You make that change. You do something about it. Come up with solutions to fix the problem of this world if you feel so strongly that nothing is being done the way would like it to me done. Everyone wake up. We are in this situation because of the decision we had made or is making. We need stop blaming others for our decisions.
Hopefully His Majesty is great enough to teach you how to write an intelligent paragraph. Doubtful.
The story reads like something out the Onion. Is it, in fact, satire??? Or are these “historians” strung out on LSD?
At the time, they really were captivated by Obama. I really think that they believed it. However, I would pay money to see what they would lay claim to these days.
The national debt grew by more than $4 trillion during George W. Bush’s presidency. It was the biggest increase under any president in U.S history at the time. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500803_162-4486228-500803.html Both Republicans AND Democrats are not the answer. They both are great big spenders. Bush also gave us the biggest federal budget expansion since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/19/big-government-gets-bigger Bush was also the Biggest Taxer in World History. http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/bush-the-biggest-taxer-in-world-history Both parties are bankrupting America. Republicans need to stop be hypocrites.
So uhh, you plan to update this any time soon to maybe reflect how he’s delivered on those campaign promises?
President Obama is the Best US President I have seen/known in my lifetime. I am now a senior citizen in my seventies. We all need to support Our President. rgc364
To say anyone President can complete more than Lincoln, in our time is a total fantasy. I just wish for once people would be honest. As bad as Bush was, he did what he truly thought was the best for the people of America and the free world. He had at his highest rate of unemployment 6.9-7.1% during his first term in office(these figures were from Obama’s own staff report on job status) and his lowest was at 4.4%Which Tom Daschle and Al Franken claimed were nothing more than burger flipping jobs. Nancy Pelosi herself called Bush the worse “job killer of em’all” but she has nothing to say about Obama. I voted for Obama cause I really thought he would try and better the country, I feel more divided and scard for the future now more than ever.
@DaveW do you know that when President Obama took office unemployment was at 11% because of all problems and deregulation that the Bush Administration put in. Now if you don’t have a job it isn’t because of President Obama it’s because you didn’t “Move with the Cheese”. This countries job complexion has been changing for the past 9 years into less of a physical and more automated workforce.
obama is the best. period. better than that ass sucking bush
Apparently there aren’t any cerebrally inspired Americans posting on this item. Your response does certainly reflect the sliding academic achievements of the US in the world academic standing. I didn’t vote for this president, but I do see what the Georgetown academia are summing up. I will await what historians will write about him after his term in office is complete. God Bless America..
I am pretty sure this is satire. Judging from the comments, I am also pretty sure that 100 percent of wingnuts are too stupid to recognize it as such.
The truth is sacred because some people refuse to except it. All of you who criticize the President is because of your own in-ability to face the truth. Lies are your justification for hatred and so you cling to them out of pain of facing the truth. Read what you write and you will see yourself as hateful, bitter,unreasonable, and fearful of being less than what you were also told that you were, superior to all races other than your own. Well get over it there are people who excel, are more intelligent, courageous, and honest than you. Go ahead and spit fire like the devil.
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what a load of horse shit,do people even bother to check records? evidently not..for all you poor Obama couldn’t get anything done because everyone is against him you might want to reconsider and check some facts,we are no better off than when he took office.and the debt is 4 times higher along with gas and food prices,unemployment is only part of a percent better ONLY IF you don’t count the people that have used up their unemployment and are still unemployed.before he was elected he voted for every budget increase,and the democrats had majority control for 2006 to Jan 2011 so you cant blame it on that. .he makes great speeches but his words hold only empty promises of what you want to hear.he accomplished nothing of substance before being president.his only noted achievement has been becoming president.and if you would read his book dreams of my father you would never vote for him.So please people do some research and realize we must get rid of our crooked members of government in both partys. they are both equally to blame and there will never be any worthwhile change until that happens,time will tell the truth.don’t wait to find out you were wrong when it has become to late.do some serious research instead of taking their word.as truth.your children’s future will be the better for your effort.remember those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it and we have lost more rights and world respect under Clinton, Bush and Obama’s administrations than we have since our nation was founded.