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Reagan is the greatest American!

Reagan wins!!! Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, George Washington, then Ben Franklin in order. King #3? Bleh. Man was the commie panther type unhappy King was not #1. :)

I know this has probably been posted a kajillion times and FReep'ed so silly it glows but my FR search could not find it here so - here we go... AOL and Discovery Channel have been doing a contest to find who people think the greatest American is for some months now and it ends tonight. Ronald Reagan is in the running for #1 and I for one would like to see him get it. How can you vote? First go to: AOL's Greatest American Voting Page and click on the VOTE button under Reagan's picture. Please note you can...

Has anybody been watching the Discovery channel where, right now, The Greatest American program is on? Votes are bing taken by phone and on-line for the greatest American.

Everyone we must make Ronald Reagan The Greatest American of all time go to AOL type in Greatest American and vote for Reagan three times good luck and let's win one for the Gipper.

Be sure to VOTE (Bush, Reagan, etc.)

Everyone we must make Ronald Reagan the Greatest American ever. So everyone go to there web site and vote three times for the Gipper we can do it.

In summarizing the lives of the 25 finalists in the Discovery Channel's "Greatest American" contest, NBC's Matt Lauer on Sunday night labeled Bill Clinton as "brilliant" before trumpeting: "Under Clinton the economy boomed -- deficits turned into surplus -- and more than 22 million jobs were created. Along with the character flaws and the subpoenas came peace and prosperity." The brief segment did not feature any explicit criticisms of Clinton's presidency, but when it came to George W. Bush, whom Lauer described as "our tough-talking, language-mangling Commander-in-Chief who most Americans just want to hang our with," Discovery put on musician...

Favre one of nine athletes up for 'Greatest' honor Bill Huber - Scout.com May 25, 2005 at 11:22am ET Discovery Channel's "Greatest American" series starts with 100 of the most renowned people in the nation's history before the list is whittled to one in a series of viewer votes. Packers quarterback Brett Favre is among nine athletes vying for the honor. The others are Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Pat Tillman and Tiger Woods. It's stiff competition for Favre, and that's not even factoring in the fact he's going up against the likes...

A lot of Bushes, Reagan, Bret Favre, Pat Tillman, Audie Murphy... But also some crazy libs like Michael Moore, Ellen DeGeneres, and Dr. Phil... The show will be hosted on the Discovery Channel, June 5, 8 PM --- hosted by Matt Lauer.

Pierpont Morgan Library In a detailed scan of the Washington life mask by Jean-Antoine Houdon, laser light was used to render every curve and line of the face. The scan allowed a digital recreation of the life mask, right, made when Washington was 53. Family members considered it the best likeness they had seen. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -Mention George Washington and the first image conjured up by most people is that of a stern, old white-haired man with a piercing gaze. Seeing him every day on dollar bills and quarters, it is hard to imagine that he was not...