George Washington, Colin Powell and Bill Clinton Tied in Poll!

... At sixteenth. Barack Obama was number 1, edging out Jesus who was forced into the number two spot.

God, the omniscient entity hisself, came in 11th, sandwiched between Mother Teresa and Hillary Clinton. Don't think about that to closely.

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The poll results, from Kos:

The results are in:

  1. President Obama
  1. Jesus Christ
  1. Martin Luther King
  1. Ronald Reagan
  1. George W. Bush
  1. Abraham Lincoln
  1. John McCain
  1. John F. Kennedy
  1. Sully, the hero of the Hudson
  1. Mother Teresa
  1. God
  1. Hillary Clinton
  1. Billy Graham
  1. FDR
  1. Gandhi
  1. Colin Powell
  1. George Washington
  1. Bill Clinton
  1. Condoleeza Rice
  1. Oprah Winfrey
  1. Sarah Palin
  1. General Patton
  1. Bill Gates

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If Jesus Christ and God can be heroes, I'll put in my vote for Prometheus. He brought fire to mankind, after all, and paid a hideous price for it. How Sarah Palin could be anybody's hero is beyond me. Wouldn't a minimum requirement be that the person have done something heroic?

#9 is encouraging. Others, less so.