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ST Poll: name the 10 greatest Americans. -- nm

Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Sep 22 '09, 08:17

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wait, is it Oprah?? -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 08:34 6
- DING -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:35 4
  - *shoots self* -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:35 2
    - waaaay better choice than Bush! -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 08:36 1
      - there is never a better choice than bush. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 22, 08:37
  - UMA! -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:35
- no, she's African. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 22, 08:34
Marie Curie -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:33 1
- either Polish or French, depending on how you count it. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 08:35
Ronald McDonald. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 22, 08:32 1
- Willard Scott is female? -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 22, 08:33
*accepts his Cappie* -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:31 5
- DQ - znufrii Sep 22, 08:32 4
  - this is ST I see no such rules posted! (and ST does have rules posted) -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:34 3
    - nmbl -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 22, 08:35 2
      - that says "TT" this is ST :) -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:36 1
        
        *kicks you in the cappie* -- nm - oblique Sep 22, 08:37
It should be noted: we keep this going under here for a little longer, we might have ST's first one-thread board. -- nm - TFox Sep 22, 08:30 2
- con_carne is why we can't have nice things. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 08:32
- and then we can delete this board and all memory of ty's list forever -- nm - crash davis Sep 22, 08:31
Looking for #9, female, not a politican -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:28 15
- Coulter. -- nm - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 22, 08:31 1
  - "She's a man, baby!" -- nm - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 22, 08:31
- Cher -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 22, 08:30
- Marilyn Monroe -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:29
- based on the other answers, I'll guess..... Miss Cleo. -- nm - TFox Sep 22, 08:29
- and *obvious* -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:28 8
  - did anyone say Susan B Anthony? -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 08:30
  - Nancy Regean -- nm - amoxy Sep 22, 08:30 1
    - I tapped that -- nm - Sinatra Sep 22, 08:30
  - Barbara Bush -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:30
  - ooh! Rosie O'Donnell! -- nm - TFox Sep 22, 08:29
  - Nancy Reagan -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:29
  - Ann Coulter -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 08:29
  - Not to this crowd :) -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 22, 08:29
- Madonna -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:28
Jesus (he was American right?) -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:26
Looking for 6 (former president), 7 (former president) and 9 (female) -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:25 27
- Jolie -- nm - Shaun Sep 22, 08:28
- Anna Nichole Smith!! -- nm - decline Sep 22, 08:28
- Helen Keller -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 08:28
- Teddy Roosevelt -- nm - Inigo Sep 22, 08:27
- Hillary -- nm - Shaun Sep 22, 08:26
- GW Bush. -- nm - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 22, 08:26 11
  - #6 -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:26 10
    - wtf? lol!! -- nm - mara Sep 22, 08:31
    - *headdesk* -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:27
    - Ty97, I am now going to mock you mercilessly for the rest of the day -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 08:27
    - Once I knew what #1 was, this one was a gimme. -- nm - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 22, 08:27 1
      - I was surprised it too so long for someone to make that connection -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:28
    - OK, now it is list FAIL. -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:27
    - We Americans are very stupid people -- nm - amoxy Sep 22, 08:27 3
      - that, or the poll was pimped on right-wing blogs.......... -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:27 2
        
        It seems more like Americans just have a short term memory. -- nm - Inigo Sep 22, 08:28
        
