# Barack Obama is the \_\_\_\_\_ President, ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633 "2016-05-01T21:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/21 "2016-05-02T02:24:23Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Classiest. And I miss him already, too. Yeah me too, I am missing him too when it look like Trump and Hillary going to the nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/22 "2016-05-02T02:28:27Z")
I watched both him and Larry Wilmore at the Correspondent’s Dinner. Wilmore was painfully unfunny, IMO: bad rhythm, laughed at his own jokes way too much, telegraphed punchlines, and didn’t have great material to begin with. Obama made me laugh out loud several times. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/23 "2016-05-02T02:36:36Z")
most scandal ridden ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/24 "2016-05-02T02:59:52Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > most scandal ridden [BWAHAHAHA](http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/tp/presidential_scandals.htm)… …excuse me… HAHAHAHAHA! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/25 "2016-05-02T03:04:18Z")
“most wry” That was pretty decent, especially the Biden sunglass recommendations and the bit in the DMV. > [@Aspidistra](#): > > Ahem. Excuse my ignorance … who’s the dude he’s chatting with in the cinema at the end? > > Cool video though > > 🙂 John Boehner, former (Republican) Speaker of the House of Representatives. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/26 "2016-05-02T03:35:28Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > 44th Only if you buy into that “Grover Cleveland counts twice” nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/27 "2016-05-02T03:41:47Z")
most recent ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/28 "2016-05-02T03:43:51Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Ahem. Excuse my ignorance … who’s the dude he’s chatting with in the cinema at the end? > > Cool video though > > 🙂 John Boehner ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/29 "2016-05-02T03:47:09Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > What does “cold-blooded” mean to you? I would assume either “sangfroid” in the face of an intransigent Congress (which doesn’t really describe LBJ…the man was a walking f-bomb) or **Peremensoe** is referencing things like drone strikes. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/30 "2016-05-02T03:50:58Z")
> [@jsquire](#): > > At first I thought “cold-blooded”, but LBJ wins that hands-down. I think “most unflappable”, and Congress really tried to flap him. I’d give “most cold-blooded” to President Cheney. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/31 "2016-05-02T04:38:39Z")
I like Obama as a person. He seems to be a really cool guy - great sense of humor, and comfortable in a way that previous presidents never were. I wish he held different positions though. Other than a couple notable standouts, I pretty much hate his politics. I bet he’d be great at a poker game. So, Obama is the coolest president. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/32 "2016-05-02T06:32:40Z")
Hippest Suavest Most progressive ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/33 "2016-05-02T09:35:19Z")
If Trump wins, Obama may well be the “next to the last President, ever.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/34 "2016-05-02T11:36:31Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > most scandal ridden 😕 You must either be very young, or have an incredibly short memory. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/35 "2016-05-02T14:34:16Z")
Nerdiest, for initiating both the White House Science Fair and the White House Maker Fair. Also, [this.](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lightsaber-obama) ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/36 "2016-05-02T14:39:52Z")
Narcissistic. Egotistical. Disingenuous. Probably not the most dishonest, to be fair, as that seems to be a job requirement, but he ranks right up there. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/37 "2016-05-02T14:50:16Z")
Nerdiest looking President with the best looking wife ever. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/38 "2016-05-02T15:15:15Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > Narcissistic. > Egotistical. > Disingenuous. > Probably not the most dishonest, to be fair, as that seems to be a job requirement, but he ranks right up there. I think you mean “blackest.” ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/39 "2016-05-02T15:17:34Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > most scandal ridden You’re kidding, right? If not, please describe some of these “scandals.” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633/40 "2016-05-02T15:19:53Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > Narcissistic. > Egotistical. [George W. Bush couldn’t think of a single mistake he’d made](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2005/12/19/2929/bush-mistake/). > [@](#): > > Disingenuous. He is? Are you clear on [what the meaning of “is” is?](http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/1998/09/bill_clinton_and_the_meaning_of_is.html) You’re not even correct if we’re looking at the last three presidents including Obama. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-the-_____-president-ever/753633.md?page=3)