OK, maybe there is a little too much pressure on President Obama!
Posted by Rod Hamilton on Feb 22 2009
So you’re the new president. Of course comparisons will be drawn between you and your predecessors. Contrasts between your leadership style and theirs, your personality and theirs, your believability and theirs...even your wardrobe and theirs are an unavoidable part of the spotlight. But can anyone live up to this?!?!
(mind you, this is both a sad commentary on America and a funny survey all wrapped up in one.)
Americans Pick Obama as Personal Hero; Jesus Comes Second
President Barack Obama’s popularity overwhelms that of Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King, and Mother Teresa, according to a new poll that shows Obama as the person Americans named as their hero. American adults (age 18 and over) spontaneously named President Obama as the person they admire enough to call their hero in a Harris Poll that did not provide a list for respondents to choose from.
The Harris Poll, released on Thursday, was conducted on 2,634 U.S. adults between Jan. 12 to 19, 2009 – just ahead of President Obama’s inauguration.
“The fact that President Obama is mentioned more often than Jesus Christ should not be misinterpreted,” The Harris Poll clarified in its report. “No list was used and nobody was asked to choose between them.”
Following Barack Obama, the next most popular personal heroes are Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, Chesley Sullenberger, and Mother Teresa, respectively, to round out the top 10 people Americans say they admire and would call their hero.
In the top 20 list, God held the No. 11 spot while evangelist Billy Graham tied with former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the 13th slot.
Make no mistake about it; what’s closest to your heart comes first from your lips (or pen, in this case).
Read the whole article here.