There are just not going to be that many more occasions where I can blog about George W. Bush – so I have to take advantage of the Presidential Rankings that were released yesterday (I think they must rank the best and worst chief executives for a VH1 special every President’s Day).
George W. Bush is considered the 37th greatest president of our country (which is most likely the ONLY opportunity you are going to get to use the phrases “greatest president” and “George W. Bush” in the same sentence). 37th….let’s be honest…thats better than a lot of us would have guessed. Keep in mind that # 38 is William Henry Harrison – that guy who was president for 32 days before dieing of pneumonia. So to put it in perspective, W. is considered a better president than the guy who spent his four week presidency in a hospital bed (although NOT...incidentally... as good as James Garfield who was assassinated after four months in office). See...we’re too hard on W. – he probably just peaked in his 7th week of the presidency.
Other presidents ranked above George W. include the following:
- All THREE of the presidents commonly charged with causing the great depression (doesn’t bode well for our current economic cycle, now does it?)
- Whig president Millard Fillmore who, despite killing off his own party, inspired a snappy little duck cartoon entitled Mallard Fillmore
- Richard Nixon. (W. can’t beat the guy who had to be airlifted out of office?!?)
- James Buchanan – who while waiting for Lincoln’s inauguration – managed to preside over the secession of the South
- James Polk (although he does have an asterisk by his name due to performance enhancing tariffs)
Now, if W. had just pulled that Anbar Province Purchase, he may have leap-frogged a couple of spots.
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