The greatest American
The BBC is running a poll to determine the greatest American, apparently they then intend to broadcast the results as part of a show on how the world feels about America. Given that it’s the BBC the show is not likely to put us in the most positive light but they do claim to have openly solicited the entries and posted the top ten most requested for the final vote. It’s not a terrible list considering that presumably only the English were involved in picking the names – I can’t argue with Homer Simpson being in the top ten but I would argue that Mr. T, Bill Clinton and Bob Dylan should not be in that august company.
Check out the poll here. Vote, but for God’s sake vote for someone worthy.
I suppose that, at the very least, we can take comfort in the fact that Bill Clinton has the absolute lowest ranking – less than half that of Mr. T. So much for an “internationalist” Presidency. And no worries about the Founding Fathers ranking so low on the list, what did you really expect from our “old mother who peevish [had] grown?”
June 18th, 2003 at 3:55 PM
Funny that Einstein was named man of the century and didn t make the list. Plus Hulk Hogan didn t make it either… oh wait he is a real American, not necessarily a great one.
Oh well, I cast my vote… for someone worthy (animated or not, very worthy).
-b
June 18th, 2003 at 9:22 PM
Who’dya vote for? I voted for the big GW. Jefferson is scary, Franklin’s just too cool for words but I don’t think rates as “great” and the rest of them I’ve got specific issues with.
But damn, I should have voted for Homer.
-bp