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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Billy Graham Again on "Most Admired" Men List

For the 51st time, evangelist Billy Graham has been named as one of the 10 most admired men, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll. Both the 89-year-old evangelist and former South African President Nelson Mandela received 3 percent of the votes of 1,011 adults surveyed Dec. 14-16. Pope Benedict XVI, along with Microsoft founder Bill Gates and former President Jimmy Carter, received 2 percent of the votes.

In case you were wondering, President George W. Bush was named most admired man, with 10 percent of those surveyed choosing him. Sen. Hillary Clinton was named most admired woman with 18 percent of the votes.

Rankings, in order, of the men are: President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, Sen. Barack Obama, Graham, former South African President Nelson Mandela, former President George H.W. Bush, Gates, Benedict, and Carter.

1 Comments:

Blogger Asinus Gravis said...

What is to admire about Shrub?

I could understand if he came in on top of a poll of the most destructive men in the world.

12/27/2007 10:23:00 PM

 

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