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Home › Politics

Politics | 12/29/2008 10:00 am

Hillary Clinton Tops 'Most Admired' List for 13th Year; Obama Tops for Admired Men

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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Would Hillary Clinton top the list of women you most admire?

Well, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll, the New York senator and next secretary of state is No. 1 on the list of “Most Admired Women,” a spot she’s held for 13 of the past 16 years. Now, that’s some staying power. She won 20 percent of the vote.

Can you guess who came in second with 11 percent? None other than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. You betcha! Also on the list are Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Condoleezza Rice, Ellen DeGeneres and others. You can see the entire list here.

For the men, a whopping 32 percent of Americans chose Barack Obama as the man they admire most in the world. USA Today says it’s the first time a president-elect has topped the annual survey in more than a half-century.

"Things are down so much at the end of 2008 and the end of Bush’s administration … and Obama represents a new beginning and some hope and anticipation that things can get better," James McPherson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian told USA Today.

In second place is President Bush, with only 5 percent of the vote. Pope Benedict XVI, Christian evangelist Billy Graham and Bill Clinton all tied with 2 percent of the vote. Now there are some interesting bedfellows …


Read more about: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Billy Graham, Ellen DeGeneres, Hillary Clinton, News, Oprah Winfrey, Politics, Sarah Palin, Secretary of State, The Pope, U.S.

42 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Diana T
Data please. Fact/figures/white papers.
By Diana T on 01/02/2009 11:53 am
Walter Wallis
My opinion is free, my engineering is my profession and I bill for data. Why not ask Gore and Moore and Hansen and Ehrlich for data Their white papers would, if quilted, serve some purpose.
By Walter Wallis on 01/02/2009 7:31 pm
Diana T
Put your money where your mouth is, cupcake; the rest of us do…..
By Diana T on 01/02/2009 8:12 pm
Diana T
I’ve read their papers; I’m asking for yours.
By Diana T on 01/02/2009 8:29 pm
C Hardy
I can see why Hillary and Obama are at the top of the list b/c the media just won’t say anything negative about either one of them…Yes they bashed Hillary during the primaries but now they are back on her good side and praising her. I find it funny how one week the same news person can bash someone so hard and then the next week have nothing but nice things to say about that same person. Its like they forgot what they were just saying the week before. Koodos to everyone who made the list.
By C Hardy on 12/29/2008 1:13 pm
T P
Oh I am pretty sure they remember. There is a saying about friends and enemies.
By T P on 12/29/2008 1:32 pm
DeBúrca obj
I would have been shocked if anyone BUT Obama and Clinton had made top of the list.
By DeBúrca obj on 12/29/2008 1:38 pm
DeBúrca obj
“Bye-Bye 2008: Things I Want to Forget” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/bye-bye-2008-things-i-w…
By DeBúrca obj on 12/29/2008 1:57 pm
starry Nite
Read about this famous pipe line that Sarah takes credit for. Hope it doesn;t turn into the pipe line to no where. Sarah is history. She was popular got the racist republican base all fired up. Looks like they are still at it with the racist bit based on Chip Saltzmans xmas cd. :Obama the Magic Negro: and other racist songs.
By starry Nite on 12/29/2008 2:46 pm
T P
Starry-What is up with your hate?! People are people. Stop generalizing. How old are you again?!
By T P on 12/29/2008 3:51 pm
starry Nite
People are people. Stop generalizing. How old are you again By Tanja Pineda on 12/29/2008 4:51 pm This is your response to Chip Salzman- and Sarah Palin who both pander to the dark side of the RNC. My question to you is not how old are you but who are you? I don/t hate . I am amazed by the RNC alienating Hispanics and Blacks and wonder why .
By starry Nite on 12/29/2008 6:30 pm
T P
No my response was directly to you as a person. I’ve read a lot of your posts and you do a lot of generalizing. How old are you?!
By T P on 12/29/2008 6:40 pm
T P
Merrell, You should be the one to talk. You have tried to put words in my mouth in the past. So go ahead and look at yourself in the mirror and go back to school young lady. Re-read my website that I’ve given in the past and boy do I deserve an apology from you! You truly have no clue about me. You are a true blue sadness.
By T P on 12/30/2008 8:20 am
T P
Try reading my website first and EDUCATE yourself. Get your head on straight. Tough love to you my sista but you sure need it.
By T P on 12/30/2008 3:35 pm
Erick Bell
My name is Erick Bell,I’m a black man,who’s very happy to have read that,Hillary Clinton,has made the top of the list as,the most admired women,she along,with my Mother and Miss Tina Turner, is truly admired by me,I would lke to tell Miss Hillary Clinton,thank you,for all you have done,and will do for our country,as Tina Turner say,you’re SIMPLY THE BEST….
By Erick Bell on 12/29/2008 6:02 pm
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