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Ronald Reagan named greatest American
Me | 06/27/05 | Vanity

Posted on 06/27/2005 4:51:41 AM PDT by Stepan12

I just heard that Ronald Reagan, our 40th President, was named as the greatest American by a Discovery channel poll. I just heard it on Fox News a few moments ago.


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To: Cowman

"I sure miss that man.""

Dittos. He was my vote for greatest.

Look at the Discovery Channel's description of his "Major Accomplishment:. It is lame. No mention of winning the Cold War, or initiating the greatest economic expansion in US history, or of reducing taxes more than any president in history.


21 posted on 06/27/2005 5:21:21 AM PDT by Laserman
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To: XRdsRev; All

That is my take.. Without Washington, there would have been no Reagan.. I'm glad Reagan won, however, I think Washington should have been the top choice.. No offense to the Gipper..


22 posted on 06/27/2005 5:22:14 AM PDT by KevinDavis (the space/future belongs to the eagles, the earth/past to the groundhogs)
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To: Gopher Broke; All

I'm surprised that Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt did not made the list..


23 posted on 06/27/2005 5:23:15 AM PDT by KevinDavis (the space/future belongs to the eagles, the earth/past to the groundhogs)
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To: Stepan12

I'll bet the host, Matt Lauer, nearly choked on bile having to announce that result..


24 posted on 06/27/2005 5:24:23 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)
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To: Momaw Nadon
I wonder what the reaction in DUmmieland is?

Those with milder dispositions are huddled under their crystals, desperately trying to purge themselves of reality. The Moonbats are gesturing madly out their windows, screaming "SERENITY NOW!!!"

25 posted on 06/27/2005 5:34:20 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)
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To: KevinDavis

They were lower down.


26 posted on 06/27/2005 5:34:42 AM PDT by Laserman
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To: Stepan12
I think they should have another category, Who is your favorite American.

Here is my choice:

George S. Patton

27 posted on 06/27/2005 5:35:28 AM PDT by austinite
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To: sageb1
Whereas I agree that Reagan was a great American, this list also included Elvis and Oprah in the top 10.

This is one of the silliest exercises our too often silly nation has yet come up with.

I am relieved (actually surprised) that one of the non-greats was not selected.

As much as I love and respect Reagan, Washington was the first choice and no one else was close (IMO).

28 posted on 06/27/2005 5:36:47 AM PDT by iconoclast (Conservative, not partisan!)
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To: Peach

"Matt said it was because he died recently."

I don't think Katie or Matt would make it if they just kicked off.

I would put ROnald Reagan as the Third greatest American, with George Washington First and Teddy Roosevelt second.

But still a good choice. You can't fault the American public on that one as they probably learned little about Washington or Teddy Roosevelt in their politically correct history classes, while Ronald Reagan's achievements were too recent and too great to conceal.



29 posted on 06/27/2005 5:37:44 AM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: Stepan12

I thought the final 5 had each contributed so much to the American story that it almost seemed not quite right to choose the "greatest" of the five. That said, if I had to pick one, I'd have chosen George Washington.


30 posted on 06/27/2005 5:38:48 AM PDT by katieanna
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To: austinite

Probably No. 4 or 5, or 6.

Ever hear of Sgt. Alvin York or Audie Murphy? How about Daniel Morgan? But no doubt, Patton is a Great American.

Patton bump.


31 posted on 06/27/2005 5:39:46 AM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: ZULU
But still a good choice. You can't fault the American public on that one as they probably learned little about Washington or Teddy Roosevelt in their politically correct history classes, while Ronald Reagan's achievements were too recent and too great to conceal.

Someone here made the point of imagining what it would be like if Reagan did not win the election. Our embassy personnel held hostage in Iran; the Soviet Union mighty and ascendant. It is scary to contemplate if Carter won re election.

32 posted on 06/27/2005 5:40:18 AM PDT by Stepan12
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To: iconoclast

Your post echoes my thoughts precisely. It just doesn't seem right to pick the greatest as these contributed so much. I have to also wonder who is voting. Consider, how can you have a contest for "greatest American" when the author of U.S. Independence (Thomas Jefferson) isn't even in the top 5?
Peace.


