Posted on 06/06/2005 7:22:41 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft
Watched the Discovery Channel show on the Greatest American countdown? You get to vote who you feel is the greatest American. The votes were web paged at aol.com./greatestamerican. It only takes a few readings of the bio's to see where they are going. Matt Lauer was the host, need I say more?
Elton John gets my vote!
Ronald Reagan................end of story........
George Washington..
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It was a tough decision, but I gave my 3 votes to the Gipper instead.....
John Moses Browning
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Nikola Tesla
John Adams
this wil be nothing more than a sham-of-a-left-wing-self-love-fest.
I watched a little bit of this last night, what a joke. Bret Favre, John Edwards, and a host of others that are absolutely laughable....gives you an idea of how stupid many people are.
I vote for Jack Daniels.
Bleah none of my favorites were on there. So I voted for Thomas Jefferson. Even though John Adams was the one that prodded him into writing the Declaration.
Agreed.
Without Washington, there would be no U.S.
Imagine sending the DIRTXPOTUS Klinton back in time and putting him in Washington's place.
The Republic wouldn't have lasted five minutes.
George Washington
You have to be kidding. They really included those in a list of America's greatest?
"Matt Lauer was the host, need I say more?"
With Lauer hosting this - What do you want a bet Hillary will top Reagan and George W. Bush.
My vote:
Political leaders: George Washington with Ronald Reagan a close second.
Non-politics: Bob Hope
The choices listed on the insipid radio ad for the thing were: George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Oprah.
I think the greatest American's are the one's that are nameless and have died wearing the uniform of our country. It's a cheesy opinion to hold but I can think of no greater love of country than to die for it.
I kept hoping that one of the categories would be our Vets or the American Soldier.
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