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Originally posted by icarus@Aug 7 2005, 05:53 PM
USA
1. Ronald Reagan
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Martin Luther King, Jr.
My guess: Lincoln, although this one is tough.# Although I never would've guessed Reagan.
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I suppose without Reagan, we'd all be mutants in a nuclear wasteland by now, driving around in Mad Max cars. And unlike Lincoln and Kennedy, he was shot and survived. Then he toppled the Soviet Union. He'll always be the great American Hero president. Sure he had his share of controversies (Iran-Contra) but boy were his speeches moving. People compare him with George Bush but there's no comparision. Reagan's movie-star voice and manners warmed the hearts of America while his extremely stubborn ideology demolished the iron curtain.