33 posted on 06/27/2005 5:42:54 AM PDT by katieanna
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To: Gopher Broke

King ahead of Washington !!!! give me a break


34 posted on 06/27/2005 5:52:04 AM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: Red Badger
From his early speeches in the '80 campaign, I 'kinda knew that he was the cure' for 'Carter's-Malaise'.

I KNEW it when the 'hostages' were 'magically' freed in Iran. I said to myself... “This guy has them $htting in their collective pants!”

It was fully confirmed when he so boldly stated... “Mr. Gorbachov... TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!”

Ronald Reagan not only is one of a handfull of our greatest Presidents... he truly explained conservativism to the common-man!

35 posted on 06/27/2005 5:52:38 AM PDT by johnny7 (How often does a '47 Rodham require servicing?)
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To: Stepan12

Did Matt throw a hissy fit.


36 posted on 06/27/2005 5:55:26 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: ZULU
Finally seing Teddy's name in the top ten where it belongs. Unfortunately people today don't know enough about factual history. All they know are the warm fuzzy things, or the "icky poo poo" things.(yes, icky poo poo is sarcasm.) Teddy R might not have been warm and fuzzy, but he was a real leader. As was Washington, and my personal hero Ronald Reagan.

I didn't watch any of the show, probably figuring that it being The Discovery Channel, that it would have a leftist bend to it. Add that dolt Matt Lauer, and I felt all objectivism and rational would be left out. I was hoping RR would make it in the top 10, but figured he should at least make the top 5, but don't trust anything produced by or with libs.

Though Reagan is my personal favorite, I have to agree with the previous poster about Washington. He laid the ground work for all the great people after him.

37 posted on 06/27/2005 5:57:35 AM PDT by mountn man (Everyone brings joy into a room. Some when they enter. Others when they leave)
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To: KevinDavis

The Greatest American on one of the most important days in American history - The Battle of Princeton, New Jersey, January 3, 1777.

(excerpt from "The Life of George Washington" by Washington Irving - 1888)

"....At this moment Washington himself arrived at the scene of action, having galloped from the by-road in advance of his troops. From a rising ground he beheld Mercer's troops retreating in confusion and the detachment of the militia checked by Mawhood's artillery.

Everything was at peril. Putting spurs to his horse he dashed past the retreating militia, waving his hat and cheering them on. His commanding figure and white horse made him a conspicuous object for the enemy marksmen; but he heeded it not. Galloping forward under the fire of Mawhood's battery, he called upon Mercer's broken brigade. The Pennsylvanians rallied at the sound of his voice and caught fire from his example. At the same time the 7th Virginia regiment emerged from the wood, and moved forward with loud cheers, while a fire of grape shot was opened by Capt. Moulder of the American artillery, from a brow of a ridge to the south.

Col. Mawhood, who a moment before had thought his triumph secure, found himself assailed on every side, and seperated from the other British regiments. He fought however with great bravery, and for a short time the action was desperate. Washington was in the midst of it; equally endangered by the random fire of his own men, and the artillery and musketry of the enemy. His aide-de-camp Col. Fitzgerald, a young and ardent Irishman, losing sight of him in the heat of the fight when enveloped in dust and smoke, dropped the bridle on the neck of his horse and drew his hat over his eyes; giving him up for lost. When he saw him however, emerge from the cloud, waving his hat, and beheld the enemy giving way, he spurred up to his side. "Thank God" cried he "your excellency is safe !" "Away my dear colonel and bring up the troops" was the reply; "the day is our own !"


38 posted on 06/27/2005 6:01:02 AM PDT by XRdsRev (New Jersey has more horses per square mile than any other U.S. state.)
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To: XRdsRev

Washington's contributions as American commander in the Revolutionary War, as President of the Constitutional Convention and finally as President of the United States, far surpassed what anyone did later on in our country's history.





I'll second that.


39 posted on 06/27/2005 6:01:17 AM PDT by rob777
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To: rob777

1. Washington
2. Lincoln
3. Jefferson
4. Big Stick
5. Reagan


40 posted on 06/27/2005 6:13:24 AM PDT by rsflynn
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