British academics rank FDR top US president, George Bush 31st (revolution, leader)

[SilverBulletZ06]

FDR, top... no. Not with the programs enacted under him.

[Joe_Ryder]

It's what I would expect from British Academics. Academics and Brits tend to be quite predictable after all, being they tend to think what they're instructed to think.

[hotair2]

Originally Posted by Joe_Ryder

It's what I would expect from British Academics. Academics and Brits tend to be quite predictable after all, being they tend to think what they're instructed to think.

Who tells them what to think? Just Curious.

[Voyageur]

Originally Posted by hawkeye2009

If jimmy carter is 18, it detracts from any "validity" the ranking may have suggested. Carter, by most estimates, was the worst president of the 20th century.

I wonder if anyone would care if we "ranked" the British Prime Ministers?

Wrong, wrong, wrong...

Historical rankings of Presidents of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Cavaturaccioli]

I guess they're still mad at George Washington, Adams, et cetera. That's the British sense of humor for you.

This study comes from a country without a constitution. Take it with a grain if salt.

[HC475]

FDR allowed the Great Gold Confiscation of U.S. gold in 1933... Everybody was ordered to turn in their gold and was shipped to Fort Knox... Where then all the American's gold was scooped up by a few British bankers... No U.S. citizens were allowed to own gold until 1970 when Nixon reversed the order...

[Joe_Ryder]

Originally Posted by hotair2

Who tells them what to think? Just Curious.

If I knew precisely who was pulling the strings I'd be watching their stock activity instead of posting here.

[summers73]

Of course, the measure is purely qualitative, so it's pretty much meaningless. Kind of like a Krugman op-ed.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

British academics like dictatorial and socialist leaning Presidents???

dingdingding-we have a winner!

[Jaggy001]

Originally Posted by Cavaturaccioli

An unwritten constitution isn't worth the paper it isn't printed on. How do you enforce it if it isn't written down? We have a written Constitution here and people still manage to pretend it doesn't say what it plainly says. An unwritten constitution is less than worthless.

You are demonstrating a lack of understanding of the British system. They do not have a single document which is called a "constitution". The British constitution is enshrined in the laws which have been duly passed by parliament.