# Greatest American elimination game (game thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423 "2010-02-10T15:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/622 "2010-03-29T16:28:49Z")
Teddy Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/623 "2010-03-29T18:18:53Z")
Looks like it’s Ben vs. Abe. Hell of a final. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/624 "2010-03-29T21:17:07Z")
As I did last round, I vote to knock out Ben Franklin If Lincoln wins after losing the President Elimination Game to Washington, Abe will be reminiscent of a team which comes up short in the final of its conference tournament, only to take the NCAA crown a few weeks later. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/625 "2010-03-29T21:55:48Z")
I have to vote to oust Lincoln. I’ve been quietly cheering Ben on for a while now, and I can’t vote against him now. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/626 "2010-03-29T22:36:05Z")
Sorry, Abe. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/627 "2010-03-30T00:36:39Z")
Lincoln goes. Ben is the greatest American. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/628 "2010-03-30T00:50:19Z")
Er, just to clarify, are we onto the final round now? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/629 "2010-03-30T01:00:09Z")
We think so. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/630 "2010-03-31T00:35:21Z")
I vote out Abe then if it’s Abe vs. Ben ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/631 "2010-03-31T10:15:01Z")
I’m confused. If Teddy is out and we’re on Abe vs Ben, then I’m voting out Abe in favor of Ben. If we’re still on the threeway match, I’ve already voted so please disregard. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/632 "2010-03-31T13:24:08Z")
Just in case we’re underway, I vote to oust Ben Franklin. Abraham Lincoln is the Greatest American. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/633 "2010-03-31T13:31:28Z")
My vote’s against Ben also. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/634 "2010-03-31T13:37:48Z")
If this is really the final round, I’m casting a vote against Ben Franklin. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/635 "2010-03-31T16:29:02Z")
My vote in the final round is against Abe. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/636 "2010-03-31T21:09:30Z")
Well, since no one else is going to do this: Abe - 6 Ben - 4 Assuming the deadline was today, it looks like **Ben Franklin** wins the game. If the deadline was supposed to last longer than two days, then I guess it’s still up in the air. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/637 "2010-03-31T21:15:35Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Well, since no one else is going to do this: > > Abe - 6 > Ben - 4 > > Assuming the deadline was today, it looks like **Ben Franklin** wins the game. If the deadline was supposed to last longer than two days, then I guess it’s still up in the air. I’d say Ben wins at least a moral victory here just for keeping it close. The Polymath beats the Emancipator.\* Like I said, damned interesting. \*And, yes, Lincoln was much more of a polymath than people give him credit for. And, yes, Franklin “snatched lightning from the sky and the scepter from tyrants”. More overlap between the two than I would think at first blush, really. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/638 "2010-04-01T02:35:09Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Well, since no one else is going to do this: > > Abe - 6 > Ben - 4 > > Assuming the deadline was today, it looks like **Ben Franklin** wins the game… Sorry for the confusion, everyone; I’ve been on the road. The vote as of Monday noon was: T.R. 7 Franklin 5 Lincoln 1 That left the most recent, and final, round pitting Franklin vs. Lincoln. **Justin** ’s tally is correct. For the record, I would’ve voted (with great reluctance) for Franklin in this round, so it wouldn’t have changed the results. Thus, as of the deadline today, Benjamin Franklin is the Greatest American by vote of a bevy of historically-minded Dopers. Thanks, everybody, for an interesting game! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/639 "2010-04-01T03:09:08Z")
Very unexpected! I would have laid excellent money, back at the start, that we’d wind up with either Washington or Lincoln as our top guy. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/640 "2010-04-01T08:59:23Z")
Didn’t Abe lose by one vote in the President game as well? Always a bridesmaid, never a bride… ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/641 "2010-04-01T11:36:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > That left the most recent, and final, round pitting Franklin vs. Lincoln. **Justin** ’s tally is correct. For the record, I would’ve voted (with great reluctance) for Franklin in this round, so it wouldn’t have changed the results. Actually, if you had voted that way and closed the game at noon, it would have been tied. **notfrommensa** voted about a half hour after noon. Looks like Abe and Ben would have had to duel for the win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423.md?page=33)