Nation Poll

Who would you invite to your July 4 picnic?

  1. It was close to the two Thomases but the author who appealed to the soul--``These are the times that try men's souls....''--won over the more mortal line--``When in the course of human events....''

    Posted by Sander Fred at 07/3/2007

  2. TOUGH CHOICE...

    I may stay home on this one. I would certainly pick ANY ONE of them over George W. Bush for President.

    Posted by w_m_bear at 07/3/2007

  3. INCLUDING MARTHA STEWART...

    Posted by w_m_bear at 07/3/2007

  4. Oh, Let's invite them all. If they all attend, it will be interesting to find out whether Martha approves more Sitting Bull's buffalo-themed garment or MLK's fascinating formality, or whether she would find Eleanor beyond help....

    Posted by dhearn3 at 07/4/2007

  5. If I had another choice I'd ask Albert Einstein. It's remarkable how he altered our ideas of space and time almost entirely by his own sense of the way the world should work.

    Posted by Bagpiper at 07/4/2007

  6. Duke Ellington.

    Posted by icarus9 at 07/4/2007

  7. what about Emma Goldman, surely more interesting than the others you use for us to choose from.

    Posted by BEARNICE at 07/7/2007

  8. Can anyone tell me why Ann Coulter isn't on this list?

    Posted by BryanJPitt at 07/11/2007

  9. Why do so many wish to hang out with such a Hypocrite ??? Thomas Jefferson

    Posted by pad at 07/17/2007

  10. If Ann Coulter were invited she'd bring Adolf Hitler as her date!

    I'd invite Jello Biafra

    Posted by MATTMAN at 07/27/2007

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