[Dilbert San Diego]

It’s interesting to see how some people say they admire someone from history, and then another Freeper comes in and says they detest that person.

I wish we could do polls here , and see the rank ordering of who Freepers admire.

[nevermorelenore]

Calvin Coolidge

Tucker Carlson

[Old Grumpy]

Francis Marion

[cowboyusa]

James Knox Polk, the best one term President who gave the US it’s current shape.

[Falconspeed]

John Barry (1745 – 1803) Irish-born American naval officer

[Nifster]

All of those fellows who produced the declaration and set us on the path to freedom

[Jim Noble]

Robert E. Lee

[EvilCapitalist]

1.George Washington
2.Patrick Henry

[OKSooner]

18th Century, George Washington.

Honorable mention to The Marquis de Lafayette, a hero on two continents.

19th Century, Frederick Douglass.

Honorable mention to Confederate General Longstreet. Military genius and visionary, he would have been ahead of his time if he had been beamed into the trenches on the western front in The World War.

20th Century

G.I. Joe

Honorable mention:

Ronald Reagan. Anyone who needs an explanation would not understand it. Tragic shame about the Alzheimer’s.

21st Century:

Donald John Trump. Same deal about explanation.

Honorable mention:

G.I. Joe’s grandson. Also Governor Kari Lake of Arizona.

George Washington totally tops overall. Trivia note, he had guys hanged for buggery.

[fabjr60]

Robert Edward Lee and Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson.

[threefinger]

George Washington.

Not because he won the revolution but because he started the French & Indian war. His screw-up while on a mission for the British Army started a war between them and the Frogs (and their Indian allies) over control of the Ohio Valley.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-young-george-washington-started-war-180973076/

The only reason the French got involved with the American Revolution was they still were angry (at the British) over being driven at gunpoint out of the Ohio Valley.

Without the assistance of the French, it’s not certain the Colonials could have defeated the Redcoats. And even if they had, it’s a certainty it would have taken considerably longer to do so.

So young Washington’s screw-up translated into victory for General Washington when it was for all the marbles.

[gitmo]

Francis Marion was cool.

[Fury]

1. Washington
2. Douglass
3. Reagan

[RckyRaCoCo]

Ben Franklin

[untenured]

Groucho Marx.

[yuleeyahoo]

Davy Crockett
George Washington Carver
Thomas Edison
Stephan Foster
George Westinghouse

[Just mythoughts]

Willis Haviland Carrier 1902 invented air conditioner. My hero.

[T.B. Yoits]

Most of the favorites were already mentioned but I'll add a few:

-Josiah Hornblower (first U.S. steam engine)
-John Moses Browning
-Orville and Wilbur Wright
-Leo Fender

[HandyDandy]

Orville and Wilbur Wright