Obama is America's No. 1 Hero (Harris Poll: Jesus No. 2)

[Hissyspit]

Source: ANI

Obama is Americas No. 1 hero, not Jesus

Chicago, February 20 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has beaten Jesus Christ to be Americans number one hero, according to a new Harris poll. The top 10 list based on the poll showed Obama at number one position, Christ at number two, and Martin Luther King at number three.

Wrapping up the top five Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. They were followed by Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, Chesley Sullenberger, and Mother Teresa in the same order.

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The news report said that those surveyed were asked whom they admired enough to call their heroes, but were not shown any list of people to choose from.
In a Harris Poll conducted in 2001, Jesus Christ was the hero mentioned most often, followed by Martin Luther King, Colin Powell, John F. Kennedy and Mother Teresa.

Americans top 10 heroes are:
1. Barack Obama 2. Jesus Christ 3. Martin Luther King 4. Ronald Reagan 5. George W. Bush 6. Abraham Lincoln 7. John McCain 8. John F. Kennedy 9. Chesley Sullenberger 10. Mother Teresa (ANI)

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[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. how does GWB get on there at all?

bizzaro

[Hissyspit]

4. Dang you, people. Quit changing your usernames!

I'll not be able to keep up with everyone!

[liberal N proud]

14. Reagan, bu$h, McCain and Kennedy?

I don't even know how they would win a popularity contest let alone be called heroes

[AlphaCentauri]

37. coincident

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

38. by the same people who put jesus and reagan up there

[ananda]

2. Considering that Jesus is a character in a work of fiction..

.. that's pretty interesting.

Of course, fictional characters can be
pretty heroic and worthy of emulating...
even worthy of worship because I'm
absolutely certain God doesn't care
one way or another w h o you worship,
since in fact we are all hardwired
to worship someone or something.

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

40. hey there are "hey zues"es in baseball--- don't diss my favorite sport :D

:D

[Bicoastal]

3. Yikes! He's bigger than Jesus!

Wonder if anyone's going to start burning his books on tape...

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. he is not likely to brag about it

to the press

[Politicalboi]

8. LOL!

Welcome to 1966. LOL! I wonder if John Lennon would agree.

[Earth_First]

11. OMG they're right!!!

[No Elephants]

16. Adding a

hat might help.






Then again, two can play tHAT game!

[Catshrink]

22. Those were my two favorite things about the inauguration in the second photo.

I loved that hat!

[bottomtheweaver]

6. Golden opportunity to clean house once and for all.

He's got the political capital right to send the entire GOP apparatus to Gitmo including their corrupt judges and intel operations and the country would back him. He won't do it of course, and that's a shame.

[Frank Booth]

7. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.

[mikeytherat]

20. True. But The Obama does NOT abide.

mikey_the_rat

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

9. That's a thoroughly schizoid list

given the presence of Nos. 4, 5 and 7.

[Why Syzygy]

13. That's what I'm saying.

:wtf: It makes me very sad to think about the people who voted for those criminals. Dumbfounded.

[Veruca Salt]

29. EXACTLY.

:wtf:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

33. Taken collectively...

...every collection of more that 3 individuals IS schizoid.

[meeloo]

10. Seriously, how retarted can polling get...

is there no end in sight??

[Laelth]

24. Welcome to DU!

:dem:

-Laelth

[No Elephants]

12. I supported Obama, but some of his supporters do display elements of idolatry. And, no offense to

Jesus (whom I also support) or to Obama, but being number 1 and 2 on a popularity list where Dummya is number 5 seems to me like more of an insult than a compliment.

[DUlover2909]

15. Right now, I would say Dennis Kucinich is my #1 hero. He keeps it real.

[mwb970]

17. george w bush a "hero"! Now I *have* heard everything.

I assume there is some new definition of "hero" that has it meaning "lawless, clueless jerk".

[Enrique]

18. no Joe the Plumber?

what kind of poll is this?

[Zhade]

19. Nice. Maybe religion really IS fading.

NT!

[acmavm]

21. AWWWW! Poor Sarah, she didn't make the list? Damn that Katie Couric!

[Catshrink]

23. Delete -- boy was that dumb.

How dumb you don't need to know.

[Vinca]

25. Somewhere, somehow, John Lennon had a hand in this.

:rofl:

[Maine-ah]

26. lol, I was thinking the exact same thing.

:rofl: <------- that is exactly what JL is probably doing right now.

[Ranting_Wacko]

27. No Batman? -nt-

[Mari333]

28. oooo cue the 'antichriist' meme....nt

[LynnTheDem]

30. #5 George W. "I trashed America" bUsh???????

Just when ya think "FINALLY, Americans get it!"...you discover that way too many don't.

[Hissyspit]

32. 60,000,000 Americans voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin

[LynnTheDem]

34. There is that. If more Americans knew how mocked and laughed at

they are by the rest ofthe world, maybe that would shame & embarrass them into change.

Not all of them, there is no cure for deeply stupid. But it would cure a lot of the merely ignorant.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

31. OMG OBAMA IS JOHN LENNON!!!1111!!!!11!!!!

[slackmaster]

36. You beat me to it!

I remember that one well.

[snooper2]

35. ROFL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


GOJESUS! :rofl:

[Bragi]

39. As a Canadian living in Ottawa...

I can say with assurance he's number one with us too, especially after his visit here yesterday.

Since we're 1/10th the size of the U.S., I think we should get him for one day in every 10 so he can govern our country too.

(As for other heroes, there are several hockey players that would beat out Jesus for our second spot.)

- B