While Reagan is my favorite American, my vote for greatest is going to Ben Franklin who I have always admired. He was perhaps the greatest American visionary of all time. I really cant compare anyone to him.
Some of the candidates are laugable. I will be suspicious if Clinton makes the top 5.
retraction: we were out last night and I forgot to check to see who the top 5 were. Glad the toon is not one of them.
Strategery is paramount in our battle.
"Little strokes fell great oaks".....Ben Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757)
Leni
Final 5 are, in no particular order, Roosevelt, Reagan, Lincoln, Washington and MLK Jr.
But Franklin, who achieved extraordinary accomplishments in many different fields, and who simultaneously was a diplomat and statesman, was simply AWESOME. He was a generation older than many of the other founding fathers and was the person many of them looked up to, including Washington.
My vote will go to Franklin, absolutely agreed.
However, each of the five candidates, were the right men for the right time. America would NOT be the same without them.
It is more than disgraceful that Clinton was up there with and even surpassed so many other great men. I believe he ended up in the top ten, along with Elvis (who also didn't belong there either), LOL!