Posted on 02/24/2009 9:40:31 PM PST by DrGop0821
Can't say I'm all that surprised by this! We don't call him Obama Messiah for nothing!
Obamamaniacs Celebrate Your Hero!
(Feb. 21) - Whom do you admire enough to call a hero?
That was the simple question posed to a cross-section of Americans by The Harris Poll in mid-January. When it was first done in 2001, Jesus was named more than any other person. This year, President Barack Obama topped the list.
Each respondent's answer was spontaneous -- no list of people to choose from was given to those surveyed.
Harris Interactive recently asked 2,634 Americans whom they admired enough to call their heroes. Mother Teresa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and was regarded as a living saint until her death in 1997, came in at No. 10.
No. 9: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, pilot who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River
No. 8: Former President John F. Kennedy
No. 7: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
No. 6: Former President Abraham Lincoln
No. 5: Former President George W. Bush
No. 4: Former President Ronald Reagan
No. 3: Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader
No. 2: Jesus Christ
No. 1: President Barack Obama
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Good Grief!
Since this poll was taken in this country, I’m really surprised that Osama bin Laden isn’t up there around 2 or 3.
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