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Quijote said:Oprha whitney?
Eleanor Roosvelt?
Islander said:Those two I can at least see. Oprah Winfrey is a billionaire and has been so incredibly popular for so long she makes some sense but not really. Eleanor Roosevelt was a very important historical figure so I definately think she deserves to be on the list. But Tom Cruise, Ellen Degeneres, Tom Hanks, Michael Moore, senator Obama, Hugh Hefner, Lucille Ball, etc. were in the top 100 while James Madison, Douglass McArthur, Daniel Boone, Stephen Decatur, Daniel Webster and many other great heros aren't listed. The first three I listed (Cruise, Degeneres and Hanks) in particular bothered me and although I like Ellen Degeneres that one was the most absurd to me because she has never been as big of a star as the other two.
Lance Armstrong (who shouldn't be on the list even now), Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are on the list purely because they are contemporaries but if this was done 35 years in the future I doubt if any of these people would make on the list and I'm sure none of those three would make it on the list if two generations had passed since them.
Islander said:Those two I can at least see. Oprah Winfrey is a billionaire and has been so incredibly popular for so long she makes some sense but not really.
Well put, yes that is how they presented her on the show this weekend.Diane_Windsor said:It makes perfect sense. She lives the American dream, and rose from rags. I believe that she is the first black woman to be a billionaire, and easily can be classed with Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Astor, Bill Gates, et. al. Her influence amoung the black female community-at the very least-will have a lasting impact for many years to come. What she has done for women-especially black women-is amazing. And then there is her book club-she's getting Americans to read again.
As for me I voted for Walt Disney, Thomas Alva Edison, and President Reagan (RIP).
diane
Quijote said:I agree...this list seems more of a "historical popularity" contests vs. an "importance/relevance to the US" contest.
cheers
Redguard said:I didn't see this show.
Did Reagan really win? Why?
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