Happy President's Day, Even to the Crappy Ones !

What Does C-SPAN Have Against William Henry Harrison ??

It's been an event filled weekend, hasn't it? Friday the 13th, Valentine's Day, The Daytona 500, NBA AllStar Game,and today, it's President's Day. Thank God,, there is nothing happening tomorrow. Truth be known, I forgot it was a holiday until I drove past Delmae Elementary, and no one was there.

With the holiday, C-SPAN took a survey of historians, to rank the Best and Worst Presidents of the first 43 who served. Was it all an attempt to say just how bad they thought George W. Bush was? Maybe. But as the years go on, a President can go up and down. Bill Clinton jumped up from #22 to #15. For your information, Dubya was ranked #36 on the list. The Ten Worst were James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, William Henry Harrison, Warren Harding, Millard Fillmore, Bush, John Tyler, Herbert Hoover and Rutherford B. Hayes.

Number One was, of course, Abraham Lincoln, follwed by George Washington, Franklin and Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson, Dwight Eisenhower, Woodrow Wilson, and Ronald Reagan. This is the usual list. The worst list seems a bit tough, particularly Harrison. The guy only served 9 days and died - how bad of a job could they guy have done, aside from dying, and picking Tyler as his Veep?

Of course, the big question is where will Barack Obama fit in on this list? Judging by the best and worst, there is a good chance that Obama could wind up like lIncoln sandwiched in between the crappy Buchanan and Johnson. Or he could be Tyler.. I don't see a lot of middle ground on his administration. He will either be a Top Five or a Bottom Five.

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