Alright, I'm giving in- The Greatest American?

[Guaranteed]

AOL-Time-Whorener has whittled down their group of Greatest Americans of All Time to a measly five. Four of them are worthy of being in this final group.

Vote for yours. I have my opinion, but it's just an opinion. I'm going to vote with whoever you guys pick.

So, in your opinion, from THIS LIST PLEASE, who is the Greatest American of ALL TIME?!?!?!?!

http://television.aol.com/greatestamerican

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. Where's FDR?

[Captain Hilts]

2. I can't believe FDR's not there either

Like Lincoln, FDR took the ultimate hit for the team.

I voted Lincoln in this round.

[sandnsea]

21. No Thomas Jefferson?

No Kennedy? Think there's a pattern here?

[cynatnite]

3. No Reagan?

Just kidding :)

I wonder if he's getting so many votes because he's dead. It wasn't that long ago that he was immortalized on TV and held up to the point of being a saint.

[Guaranteed]

5. Yeah. WHERE'S REAGAN?

:P

[ChiciB1]

4. I Went With ABE...

but am torn! The other one Reagan is a JOKE! FDR didn't make the cut and was BELOW the little twit!

A lot of people were sitting on their brain! But then again, we have to be thankful that at least only one screw up is in the final five!

[Guaranteed]

6. Yup.

Probably someone else should have taken Reagan's place, and FDR should have taken Washington's.

[manic expression]

7. Where's Thaddeus Stevens? William Lloyd Garrison?

All the members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade?
All the abolitionists, all the unionists? All the anti-war protestors who got thrown in prison during WWI? Not to mention countless others.

Sorry, that wasn't directed at you just random ranting.

[Guaranteed]

8. And that one guy from the Maine regiment who shot 15 guys on

Little Round Top's left flank to save the hill and the whole goddamned Union? :)

And yes I'm sure I have my facts wrong...

[kevsand]

15. I don't know about shooting 15 guys,

but it's still an amazing story. Before the birth of our child, when we still didn't know the gender, for a brief time we considered (if we had a boy) naming him after Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the commander at Little Round Top. (Jeff Daniels portrayed him to great effect in Turner's civil war films.)

Some brief reads on the subject:

http://www.nps.gov/gett/getttour/tstops/tstd2-10.htm

http://www.americanmastersgallery.com/herolittlernd.html

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6732/files/jlc5_little_round_top.html

Chamberlain had a pretty amazing life. Who's to say what makes a "greatest American?" This guy's definitely worth a google...

[Guaranteed]

16. Well, one could say that what he did, on an individual level,

in that place, in that time, saved the Union.

Of course so many other things could be argued...if Pickett's Charge hadn't been ordered, for example...

But, it seems as if that one thing, by that one man, really is what did it. His actions turned us back from the breaking point and saved the Union.

[Freedomfried]

9. Where is Ted Kaczynski?

[Guaranteed]

10. LOL that was either hilarious or you're a Freeper.

I think that was just a very keen sense of humor.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Where the %&^*$(#_@ is BILL HICKS?

sorry to shout, but- I mean, come on.

[B Calm]

12. Why bother voting?

[assclown_bush]

13. Uhmmm, let me see...

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves which was very good. But he was a repug. So nope.

George Washington had wooden teeth. And wore a wig. What up wit dat??? So nope.

Benjamin Franklin?????????????????????????????????????????????????? So nope.

My vote goes to the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King. He's the only one on this list that is worthy of being hailed as the "Greatest American". At least in my book.

[ollie79]

14. My top three

Elanor Roosevelt.

Frederick Douglas.

Abraham Lincoln.

[LiberallyInclined]

17. the choice is obvious...

gotta be Ben Franklin...

his stores were my favourites as a kid.

seriously, tho-

It's Ben Franklin in a walk.
without him- (and lincoln) there probably wouldn't even be a united states.

[burrowowl]

18. And for a contemporary

I nominate: Helen Thompson

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[lonestarnot]

20. Why no women freak?

[Guaranteed]

23. Cuz I didn't make the fucking list, slappy. nt

[theophilus]

22. Ben Franklin......greatest American

My thinking is this: Ben Franklin was an incredibly "rounded" individual. He was Business Man, Human rights advocate (anti-slavery), Scientist, Diplomat, Civic Planner, Progressive in many ways, etc. He was ahead of his time in many areas. He stunk at family life but he tried. He was a Romantic before it caught on all over.

He was a very original thinker (loved the rattlesnake and voted for the turkey as America's bird symbol!). What's not to like? Others can be America's greatest President or civil rights leader. Franklin is simply the Greatest American. He shows our hoped for spirit and without his charming of the French there might not be an America. What a guy!

[rucky]

24. You know what sucks about the finalists...

Ronald Reagan has a very good chance of winning, because the vote will be split among reasonable people between all of the other nominees.

It would almost be better if Fred Phelps made it to the top 5 with Ronnie.

[H2O Man]

25. Malcolm X

and Muhammad Ali is a close second.

[mopaul]

26. reagan, without a doubt, greatest human to ever have breathed

[GiovanniC]

27. Any "Top 5 Greatest Americans" List Omitting Thomas Jefferson is a Farce

Fuck AOL, Fuck Matt Lauer, Fuck Saint Ronnie, Fuck the Discovery Channel, Fuck them all.

[DemonFighterLives]

28. I tend to agree with you here

Not the best list in the world, but I picked Martin Luther King Jr who just beat Ben Franklin. I always liked the key and kite story. :silly: