Homer Simpson > Abraham Lincoln

[Josh]

Homer set to pip Abraham Lincoln as greatest American

Homer Simpson looks likely to beat Abraham Lincoln to the title of the greatest ever American. The head of the Simpsons clan has taken almost a fifth of the votes in an internet poll. The 16th president of the US managed just over 16%. The poll has been held to tie in with a BBC2 debate called What The World Thinks of America to be screened on Tuesday at 9pm.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King is in third position, ahead of former presidents such as George Washington. Other quirky choices to have made the top ten include Mr T, famed for his role in TV's The A Team, and Bob Dylan. The 90-minute debate will be presented by BBC political editor Andrew Marr and will look at opinions about the US's position in the world.

It will bring together national broadcasters from around the world in a live satellite link-up.

-AnaNova

 

[DiZASTiX]

😕

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: DiZASTiX
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[GhettoFob]

Hell yeah! 😀

 

[Cycad]

D'oh

 

[CubicZirconia]

The head of the Simpsons clan has taken almost a fifth of the votes in an internet poll

What do you expect? Who uses the internet most? The same young people who watch the simpsons and don't really care about some stupid poll put on by the BBC.

 

[shiner]

I pity the fool who don't vote Mr. T greatest American ever!!!

 

[stormbv]

I love The Simpsons, but that's just sad.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
I pity the fool who don't vote Mr. T greatest American ever!!!

Anybody ever remember those "Mr T. vs..." little cartoons all over the web? Go search for them. They are hilarious.






KeyserSoze

 

[CrazyPerson]

Homer Simpson > Abraham Lincoln > Bush

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: KeyserSoze

Originally posted by: shinerburke
I pity the fool who don't vote Mr. T greatest American ever!!!

Anybody ever remember those "Mr T. vs..." little cartoons all over the web? Go search for them. They are hilarious.

KeyserSoze

Mr T vs. Mr Clean

 

[Mani]

This reminds of like 6 years ago when Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf got the most votes in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Link to poll in here

Vote for Mr. T!

 

[styrafoam]

Why would they even accept fictional characters as nominations? BBC news has to know that any kind of internet poll is wide open to this kind of stuff, who would most popular Brit be? Mr. Bean? Oh well, GO HOMER!

 

[TheCorm]

Homer is great....but yeah this is taking it a little far....I mean...cartoon...hello?...

The same young people who watch the simpsons

I think simpsons is an all ages programme 😀

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Link to poll in here

Vote for Mr. T!

Blah..Homer is up to 45.2 now 😉

a shame Groundskeeper Willy was not on there

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: TheCorm
Homer is great....but yeah this is taking it a little far....I mean...cartoon...hello?...

The same young people who watch the simpsons

I think simpsons is an all ages programme 😀

I'm going to have to agree, I have a aunt whos around 40ish and still watches the show and my mom who is the same age and she loves it just as much. Homer is killin' it....

Bill Clinton
3.58%
Bob Dylan
5.28%
Benjamin Franklin
4.07%
Thomas Jefferson
5.73%
Martin Luther King Jnr
9.21%
Abraham Lincoln
9.59%
Franklin D Roosevelt
3.81%
Homer Simpson
45.77%
Mr T
8.35%
George Washington
4.62%
26853 Votes Cast

 

[CubicZirconia]

Originally posted by: TheCorm
Homer is great....but yeah this is taking it a little far....I mean...cartoon...hello?...

The same young people who watch the simpsons

I think simpsons is an all ages programme 😀

True, but I'd still the vast majority of Simpsons viewers are under 30. I was trying to say that the people who would vote for homer simpson are the same people who wouldn't take the poll seriously anyway.

 

[Ryan]

Who cares about England in the first place? The british are annoying, and their television sucks.

 

[Shantanu]

Bleh.

When I lived in the UK, I didn't know who Abraham Lincoln was. I knew who Bart Simpson was though. If I had been asked then who the greatest American of all time was, I would have probably said Michael Jackson.

Consider this. If they did the same poll in the U.S., who do you think would win? Winston Churchill? Isaac Newton perhaps? Hell no. It would be Ozzy Osborne in a landslide.

Americans seem to think that England is a nation of highly sophisticated, well educated individuals. Having lived there for 7 years, I can assure that the vast majority of Brits are blathering, intoxicated morons.

 

[Lager]

:|

 

[Schadenfroh]

homer pwnz j00

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Who cares about England in the first place? The british are annoying, and their television sucks.

The British are annoying? They don't even live in England!

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Josh
Homer set to pip Abraham Lincoln as greatest American

Homer Simpson looks likely to beat Abraham Lincoln to the title of the greatest ever American. The head of the Simpsons clan has taken almost a fifth of the votes in an internet poll. The 16th president of the US managed just over 16%. The poll has been held to tie in with a BBC2 debate called What The World Thinks of America to be screened on Tuesday at 9pm.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King is in third position, ahead of former presidents such as George Washington. Other quirky choices to have made the top ten include Mr T, famed for his role in TV's The A Team, and Bob Dylan. The 90-minute debate will be presented by BBC political editor Andrew Marr and will look at opinions about the US's position in the world.

It will bring together national broadcasters from around the world in a live satellite link-up.

-AnaNova

Well, then. This poll should definitely bolster our image around the world.