        that doesn't invalidate his conclusion. -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:28
- Richard Nixon -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 22, 08:26
- based on the #1, I'll say Bush -- nm - decline Sep 22, 08:26
- FDR -- nm - Inigo Sep 22, 08:26
- Eisenhower, Woordow Wilson, Amelia Earhart -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:26
- JFK -- nm - amoxy Sep 22, 08:26
- Clinton -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:25 2
  - Bill is #7 -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:26 1
    - (yes, ahead of FDR) -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:26
- Betsy Ross -- nm - amoxy Sep 22, 08:25
- Sandra Day O'Connor, Sally Ride -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 08:25
Apollo Creed -- nm - Max Sep 22, 08:23
Ronald Reagan -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 22, 08:20 18
- #1. - ty97 Sep 22, 08:22 17
  - This is similar to naming the Top 10 NBA players ever, and giving #1 to Dominique Wilkins. -- nm - TFox Sep 22, 08:26
  - pfffffffffffffffffftttt -- nm - crash davis Sep 22, 08:23
  - I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:23
  - seriously? that pretty much invalidates the entire list -- nm - decline Sep 22, 08:23 2
    - I don't consider the list valid. I find it interesting, since Americans voted for it. - ty97 Sep 22, 08:24 1
      - With Washington only #4 I figured it had to be an odd list, therefore Ronnie. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 22, 08:25
  - I'm out. -- nm - mara Sep 22, 08:22 1
    - You're not... master of your domain? -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 08:23
  - I didn't know you were an avid reader of the National Review -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 08:22
  - this is where we need to know who made the list. -- nm - loosilu Sep 22, 08:22 1
    - Nancy Reagan -obvie -- nm - Epiphany Sep 22, 08:23
  - What?? -- nm - amoxy Sep 22, 08:22 5
    - I'll note two things - ty97 Sep 22, 08:22 4
      - 'and AOL' explains a lot -- nm - decline Sep 22, 08:24
      - he beat the fucking Russians people! -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:23 1
        
        F**K YEAH!! -- nm - 1972 Team Canada Sep 22, 08:24
      - time waster. waster of our time. -- nm - TFox Sep 22, 08:23
PUJOLS!!!!! -- nm - Shaun Sep 22, 08:20
Neil Armstrong -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:20
what, no Jefferson?? Washington, FDR. -- nm - loosilu Sep 22, 08:20
FDR, Elvis, Kanye West -- nm - GWAA Sep 22, 08:19 3
- FDR is #10. Elvis is #8 -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:20 2
  - really? That was more of a joke -- nm - GWAA Sep 22, 08:21 1
    - Elvis is the King! -- nm - loosilu Sep 22, 08:22
JFK -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:19
Babe Ruth, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:19 2
- Henry Ford, Morgan, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:20 1
  - Oppenheimer -- nm - znufrii Sep 22, 08:21
George Washington -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:19
Washington -- nm - Shaun Sep 22, 08:19 1
- #4 -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:19
Rosa Parks -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 08:19
Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr., Don Shula -- nm - crash davis Sep 22, 08:18 1
- MLK is #3 -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:19
Thomas Edison -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 22, 08:18
Jefferson. Lincoln. -- nm - mara Sep 22, 08:18 1
- Lincoln is #2 -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:19
Scanning that list, if we made a correlary list, one of the greatest Americans would be John Madden. - TFox Sep 22, 08:17 7
- not that I agree with the pick (although I like Cherry), but he's a little more than just a commentator. - Reagen Sep 22, 08:19 6
  - And hate him or love him, it's heartbreaking to hear him talk about our soliders who get killed overseas at the end of Coach's Corner. -- nm - Shaun Sep 22, 08:23 1
    - word. -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:23
  - per wiki: -- (link) - Beaker Sep 22, 08:22
  - "definer of Canadian identity" = "super duper Canadianish"? -- nm - TFox Sep 22, 08:22 2
    - Bill O'Reilly on skates? -- nm - crash davis Sep 22, 08:23 1
      - he's also fiercely pro-American, so much so he almost got fired -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:24
Poll or Quiz....I just found a list -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:17 4
- poll, I didn;t know there was one :) -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:18 3
  - I just found it, I'll quiz? -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:18 2
    - or, answer with rankings, maybe -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:18 1
      - yes -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 08:19
Benjamin Franklin -- nm - con_carne Sep 22, 08:17 1
- #5 -- nm - ty97 Sep 22, 08:18

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