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Who was the last "coolest man in America"?
Fee Republic ^ | 1/29/2011 | Krankor

Posted on 01/29/2011 3:43:36 PM PST by Krankor

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To: EDINVA

Pat Tillman

341 posted on 01/29/2011 8:55:52 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Krankor
Kewl!


342 posted on 01/29/2011 8:57:04 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Krankor

343 posted on 01/29/2011 8:59:40 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Daffynition

Ah, ya gotta think of his number one gal, before the panty hose, circa ‘69 anyway...Suzy Storm. Oh my!


344 posted on 01/29/2011 9:00:41 PM PST by bobby.223
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To: shadeaud

Yeah, it’s Steve McQueen, absolutely. The epitome of cool.

James Garner is pretty cool too, but nobody’s cooler than Steve.

And nobody was ever hotter than James Caan in The Godfather.


345 posted on 01/29/2011 9:23:27 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Krankor

Val Kilmer


346 posted on 01/29/2011 9:29:46 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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To: Vendome
Laconic is cool.

Paladin was laconic, just a century before Bullitt.

347 posted on 01/29/2011 9:30:08 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Dr. Sivana

Oh lordy how I loved that man, he was my first big super-crush. But I can’t count him as an American.


348 posted on 01/29/2011 9:36:53 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Charles Henrickson

“....it was more of a New York thing.”

Definitely, “Broadway” Joe Namath. I was born in ‘58, btw and didn’t know much about football (beyond that my dad loved it and my mother hated it) but I sure as heck knew who Namath was. Joe will ALWAYS be a star in NYC.


349 posted on 01/29/2011 9:41:23 PM PST by jocon307
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To: freedumb2003

Wow, those are the best of the best!


350 posted on 01/29/2011 9:52:01 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

Google-fu: sometimes it really gets winners :)


351 posted on 01/29/2011 9:56:40 PM PST by freedumb2003 (The TOTUS-reader is a Judas Goat, leading the American sheeple to the slaugherhouse /Parmy)
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To: Illuminatas; John Valentine

I figured my post would attract at least one FR Illuminoid.


352 posted on 01/29/2011 10:04:21 PM PST by Mr. Mojo ("Moses parted the Red Sea, Oppenheimer split the atom, but Bob Dobbs cut the crap.")
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To: Mr. Mojo

353 posted on 01/29/2011 10:09:28 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: martin_fierro

:’)


354 posted on 01/29/2011 10:11:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Jo Nuvark
Name one actor today who has put their career on hold to join the military in order to pro- tect our freedoms?

If they did, they wouldn't get any extra credit from me.

355 posted on 01/29/2011 10:23:50 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl (What did Sheriff Dupnik know about Loughner & when did he know it? http://bit.ly/eQ5ehk)
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To: DejaJude
IMO, Ted Williams is still the coolest man in America.

Near absolute zero. Can't get much cooler than that.

356 posted on 01/29/2011 10:29:24 PM PST by TotusTuus
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To: Farmer Dean

357 posted on 01/29/2011 10:34:21 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Charles Henrickson; Eaker

I thought Eaker had the watch?


358 posted on 01/29/2011 10:54:55 PM PST by mastexas
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To: jocon307
But I can’t count him as an American.

Why not? He was born in Queens, NY.
359 posted on 01/30/2011 3:49:11 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Krankor
He truly was the last “coolest man in America”.

Heck NO! I was a kid in Conncecticut. Not in the shadow of Shea Stadium, but close enough to go to games. Namath wasn't even big enough to make many kids into Jets fans! Kids were Dolphin and Raider and Cowboy and Viking fans. The old man would stay true to the Giants, standing outside burning tickets and whining to Mara. My big brother was a Johnny Unitas fan and remained so. The lowlifes were Jets fans, dropping security guards off the second deck. Namath? He was doing panty-hose commercials, WEARING the hose!

Eventually my own favorite team, the LA Rams, signed him. He was gone after TWO games in the regular season. He tried TV, I think the Waverly Wonders lasted maybe two seasons, barely hanging on, ranking Namath with the likes of CLifton Davis (That's My Mama) and Dwayne, Roger and Rerun (What's Happening!).

I'm glad you think he was cool. I grew up less than 100 miles from him, and the consensus in Connecticut was that he was a one-hit wonder, along with Zager and Evans. I'll stick with another New Yorker, Patrick McGoohan ... MUCH cooler. Longshanks would toss hose wearing Namath out the window.
360 posted on 01/30/2011 4:02:23 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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