Ravenwood - 06/27/05 07:00 AM
I'm not a big fan of popularity contests, and didn't follow Discovery Channel's "Greatest American" vote. But I did catch the last 20 minutes of their live special where the winner was unveiled. It was worth it to see the big suck on Matt Lauer's face as President Ronald Reagan beat out Abraham Lincoln for the Greatest American Ever. Of course Lauer couldn't help but excuse the victory by pointing out that the voting was very close, and that Mr. Reagan had the benefit of having lived during voter's lifetimes.
To give you an idea of how meaningless the popularity poll was, Clinton was 7th, and W. finished 6th.
Reagan signed the 86 machine gun ban. He is no hero, he's a gun banner.
Posted by: Mike at June 27, 2005 8:15 AMI paid as much attention to that bullshit show as I do to American Idol. I know what it's about, so I never watched it. Besides, I know that there wasn't any category for truly great American's like John Moses Browning, John Cantius Garand, Sam Colt, Horace B. Smith, Daniel Wesson, Eugene Stoner, and the like. These are men who actually gave Americans the ability to make themselves equal in fact, not just in theory.
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