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Originally Posted by mandy
Thats shocking, no one mentioned Oprah!!! so did a bit of googling since i'm not American but wanted to know who the top 10 greatest americans are, and they are as follows...
1 Ronald Reagan
2 Abraham Lincoln
3 Martin Luther King
4 George Washington
5 Benjamin Franklin
6 George W Bush
7 Bill Clinton
8 Elvis Presley
9 Oprah Winfrey
10 Franklin D Roosevelt
and waddya know...Oprah is one of them...so she's my choice  |
Where did you get this list?
I'm not buying Presley (or any entertainer) as a hero. That includes Oprah. I know she does charitable things- but greatest hero? Certainly not my vote. And Reagan, Bush and Clinton? Not in my book. As far as I'm concerned they laid a lot of the foundation that created the economic melt down we're in now.
Overall there's way too many politicians in the top ten for me. I could see FDR, Ike, Washington and Lincoln (no particular order here.) But Bush, Clinton and Reagan? Reagan thought trees produced more pollution then cars and ketchup was a vegetable. Say what you want about Clinton but to me his pardon list on the way out the door confirmed to me his true colors. I could care less who blew him when or where. And "W" seriously? I could go into why I think that's insane but I'm not sure there's enough space left on the internets.
Personally when I see these lists I'd like to see more people like Harriet Tubman, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, The Wright brothers or even Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.