Analyzing Obama’s Inaugural Speech

[mathpol]

Source: New York Times



“Forty-Four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.”



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/20/us/politics/20090120_INAUGURAL_ANALYSIS.html?hp#

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Wrong! The correct number is 43. If one lists all the presidents in order, with consecutive terms counted as one, then indeed Barack Obama is 44th on the list, our 44th president. However, Grover Cleveland appears twice on the list, as our 22nd and 24th president, since he served two non-consecutive terms, with Benjamin Harrison sandwiched in between. Thus the set of American presidents has 43 members, with Barack Obama being the latest addition. So he is the 43rd American to take the presidential oath.

[Wickerman]

1. that isn't analysis

that is fact checking.

[david13]

2. Picky, picky, picky.

What are you a rep...
oh, sorry.
dc

[mathpol]

4. Analysis vs fact-checking

I was supposed to give the title of the article, where I originally posted this.

[BR_Parkway]

3. That's what they got out of it? geeze