http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3469548Aha.
The projecting grazing primitive, the one with a certain, uh, psychological problem.
jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:17 PM
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Poll question: Who is our "Greatest Living American"?
I saw someone use those terms last night when referring to a certain late endorser. I'm wondering what other people think.
Poll result (45 votes)
Al Gore (4 votes, 9%)
Bill Clinton (2 votes, 4%)
Hillary Clinton (0 votes, 0%)
Barack Obama (0 votes, 0%)
Jimmy Carter (17 votes, 38%)
Dennis Kucinich (1 votes, 2%)
Howard Dean (0 votes, 0%)
Jon Stewart (1 votes, 2%)
Tim Russert (3 votes, 7%)
Someone else (please specify) (17 votes, 38%)
There's a problem with this poll; it doesn't include George Bush, undeniably the greatest living American.
It doesn't include Richard Cheney either.
YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:18 PM
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1. Other: Keith Olberman
The only one pointing out the glaring inadequacies of the current administration at times.
jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:23 PM
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7. Ooh -- I can't believe I left him out.
sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:18 PM
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2. Psst, Tim Russert is dead, so can't be our 'greatest living American'.
jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:19 PM
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4. Tim Russert can do anything. He's the Chuck Norris of newsmen.
Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:21 PM
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5. Chuck Norris will kick your ass when he hears that you said that
Chuck Norris would never equate himself with the most perfect and sublime of all celebrity, multimillionaire pseudojournalists.
annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:19 PM
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3. my Dad
If you ask ME. .
mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:22 PM
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6. Only politicals?
Pffffft.
natrat (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:24 PM
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8. mat lauer
BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:24 PM
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9. Bill Moyers
jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:30 PM
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13. Another blatant omission on my part
Damn, I suck at this.
The projecting grazing primitive's not so hot in a lot of other things, too.
I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:35 PM
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19. Yep. That's who I thought of right away. He gets my vote too.
On edit: I have to say that I also really, really respect Dennis Kucinich.
tomg Donating Member (887 posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:26 PM
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10. For me, it is always a toss-up between four people: Jimmy Carter, Pete Seeger, Bill Moyers and anonymous activist who works the soup kitches, or organizes the anti-war marches, or runs a clothing drive for a family that lost it all in a fire or. . . ( and does it over and over again and has done it for years - the unknown version of the Big Three). Gore is really close to that bunch.
on edit: not necessarily political activist but citizen activist
graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:27 PM
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11. Rescue workers including firefighters, EMT's, Paramedics, Emergency Ward personnel
yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:29 PM
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12. from this list: Jimmy Carter
but Bill Moyers is a good one too
Don't nobody laugh; as late as the 1950s and 1960s there were Republicans who thought the Great Humanitarian Herbert Hoover was the greatest thing since sliced bread, too.
DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:30 PM
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14. Either Helen Thomas, or.......;
Some totally unknown person, selflessly giving their time to help others, probably in a hopeless cause, but not wanting to die saying they never tried.
Not being the type to seek recognition or thanks, we'll never know their name.
Uh-oh. Political correctness seeps in, from the el finko primitive, the primitive who doesn't like rural folk.
El Pinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:31 PM
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15. Wow, not a single woman on the list?
I'm not sure, but my guess is it's probably a woman.
jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:37 PM
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20. Um... do you know something about Hillary Clinton that I don't?
Howler Donating Member (106 posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:32 PM
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16. Gore Vidal!!!!!
Too me he is the 'greatest living American" And a national treasure to boot.
Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:33 PM
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17. Studs Terkel
maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:33 PM
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18. Bob ****ing Dylan
duh.
And then the projecting grazing primitive makes a Freudian slip:
jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:37 PM
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21. If his middle name actually was "****ing", he'd get my vote.
ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:38 PM
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22. Who else?
How dare you not include this great American's name in your list.
"Other" indeed.
after which a photograph; I have no idea who the celebrity is, but he looks pretty stupid
jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 12:39 PM
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23. Couldn't put Jon and Stephen on the list -- too few slots
And without Jon Stewart, there would be no Stephen Colbert.
Oh.
