The lies:
Teddy Roosevelt: | 3 | in ? years
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Others Prior To FDR: | NONE | in ? years
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FDR: | 11 | in 16 years
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Truman: | 5 | in 7 years
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Ike: | 2 | in 8 years
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JFK: | 4 | in 3 years
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LBJ: | 4 | in 5 years
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Nixon: | 1 | in 6 years
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Ford: | 3 | in 2 years
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Carter: | 3 | in 4 years
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Reagan: | 5 | in 8 years
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Bush 1: | 3 | in 4 years
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Clinton: | 15 | in 8 years
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Bush 2: | 62 | in 8 years
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Obama: | 923 | in 3+ years! |
The truth:
Name | Number claimed: | Actual number:
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Theodore Roosevelt | 3 | 1,081
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Franklin Roosevelt | 11 | 3,522
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Harry Truman | 5 | 907
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Dwight Eisenhower | 2 | 484
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John Kennedy | 4 | 214
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Lyndon Johnson | 4 | 325
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Richard Nixon | 1 | 346
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Gerald Ford | 3 | 169
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Jimmy Carter | 3 | 320
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Ronald Reagan | 5 | 381
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George H.W. Bush | 3 | 166
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Bill Clinton | 15 | 364
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George W. Bush | 62 | 291
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Barack Obama | 923 | 168 |
to paraphrase Twain: there are liars, damn liars, and republicans ...