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In "Greatest American" Contest, Lauer Trumpets Clinton's Success (Cast Your Vote!)
MRC ^ | Monday June 6, 2005 | BrentBaker

Posted on 06/06/2005 11:13:29 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay

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To: Owl_Eagle
Please join me in continuing to vote for whom we all know is the truly greatest American - Cassius Clay.-owl

The Thoughts of Muhammad Ali in Exile (JAIL), c. 1967

..."I never thought of myself as great when I refused to go into the Army. All I did was stand up for what I believed. There were people who thought the war in Vietnam was right. And those people, if they went to war, acted just as brave as I did. There were people who tried to put me in jail. Some of them were hypocrites, but others did what they thought was proper and I can't condemn them for following their conscience either. People say I made a sacrifice, risking jail and my whole career. But God told Abraham to kill his son and Abraham was willing to do it, so why shouldn't I follow what I believed? Standing up for my religion made me happy; it wasn't a sacrifice. When people got drafted and sent to Vietnam and didn't understand what the killing was about and came home with one leg and couldn't get jobs, that was a sacrifice. But I believed in what I was doing, so no matter what the government did to me, it wasn't a loss.

At least he had some proper perspective... but I wouldn't waste my vote on any entertainer...

41 posted on 06/06/2005 12:31:08 PM PDT by pageonetoo (You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
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To: BenLurkin

The first "W" got my vote.


42 posted on 06/06/2005 12:35:17 PM PDT by My2Cents
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To: Fledermaus

If Clinton was so popular with the American people, how come he never won the majority of the vote? How come his party lost control of the House of Representatives for the first time in forty years?

Yeah, the 90's were peachy keen: Investors throwing wads of cash at twenty-six year old CEO's running dot.com empires. And just beneath the surface, corporate scandals, and a terrorist build up.


43 posted on 06/06/2005 12:35:56 PM PDT by GeorgiaMike
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To: BenLurkin

I agree: without George Washington, we wouldn't have a United States of America.


44 posted on 06/06/2005 12:36:09 PM PDT by teawithmisswilliams (Question Diversity)
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To: pageonetoo

Says one can vote three times a week. Clearly, this site is run by Democrats.


45 posted on 06/06/2005 12:37:17 PM PDT by My2Cents
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To: BenLurkin

Well, they let me vote thrice, so George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Ronald Reagan got my votes. What Dubya does in the next 3 1/2 years will determine whether or not he belongs next to them.

It is a pretty silly list, though. Eleanor Roosevelt must be in there so that they can include the Witch next time they try this. And I love Elvis, but come on! Kudos to Lance Armstrong for beating cancer and all that, but Greatest American?! As for Clinton, it must have been mandated in the contract that he finish in the top 25 before Lauer would host the show.


46 posted on 06/06/2005 12:44:21 PM PDT by ABG(anybody but Gore) (I don't hate anybody, except the French....)
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To: fight_truth_decay

I saw the promo's for this show and could only chuckle, and make a mental note to avoid it all all costs. I figured Lauer's list would most likely include Peewee Herman and Hunter S. Thompson, if he were honest, that is. Even when the media tries to compliment GWB or the Gipper, it comes off as pure begrudging hypocrisy. Barf.


47 posted on 06/06/2005 12:46:54 PM PDT by Spok
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To: pageonetoo

The Reagan bio leaves off the fact that he led America to victory in the Cold War. You'd think that would qualify as a "major accomplishment" (more than jelly beans!)


48 posted on 06/06/2005 12:51:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: BenLurkin
The Reagan bio leaves off the fact that he led America to victory in the Cold War. You'd think that would qualify as a "major accomplishment" (more than jelly beans!)


49 posted on 06/06/2005 1:12:33 PM PDT by pageonetoo (You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
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To: AmishDude

LOL
Man I loved that show


50 posted on 06/06/2005 1:12:33 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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To: fight_truth_decay


Hey Matt... one small question... WHAT Clinton success?
Other than luring young chubby interns, and ruining a perfectly good cigar, what did he ever accomplish?


51 posted on 06/06/2005 1:16:41 PM PDT by golfboy (character is doing what is right, when no one is looking)
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To: fight_truth_decay
Jesse...which is it ?
this ?
Jesse Jackson: "He was a good President and the facts speak for themselves."

or this ?

And that Jesse Jackson was right when he said in 1992 about Bill Clinton: "There is nothing this man won't do. He is immune to shame. Move past all the nice posturing and get really down in there in him, you find absolutely nothing ... nothing but an appetite."
52 posted on 06/06/2005 1:24:57 PM PDT by stylin19a ( Social Security...neither social nor secure.)
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To: Owl_Eagle

I'm voting for "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.


53 posted on 06/06/2005 1:25:11 PM PDT by Sam's Army (My neighbor gives drinking a bad name)
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To: Spok
How come no Simpsons made the list? True american icons all.
54 posted on 06/06/2005 1:37:53 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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To: fight_truth_decay
Moby?!? Who the hell cares what he thinks?

Matt Lauer has the intellectual depth of a puddle. Didn't he used to host Total Request Live?

55 posted on 06/06/2005 1:45:09 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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To: fight_truth_decay
"From my perspective, you cannot call yourself a Christian, talk about the sanctity of life, and then support the death penalty, and support a war."
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And so it would have been proper for a Christian to continue to allow millions to die in gas chambers rather that fight a war against the Nazis. These nitwits will be forever clueless.

56 posted on 06/06/2005 1:58:58 PM PDT by doug from upland (MOCKING DEMOCRATS 24/7 --- www.rightwingparodies.com)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Let's make Ronald Reagan the Greatest american.


57 posted on 06/06/2005 2:06:51 PM PDT by Johnny Allright ((Republicans are a Heavy Metal Rock Group Democrats are a Boy Band))
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To: fight_truth_decay
I voted George Washington as the greatest American.

You can vote at this website:

http://tv.channel.aol.com/greatestamerican


58 posted on 06/06/2005 2:18:07 PM PDT by 2nd_Amendment_Defender ("It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains." -- Patrick Henry)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Voting for the TOP 5 starts on that date. Cast your vote for Reagan now.


59 posted on 06/06/2005 2:21:24 PM PDT by NraFreedom (Mr. Clinton should be charged, convicted and punished for the crime of Treason.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

This is an excellent chance to FREEP this poll. If we all joined together and voted for Ronald Reagan, it would really set the liberals on their heads!


60 posted on 06/06/2005 2:23:20 PM PDT by NraFreedom (Mr. Clinton should be charged, convicted and punished for the crime of Treason.)
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