fearlesshistory

As some of you may recall, in the post I proffered regarding the revisionism of the Presidency of George W. Bush I predicted that history would eventually judge Mr. Bush fairly harshly. I even referenced his association with Millard Fillmore.

I bring this up because CNN, MSN and CSPAN have released a survey of the ratings of past Presidents that was given to 60 historians. the result? Can you guess?

“In a survey of over 60 historians conducted by C-SPAN, the 43rd president ranks the seventh worst (and 36th overall) in the nation’s history, just edging out Millard Fillmore.”

I think that pretty well solidifies what I’ve felt all along; you can spin, spin, spin all you want, Washington, but History will catch up to you and when it does….well, History’s a bitch.

For more information on the story: CNN

For the Survey itself: C-SPAN

And before my conservative friends can accuse C-SPAN or the survey of bias or testing anonymous “historians and Presidential experts,” here is a list of the historians and Presidential experts who participated in the survey. Please note that they are not all “Liberal ideologues” as one obscenity-laden, now-deleted post accused me of being one of.

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