Freep this poll - don't let Clinton or Homer Simpson be declared Greatest Ever American

BBC ^ | 12 June 2003 | BBC

[Tomalak]

Who is the greatest American?

Bill Clinton
 4.54% 
Bob Dylan
 8.06% 
Benjamin Franklin
 6.28% 
Thomas Jefferson
 9.19% 
Martin Luther King Jnr
 14.06% 
Abraham Lincoln
 15.08% 
Franklin D Roosevelt
 6.47% 
Homer Simpson  20.60% 
Mr T
 8.02% 
George Washington
 7.71% 
8414 Votes Cast

[justshutupandtakeit]

Washington, Lincoln and Hamilton. Close behind-Walter Payton.

[bedolido]

Walter Payton

definately the greatest ever all-around receiver and running back.

[Cacophonous]

Come on. George Washington was the greatest American ever. End of Discussion.

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." - Richard Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee

What a tribute.

[jriemer]

Who is the greatest American?

Homer Simpson 20.60%

D'OH!

[Fred Mertz]

Homer just got my vote too! It will give those Brits something to grumble about;^)

[metesky]

VOTE RESULTS

Who is the greatest American?

Bill Clinton

 4.50% 

Bob Dylan

 8.06% 

Benjamin Franklin

 6.14% 

Thomas Jefferson

 9.33% 

Martin Luther King Jnr

 13.82% 

Abraham Lincoln

 15.12% 

Franklin D Roosevelt

 6.27% 

Homer Simpson

 20.61% 

Mr T

 8.15% 

George Washington

 8.01% 

8692 Votes Cast

I voted ten times and pushed G. Washington over 8%

[lilylangtree]

Freeped. Torn between Lincoln and Franklin. Franklin is noted for populating 1/2 of France. However, Lincoln won the day since he was a pubby, and he ran and lost so many elections that his perseverance and determination, even in the face of personal tragedy, sold me. Standings are:

Who is the greatest American?
Bill Clinton
4.48%
Bob Dylan
8.10%
Benjamin Franklin
6.12%
Thomas Jefferson
9.31%
Martin Luther King Jnr
13.77%
Abraham Lincoln
15.14%
Franklin D Roosevelt
6.26%
Homer Simpson
20.61%
Mr T
8.17%
George Washington
8.03%
8737 Votes Cast

[nutmeg]

FReeped and bumped!

[PISANO]

It SHOULD be George Washington but this country has a fixation on ole' ABE.

[Mr. Bird]

I know these things are silly, but why would they include Clinton? I mean, those who want to make fun can choose Mr. T. But Clinton isn't a serious consideration like Washington, or Simpson.

[Henrietta]

Lincoln was a thug.

Ben Franklin got my vote.

[unspun]

Vince Lombardi 8-o

[Shooter 2.5]

George Washington, because without him, there wouldn't be an America.

And because it's British poll.

[justshutupandtakeit]

AND a wonderful human being.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Anti-American, I see. Lincoln was the greatest president after Washington without a doubt. In many ways he had to face a bigger problem than George. They both faced the same enemies hostile to the strengthening of the nation and Union. Those who hate Lincoln give proof of their anti-Americanism with every comment out of their Lie-Holes.

While the comments of the D.S.(Defenders of Slaverocracy) do nothing to injure his glory they certainly mark their makers as unworthy of regard on any serious issue. And dishonest to boot.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Even though he was a big time Bear Killer I respect that ole boy too.

[PigRigger]

Homer's the man!!!

[facedown]

VOTE RESULTS

Who is the greatest American?

Bill Clinton

 4.39% 

Bob Dylan

 8.52% 

Benjamin Franklin

 5.93% 

Thomas Jefferson

 8.95% 

Martin Luther King Jnr

 13.34% 

Abraham Lincoln

 14.67% 

Franklin D Roosevelt

 6.01% 

Homer Simpson

 21.89% 

Mr T

 8.42% 

George Washington

 7.89% 

9441 Votes Cast

Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion

[Henrietta]

Oh, please. Could you be any more inflammatory? The Civil War was not about slavery. In fact, Lincoln himself once said that he would keep slavery to preserve the Union. The War of Northern Agression (as its known in the South) was about political and economic power. Slavery was already on its way out when the war began, and most Southerners didn't even own slaves.

Our Founders envisioned a limited Federal government. Lincoln wanted a centralized, all-powerful Federal government. He arrested people and held them without charges, suspending the writ of habeus corpus, and a whole host of other bad actions that would make any power-hungry dictator proud.

Ever-faithful to the vision of limited government put forth by our founders, I am a REAL American.

Your vitriolic attacks against those who disagree with your estimation of Lincoln makes YOU unworthy of regard on any serious issue.

So there.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Sure I could be more inflammatory. For the South the Civil War was TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY about Slavery. For the North the war was over preservation of the Union. Lincoln's comment was merely stating what he had said before the war. He would not have abolished slavery since that would have been unconstitutional. However, that didn't stop the idiots from the Slaverocracy from perpetrating their idiocy.

Only among the whacky in the South is the war called anything other than the Civil War or the War Between the States. Your silly label has only recently been dredged up by the ideologues who represent a VERY small percentage of Southerners.

It is a lie that slavery was on its way out. The fact that the Slaverocrats were a small percentage of the south means little since they totally controlled it politically. Freedom of action was not just denied the Blacks but also the poor whites. Since there was so little education in the South it was relatively easy to drag the masses into the Ruling Class's war. Nothing unusual about that, most German soldiers were not Nazis nor Russians commies.