Yesterday on the prestigious show "The Greatest American" featuring a panel of Dennis Miller, Anne Coulter, and Anonymous Conservative Chode # 3, they voted the 50 greatest Americans.
Einstein was in the teens.
FDR was like number 12ish
Then they got to the down and dirty....at number 6....
George Dubya Bush.
The great thing is, since this guy is such a great leader right now, and is still alive, who knows how popular he will be once he's forced himself into a mandatory 3rd and 4th term!!!
We should all be so lucky as Americans to be alive during the presidency of the official 6th greatest american of all time!!!!!
you dumbass i told you the third guy was the judge from american idol randy jackson
im not sure of his political views at all, but he aint hurtin for scrilla
number 6 is where i thought he'd be
i mean he was the president on sep 11th
and...well thats about it.
Man, that's way to high....who else was on the list....W....was there any other president higher than him....is there going to be a re-count....
george washington and abe lincoln
So as an American...is this ok with you guys...I being north of the border see the animosity and hate for George W on a daily basis. The countries divided and the majority of the world is very cautious in dealing with the US which has compromised it's relationships. And now...he's ahead of Kennedy.....damn. What has he really accomplished....
he was president on sep 11th
really i think thats all they based it on
What about the damn cuban missile crisis...and how it was avoided....I guess if it wasn't, maybe Kennedy would be in.
I find it really, really, really hard to believe that of all of the Americans who've ever lived, George W. Bush is the 6th greatest. I'm not even sure that he'd be in the Top 6 Presidents of all-time if you took a non-partisan poll.
And, of course, there are other great Americans besides Presidents.
Well said...who was voting for this mess....it couldn't just be Coulter or Miller....then they are just self congratulating themselves with this appointment....
Question........is this list online?
Where is
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
John Han
James Madison
Patrick Henry
Dwight Eisenhower
George S. Patton
Surely George W. shouldn't be that high.
Ben Franklin was awesome, Thomas Jefferson ranks up there (as a president he was pretty good ... and he was great at sleeping with his slaves) for having the foresight to convince Congress to make the Louisiana Purchase, etc., John Han had money - that's all he did. I'd like to see some alternative voices in the list if we could have a link.
i think george washington got number 1 if im not mistaken
elpimpo thought ben franklin would be up there but apparently he was lower
i'll try to find a link to the full list..
here is the top 25 in no particular order (although we know GWB got number 6)
Muhammad Ali
Lance Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Walt Disney
Thomas Alva Edison
Albert Einstein
Henry Ford
Benjamin Franklin
Bill Gates
Billy Graham
Bob Hope
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Elvis Presley
Ronald Reagan
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Oprah Winfrey
Orville and Wilbur Wright
It will please the neocons to know that Oprah and Ali did NOT beat GWB
Ben Franklin is my favorite american...he was great in so many regards, not just politics
I really just made this thread to see what Ressurected One thinks about it.
It'll be worth it when he replies with
"Just 6? I'd have made him number 2 at least"
or
"well he is going to be added to Mt. Rushmoore one day"
etc
etc
The list is voted on by television viewers, so if you were expecting anything that wasn't total crap you're in the wrong place.
It is automatically BS if 4 out of the top 5 ain't on Mt. Rushmore.
And it's nice to know that the Canadians are so concerned about politics in our country and our world relationships; possibly because their economy would be nothing without us?
Where was Lee Greenwood ranked?
Wrong, only numbers 5-1 were voted by viewers. Which is why we think they made GWB number 6....cuz then people like me couldnt complain about it being biased voting.
Mt. Rushmore is bull . Anything of that nature that close to Wounded Knee is a mockery - it's like someone putting a sculpture of Waldemar Hoven outside the gates to Buchenwald.
I guess being Candian....your biggest trading partner can't make an assessment on the big bad USA...hence this is why people despise you. I love the US and for what it has represented throughout time and appreciate the freedom it holds high...what I see now is partisan bull spurred on by Fox News, CNN, and the religous right. Some would say nothing new...The list is voted on by television viewers, so if you were expecting anything that wasn't total crap you're in the wrong place.
It is automatically BS if 4 out of the top 5 ain't on Mt. Rushmore.
And it's nice to know that the Canadians are so concerned about politics in our country and our world relationships; possibly because their economy would be nothing without us?
Last edited by Medvedenko; 06-20-2005 at 03:32 PM.
Are they kidding? A few others on the list are questionable, but those three... you have to be kidding me.
I would have Oprah in the top 25....creating an empire and being one of the most influential women in the last 15-20 years. Now, I don't watch the show and hate that she thrusted Dr. phil on the collective, I will however give her props.
Including Oprah on that list isn't as bad as A&E having a list of the 100 Most Important People of the Millenium, and including Princess Diana while excluding Werner van Braun, among others.
Any list of Greatest Americans that doesn't include James Madison is repugnant to me. I mean, Madison's efforts with respect to the Cons ution and the Bill of Rights (only the 2 most important do ents in American history) are among the most consequential in this nation's history. How that guy doesn't warrant a top 25 spot, if only just for that, is beyond me.
i got the list off of wikipedia, and from what i saw on the show last night it was pretty accurate.
I did see oprah announced, as well as GWB (the absurd topic of this thread)
Well, James Madison owned slaves. That absolutely negates any good he ever did.
And, as I predicted, George W. is headed for Mount Rushmore!
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