(nominated by someone on the list below . . . )
Jeffrey Fisher <jfisher at igc.org> wrote: the fact that so few of those europeans would pick fdr only goes further to show what ingrates they are. even though fdr was the evil architect of the new deal, you'd think those europeans would be grateful for his pulling their butts out of the fire.
ahem.
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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