Greatest American - vote here

[Louis VI the Fat]

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[Louis VI the Fat]

I've taken all persons from the other thread who received two or more nominations.
There is no poll. A poll is an unrefined instrument, in which you can only vote for one person, or give one equal vote to several choices. This is not a presidential contest with a single winner, but the world's definitive list of the greatest Americans. So I figured it would be more fun if everybody can cast a weighed vote for these twenty nominees.

Simply assign a score of five points for your number one choice, four for your number two etc. You can vote anywhere from one to five persons. You can copy and paste the list from the last post, and add your votes. No new nominees please.

For interests sake, non-Americans on the left, and Americans on the right please. To make it more fun, let's have a minus vote too. Minus one for most undeserving nomination on this list.


List:


Euro vote - Nominee - American vote

5 Ben Franklin
4 Thomas Jefferson
3 James Madison
Bill Clinton
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
George Patton
Martin Luther King
1 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
Mark Twain (S. Clemens)
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner

(uh, anyone know how to make three colums? )

[HoreTore]

List:


Euro vote - Nominee - American vote

8 Ben Franklin
4 Thomas Jefferson
7 James Madison
Bill Clinton
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
George Patton
5 Martin Luther King
2 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
-1 Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
2 Mark Twain (S. Clemens)
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner

PS: I'm sorry, it hurts my eyes to see einstein on the list...

[Stig]

List:

Euro vote - Nominee - American vote

10 Ben Franklin
4 Thomas Jefferson
7 James Madison
4 Bill Clinton
George Washington
5 Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
George Patton
8 Martin Luther King
3 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
-2 Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
2 Mark Twain (S. Clemens)
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner



Einstein ain't American.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Euro vote - Nominee - American vote

10 Ben Franklin
4 Thomas Jefferson
7 James Madison 4
4 Bill Clinton
George Washington 5
5 Abraham Lincoln 3
Theodore Roosevelt
2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan -1
George Patton
8 Martin Luther King 2
3 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
-2 Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
2 Mark Twain (S. Clemens)
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner


Washington was perhaps indispensable in the revolution. Madison for the constitution. Lincoln for bringing us through the civil war. MLK for civil rights. Gave Reagan -1 for this:

"In the 38th chapter of Ezekiel, it says that the land of Israel will come under attack by the armies of the ungodly nations, and it says that Libya will be among them. Do you understand the significance of that? Libya has now gone Communist, and that's a sign that the day of Armageddon isn't far off.

"Biblical scholars have been saying for generations that Gog must be Russia. What other powerful nation is to the north of Israel? None. But it didn't seem to make sense before the Russian revolution, when Russia was a Christian country. Now it does, now that Russia has become communistic and atheistic, now that Russia has set itself against God. Now it fits the description of Gog perfectly.

"For the first time ever, everything is in place for the battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ. It can't be too long now. Ezekiel says that fire and brimstone will be rained upon the enemies of God's people. That must mean that they will be destroyed by nuclear weapons."--Ronald Reagan

Insanity is not a good quality in a president.

[doc_bean]

[QUOTE=Sasaki Kojiro]Euro vote - Nominee - American vote

10 Ben Franklin
4 Thomas Jefferson
12 James Madison 4
4 Bill Clinton
1 George Washington 5
5 Abraham Lincoln 3
Theodore Roosevelt
6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2 Ronald Reagan -1
George Patton
11 Martin Luther King 2
3 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
-2 Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
2 Mark Twain (S. Clemens)
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner

EDIT: I agree with Sasaki the Reagan was possibly insane, he was also possibly a traitor with that whiole Iran thing, but then Reaganomics has been one of the most important 'memes' in popular (American) culture, so i've got to give him some credit.

[Adrian II]

10 Ben Franklin
4 Thomas Jefferson
17 James Madison 4
4 Bill Clinton
1 George Washington 5
5 Abraham Lincoln 3
Theodore Roosevelt
6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2 Ronald Reagan -1
George Patton
11 Martin Luther King 2
3 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
-2 Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
2 Mark Twain (S. Clemens)
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner

I gave Madison a whopping five points, but I refuse to give any other points in protest because Daffy Duck isn't included.


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D. Duck, quintessential American

[drone]

10 Ben Franklin 3
4 Thomas Jefferson 4
17 James Madison 4
4 Bill Clinton
1 George Washington 10
5 Abraham Lincoln 3
Theodore Roosevelt
6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2 Ronald Reagan -1
George Patton 1
11 Martin Luther King 2
3 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
-2 Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
2 Mark Twain (S. Clemens) 2
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner

Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Twain, Patton. It's a shame we haven't had any great Americans lately. Corporations are people too, right? ~:rolleyes:

[Pindar]

10 Ben Franklin 3
4 Thomas Jefferson 5
17 James Madison 4
4 Bill Clinton
1 George Washington 14
5 Abraham Lincoln 8
Theodore Roosevelt 3
6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2 Ronald Reagan
George Patton 1
11 Martin Luther King 2
3 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
-2 Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
2 Mark Twain (S. Clemens) 2
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold -1
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner

[Andres]

I refuse to vote since Arnold "The Governator" Schwarzenegger is not on the list :no:

[KukriKhan]

US voter.

5 to Jim Thorpe
4 to Todd Beamer
3 to George Washington
2 to Thomas Jefferson
1 to Benj Franklin
-1 to Hugh Hefner

so:

10 Ben Franklin 4
4 Thomas Jefferson 7
17 James Madison 4
4 Bill Clinton
1 George Washington 17
5 Abraham Lincoln 8
Theodore Roosevelt 3
6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2 Ronald Reagan
George Patton 1
11 Martin Luther King 2
3 Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
-2 Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe 5
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll') 4
2 Mark Twain (S. Clemens) 2
Lewis and Clark
Bill Gates
Benedict Arnold -1
Henry Ford
-1 Hugh Hefner -1