A recent poll reveals that the majority of professional historians believe George W. Bush's presidency to be the worst in US history.

A History News Network survey of 109 professional historians conducted over a three-week period indicated that in comparison to the 41 other American presidents, more than 61 percent of the historians consider Bush to be the worst.

According to the poll, 35 percent rated the Bush administration in the 31st to 41st category, while only 4 of the 109 respondents ranked the current presidency among the top two-thirds of American governments.

"As far as history goes and all of these quotes about people trying to guess what the history of the Bush administration is going to be, you know, I take great comfort in knowing that they don't know what they are talking about, because history takes a long time for us to reach," President Bush told Fox News Sunday Feb. 10, 2008.

The recent poll, however, suggests that President Bush grossly underestimated the period of time it would take historians to rank his administration.

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