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American Majority is asking: Who are the Top Conservatives and Liberals in America?
January 13, 2010
The Telegraph, a British newspaper, is running a series this week on the top 100 conservatives and liberals in America. The paper ranks the individuals according to their accomplishments and present-day influence. This is a follow-up article to their rankings in 2007.
The article defines conservatives and liberals in a more European style than many Americans would define them. Conservatives are defined as “people identifiably – though not always self-described – as right of centre,” while liberals are “are those identifiably left of centre.” The article also points out that the rankings are not based upon ideological purity, i.e. Jimmy Carter is not ranked above Jesse Jackson because the former President is more liberal.
The top 20 of each will be announced on Friday. American Majority is asking if you did the rankings, who would be on your top five list of conservatives and liberals in America in terms of accomplishments and present-day influence?
Conservative- Pawlenty, 39 republican senators voting against health tax debacle. Dick Cheney, Rush, Sean, Glen, Jason et al other talk show hosts.
Liberal: ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, ACLU, NAACP, Reid, Pelosi, all Senate Democrats and Independents plus Snowe! Schwarzenegger, Gore, Edwards, Clinton’s–list goes on and on.
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Top 5 Conservatives:
Arlen Spector, Olympia Snowe, Chuck Hagel, Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller.
Top 5 Progressives: Franklin D Roosevelt, Abe Lincoln, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr., Sam Adams, George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, sorry there are so many. The first one was easier since there are so few.