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Also over-rated is FDR. Among the most under-rated political figures are Calvin Coolidge, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, Dwight Eisenhower, and Bill Clinton.
"Former President Barack Obama has been compared to Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, which may explain why he was the runaway winner in a newly released poll of conservative thinkers on the most overrated political figures.
Mr. Obama topped the rankings of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity survey, which compiled responses from 120 “influential conservative thought makers,” including lawmakers, governors, scholars, business leaders and writers.
“For the most overrated category, the person who was far and away the leading choice was Barack Obama,” said the report by the free-market committee.
Former President Calvin Coolidge, “whose tax cuts and limited government policies helped create the roaring 1920s,” was deemed the most underrated figure, followed by former President Donald Trump.
Economist Stephen Moore, a committee principal, undertook the survey to counter the “liberal/progressive historical view of political figures,” citing a recent poll of historians that ranked Mr. Obama among the greatest presidents and Mr. Trump as one of the worst."
Obama tops list of overrated political figures; Coolidge most underrated
https://committeetounleashprosperit...2023/12/2311228_CTUP_FiguresInHistory_Doc.pdf
"Former President Barack Obama has been compared to Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, which may explain why he was the runaway winner in a newly released poll of conservative thinkers on the most overrated political figures.
Mr. Obama topped the rankings of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity survey, which compiled responses from 120 “influential conservative thought makers,” including lawmakers, governors, scholars, business leaders and writers.
“For the most overrated category, the person who was far and away the leading choice was Barack Obama,” said the report by the free-market committee.
Former President Calvin Coolidge, “whose tax cuts and limited government policies helped create the roaring 1920s,” was deemed the most underrated figure, followed by former President Donald Trump.
Economist Stephen Moore, a committee principal, undertook the survey to counter the “liberal/progressive historical view of political figures,” citing a recent poll of historians that ranked Mr. Obama among the greatest presidents and Mr. Trump as one of the worst."
Obama tops list of overrated political figures; Coolidge most underrated
https://committeetounleashprosperit...2023/12/2311228_CTUP_FiguresInHistory_Doc.pdf