Americans named President Obama as their No. 1 hero, followed by Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King, in a new poll (Colin Powell, McCain)

[SeekTruth]

Americans named President Obama as their No. 1 hero, followed by Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King, in a new Harris poll.

Yes Americans are worshipping a human being instead of God!

The end result?

Can you say "The Greatest Depression!"

401k's gone.
Stock market crash.
Tent cities.
Famine.
Unprecedented job losses.

[ovcatto]

401k's gone.
Stock market crash.
Tent cities.
Famine.
Unprecedented job losses.

I believe each of those events occurred or were in the process of occurring well before January 20th.

[teatime]

Heh, wish they could make this a sticky since the Obamaphiles are now busily denying they thought he was extra-special and that they had great expectations of him.

[Hoarfrost]

What poll?

Source?

[TANaples]

John Lennon actually said the Beatles were. Different generation I guess. People were in an uproar over his statement. Now, they are actually saying themselves that somebody else is their hero over Jesus.

How times have changed.

[Visvaldis]

Originally Posted by SeekTruth

Americans named President Obama as their No. 1 hero, followed by Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King, in a new Harris poll.

Yes Americans are worshipping a human being instead of God!

The end result?

Can you say "The Greatest Depression!"

401k's gone.
Stock market crash.
Tent cities.
Famine.
Unprecedented job losses.

Is it a surprise? What do you expect from Americans? I think the next winner of American Idol should be the #1 hero!

[nature's message]

Is it me, or is Obama getting very overrated??

[Hoarfrost]

I'm still waiting for someone to prove this poll actually ever occurred. Ever.

Base: All Adults
Rank
July 2001 January 2009
Barack Obama * 1
Jesus Christ 1 2
Martin Luther King 2 3
Ronald Reagan 6 4
George W. Bush 19 5
Abraham Lincoln 7 6
John McCain * 7
John F. Kennedy 4 8
Chesley Sullenberger * 9
Mother Teresa 5 10
God * 11
Hillary Clinton 29 12
Billy Graham * =13
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 15 =13
Mahatma Gandhi * 15
Colin Powell 3 =16
George Washington 13 =16
Bill Clinton 10 =16
Condoleeza Rice * 19
Oprah Winfrey 14 20
Sarah Palin * 21
General George S. Patton * =22
Bill Gates * =22
*Less than 1% in 2001.
“=” prior to a number indicates a tie

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/pubs/Harris_Poll_2009_02_19.pdf (broken link)

Christ, was that so difficult?

George Bush alsop ranks ahead of God, that said I can stop taking this seriously now.

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by teatime

Heh, wish they could make this a sticky since the Obamaphiles are now busily denying they thought he was extra-special and that they had great expectations of him.

I know that in limited minds the continuum goes from special, to extra-special to god like, but most of us "Obamaphiles" or Obamanistas - as I prefer - believe that there are far more levels of gradation. The same goes for expectations. We tend to look at what can be accomplished over the course of a full term in office not by the day to day (and franking in the case of too many wingnuts minute by minute) accomplishments or failures. And in that regard we still maintain a high level of expectations.

[Icy Tea]

The ancient Egyptians worshipped the Pharoah as a God, its nice to see we've come so far since then.
" They know! He say 'Not God, not devil, but man!' " : Billy Fish