Homer still has a hefty lead :) As usual I voted for a dark horse and when I looked later his numbers had dropped :)
story of my life :) Dana On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:14:03 -0400, jon hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thursday, June 12, 2003, 7:44:33 PM, you wrote: >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/wtwta/2959462.stm >>> >>> Please vote...Homer Simpson is winning :( >>> Homer Simpson, and Mr. T may be a sad commentary, but Lincoln and >>> MLK were NOT more important than Thomas Jefferson (my vote)...pfft. >>> >>> The people who voted for Washington and Clinton are just idiots >>> because they probably weren't joking. > > LCL> Why? Clinton did a lot for the nation, while Washington's role is > LCL> painfully obvious. Franklin D Roosevelt probably saved the nation > LCL> from another revolution, this time a communist one, while Jefferson, > LCL> with all his very obvious flaws wrote one of the most important LCL> > documents at the core of the ideals of the nation. At least Ronnie LCL> > Raygun, Bush nor Shrub were on the list. > > LCL> larry > > > Clinton in retrospect was a decent president, not bad, not > excellent. The greatest American though? He isn't even in that > ballpark. There has been a lot of decent presidents. > Henry Ford would rank higher on my list than either of those > presidents, or Ben Franklin. > > Washington was a buffoon who only got to the the Constitutional > Congress because he married a rich mans daughter, and was a terrible > unqualified general who got a lot of soldiers killed. He wasn't good > at anything but dressing in that stupid fancy coat. They picked the > most harmless guy they could find, and made him president. Perfect for > the job imo. Definitely not the greatest American. > > I could understand why someone would pick FDR...he just wouldn't be my > choice. Definitely Top 10 though. > > Jefferson has always been by far my favorite, and he had very few > faults as far as I'm concerned. One example...while president he > examined every single patent application personally. Probably the last > president to even step into the patent office, let alone intelligent > enough to understand every invention. > He was the President that told American citizens that the second > amendment was their protection against the tyranny of their own > government. > -- Mr Jones and me We're stumbling through the barrio.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
