Posted on 02/19/2009 2:30:02 PM PST by pissant
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Americans named President Obama as their No. 1 hero, followed by Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King, in a new Harris poll.
Others in the top 10, in descending order, were Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.
People were asked whom they admired enough to call their heroes. Those surveyed were not shown a list of people to choose from. The Harris Poll was conducted online among a sample of 2,634 U.S. adults by Harris Interactive.
This question was first asked in a Harris Poll in 2001. In that survey Jesus Christ was the hero mentioned most often, followed by Martin Luther King, Colin Powell, John F. Kennedy and Mother Teresa.
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The Beatles beat him to that claim...
Jesus the Christ was not a hero.
He is the Savior of the world.
when christ does return, the people may call him a fake.
Christ has a lot of competition
I’d LOVE to know how they picked the respondents. Phony, phony, phony.
Only freaks and America haters would ever place Obomba over Jesus Christ.
Obama isn’t America’s hero. Obama is America’s god.
Welfare moms in inner city housing projects at 2 in the afternoon.
I call bull excrement.
(p)Resident Rama-lama-Ding-Dong Obambi Hussein is about as much of a hero figure as Charles Manson was.
Unless, of course, the poll asked just the right people, as it appears was done, in my opinion.
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No Americans did not. No one polled us.
> The Harris Poll was conducted online among a sample of 2,634 U.S. adults by Harris Interactive.
A sample of morons and unemployed Obamatons.
Do not ever underestimate the stupidity of the American public. I believe this poll completely.
One only needs watch an episode of the Tonight Show's "Jay Walking" segment to get a hint of imbeciles that walk our nation's streets.
We are now more than ever a nation of idol worshipers and idiots.
As I understand it, there will be no doubt in anyone's mind anywhere that He is who He says He is when He returns.
Not particularly surprising. While the USA is far more religious than Western Europe, the overall level of religiosity has been slowly dropping for decades. There’s no reason to assume that this won’t continue.
Obama needs to learn that it’s not wise to cross JC...he’ll come back to get you 3 days later.
*fog horn*
I think Rezko, Rashidi, Ayers and Wright were surveyed.
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