Just in time for President's Day, a new Gallup poll finds Abraham Lincoln now topping Ronald Reagan as the public's idea of the greatest U.S. president ever.But seriously, folks. Ronald Reagan? That's pretty weird.
John F. Kennedy edges Bill Clinton for the #3 spot, with Franklin D. Roosevelt coming in at number five. George Washington can do no better than sixth. Gallup notes that respondents tend to favor president's of later vintage.
(Huffington Post)
Well, OK, Kennedy - who is famous mostly for getting dead* - and Clinton - who is famous mostly for getting, well, you know** - probably don't belong there either. Whatever happened to Rutherford B. Hayes?
*Sure, Kennedy also did that Bay of Pigs thing.
**And Clinton also got, well, that too. But still.
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