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On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 02:34 PM, Ian Murray wrote:
> [the BBC]
> Last Updated: Thursday, 12 June, 2003, 18:11 GMT 19:11 UK
>
> Homer eyes 'best American' prize
>
> Doh! Homer Simpson looks set to beat Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther
> King Jnr to the title of greatest American in a BBC online poll.
>
> The ham-fisted but lovable head of the Simpson family is - so far -
> topping the list of 10 famous Americans with over a fifth of the votes
> in
> the strictly unscientific survey.
>
> The poll is being carried out ahead of a live 90-minute global
> television
> debate about America's place in the world, which the BBC will screen
> along
> with 10 other national broadcasters.
>
> Homer Simpson comes in as the favourite with 20.7% ahead of Founding
> Father Benjamin Franklin (6.2%) and the country's first president,
> George
> Washington (7.9%).
>
> The 10 shortlisted candidates came top in nominations from News Online
> readers.
>
> Another irreverent choice was Mr T from the TV show The A-Team,
> currently
> polling just over 8%.
>
> Folk music legend Bob Dylan is also the choice of just over 8% of more
> than 8,000 votes so far.
>
> But languishing at the bottom of the list is former President Bill
> Clinton
> with 4.5%.
>
> "Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent.
> Fourteen
> percent of all people know that"
> Homer Simpson
>
> There is still time for you to register your vote before What the World
> Thinks of America is screened on Tuesday.
>
> Hosted by the BBC's political editor Andrew Marr, it will be shown in
> the
> UK on BBC Two at 2100 BST.
>
> It will also be broadcast on the programme's website.
>
> Other countries taking part are Australia, Brazil, Canada, France,
> Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Russia, South Korea, and the United States.
>
> Who is the greatest American?
> Homer Simpson: 20.65%
> Abraham Lincoln: 15.13%
> Martin Luther King Jnr: 13.91%
> Thomas Jefferson: 9.26%
> Mr T: 8.09%
> Bob Dylan: 8.03%
> George Washington: 7.87%
> Franklin D Roosevelt: 6.37%
> Benjamin Franklin: 6.22%
> Bill Clinton: 4.48%
> Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion
>
>
>
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