Who was the greatest American ever?

[Alexander's Horse]

I'll toss in Mark Twain, the literary legacy of the USA is unique. He would certainly be high in the most loved category.

A controversial one would be Muhammad Ali - not so popular in the USA but on the same level as Pele in global esteem. His name is known in the most remote village anywhere in the world. He somehow gave hope to the little guy.

[BlackCat]

Charlie Chaplin.

Yeah, I know he wasn't an american citizen, and no, it isn't because of his movies.

[Nikolai]

Many worthy candidates... Ben Franklin was great. So was Eleanor Roosevelt. But in the end, I think Martin Luther King, for all his flaws, must be on top.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I'll toss in Mark Twain, the literary legacy of the USA is unique. He would certainly be high in the most loved category.

Mark Twain Defends Small Penises

In 1902 Twain was invited to attend a yachting party with millionaire
Henry Rogers and other high-rollers who called themselves "The Mammoth
Cod". Twain couldn't make it, but sent the following...

Thank you for inviting me. Along with my regrets I send you
this poem that I wrote for the instruction of children. It is
intended for Sunday Schools and when sung by hundreds of sweet,
guileless children, it produces a very pretty effect.

I.
I thank Thee for the Bull, O God!
Whene'er a steak I eat
The working of his Mammoth Cod
Is what gives us our meat

II.
And for the ram a word of praise!
He with his Mammoth Cod
Foundation of our mutton lays
With every vigorous prod

III.
And then the Boar, who at his work
His hind hoofs fixed in sod.
Contented packs the Embryo Pork
All with his Mammoth Cod

IV.
Of beasts, man is the only one
Created by our God,
Who purposely and for mere fun
Plays with his Mammoth Cod!

I object to your society for several reasons, but primarily
because I fail to see any special merit in penises of more
than usual size. What more can they achieve than the small
ones?

Yours, Mark Twain

[-Jrabbit]

That's pretty convincing. I'll go with Twain.

[Ben Kenobi]

Any list that has GWB in the top 10 is suspect.

So says the 'Republican.'

[Egbert]

How about James Madison. Secretary of State who purchased the Louisiana Territory, 4th US President and one of the principal agents behind getting the Bill of Rights added. He'd have been even better if he hadn't let the Red Coats burn the White House.

My first thought was "whoever bought Louisiana would be a contender".

[rah]

So says the 'Republican.'

What's your point? Or are you one of those loones that just because they belong to a party must march in goose step and support anybody else that claims the same label?
There are good republicans and bad ones. I like to judge people individually instead of making a judgment based on the group they belong too. And I don't consider GWB one of the great ones. Do you?

[Berzerker]

hes among the 5 worst

[Dauphin]

Vespucci may not be the greatest American, but he got damned good naming rights.

[SidNemar]

In my opinion Ben Franklin.

[Dr Strangelove]

George Rodgers Clark, who single handedly expanded the borders of the nascent American nation from the Appalachain mountains to the Mississippi river.

[Uncle Sparky]

Larry Flint.

[Alexander's Horse]

[Ben Kenobi]

What's your point?

I think it's funny that you're a republican, but hate the party and you're a Catholic, but hate Catholicism.

Why don't you leave?