Yesterday on CBS
Sunday Morning, author and talk show host Travis Smiley dubbed Martin Luther
King, Jr., as “the greatest American this country has produced.”
In the interest of
full disclosure Smiley noted before his comment that he has always idolized
MLK.
Who do you believe has
been, or is, The Greatest American?
If pressed for a quick
answer I’d have to say Thomas Jefferson. I have a friend who offers Abraham
Lincoln.
But, doesn’t it come
down to your definition of Greatest?
What about the
million-plus Americans who have given their lives in the service of the nation?
What about the other
Founding Fathers?
Here’s one to think
about: What if the Greatest American has been a civil servant who didn’t succumb
to the slack stereotype, someone you and I would never know, and he or she worked
in the General Accounting Office or the Department of Defense or the
Agriculture Department and made decisions that had profound effects on the
nation?
Greatest American. Whataya
think?
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Who would be the American you would select to start a civilization from scratch? A scientist, humanitarian, politician, male or female? The greatest American is the individual that has affected each person on an individual basis most, and probably not a famous person.
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