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Going Down On History
Sounds like Bill's legacy polishing isn't going all that well. According to Gallup:
About 4 out of 10 Americans currently say that Bill Clinton will go down in history as an outstanding or above average president [emphasis mine].
Interesting way of putting it (even ignoring the probably-unintentional double entendre). I wonder if they'd say it that way if it were Reagan with the same data?
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that it would say, "About 6 out of 10 Americans currently say that Ronald Reagan will go down in history as an average or below-average president." Which, of course, would be an exactly equivalent statement, logically, but it wouldn't have the right spin factor...
Posted by Rand Simberg at January 17, 2002 02:53 PM