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I like the tweet by the Husker reporter earlier today who questioned "Osborne the most impactful Nebraskan ever"? Absurd thing to even suggest.
 

dpodoll68 said:
I like the tweet by the Husker reporter earlier today who questioned "Osborne the most impactful Nebraskan ever"? Absurd thing to even suggest.
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Don't know which way you are going dpo. I think the honor of most impactful Nebraskan would probably go to William Jennings Bryan, but he's been gone awhile.

I love Dr. Tom though. It may be wishful thinking on my part, but I think Osborne has helped keep Pelini from going into orbit and his absence will send Bo careening once again.
 

50PoundHead said:
Don't know which way you are going dpo. I think the honor of most impactful Nebraskan would probably go to William Jennings Bryan, but he's been gone awhile.

I love Dr. Tom though. It may be wishful thinking on my part, but I think Osborne has helped keep Pelini from going into orbit and his absence will send Bo careening once again.
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Off the top of my head, I'd go Warren Buffett, Bob Kerrey, Johnny Carson, Marlon Brando, or John Pershing (at minimum) before Dr. Tom would even enter the conversation.

EDIT: Add Malcolm X, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Henry Fonda to this list.
 

50PoundHead said:
Don't know which way you are going dpo. I think the honor of most impactful Nebraskan would probably go to William Jennings Bryan, but he's been gone awhile.

I love Dr. Tom though. It may be wishful thinking on my part, but I think Osborne has helped keep Pelini from going into orbit and his absence will send Bo careening once again.
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What "About Schmidt"? Warren Schmidt. A Woodman will lead the way. :)
 


I guess the question is, impactful specifically to the state of Nebraska or the entire country? If the U.S., then yes, Brando, Johnny, Malcolm X are probably more impactful. Specific to Nebraska, though? Hard to put too many people above Dr. Tom.

dpodoll68 said:
Off the top of my head, I'd go Warren Buffett, Bob Kerrey, Johnny Carson, Marlon Brando, or John Pershing (at minimum) before Dr. Tom would even enter the conversation.

EDIT: Add Malcolm X, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Henry Fonda to this list.
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No mention of Bob Devaney? Dana X. Bible, Biff Jones?
 




No William Jennings Bryan love? Three-time Presidential candidate. "Cross of Gold" speech. Most visible leader of the late-19th century populist movement that influenced much of 20th century politics. Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State. I guess his role in the Scopes' monkey trial brought him down.

Long-time Nebraska pol George Norris was very influential on the national stage as well, sponsoring the legislation that created the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Act.
 

50PoundHead said:
No William Jennings Bryan love? Three-time Presidential candidate. "Cross of Gold" speech. Most visible leader of the late-19th century populist movement that influenced much of 20th century politics. Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State. I guess his role in the Scopes' monkey trial brought him down.

Long-time Nebraska pol George Norris was very influential on the national stage as well, sponsoring the legislation that created the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Act.
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I neglected to mention Bryan only because you already had. I'd put him right up there as well. I've never heard of George Norris, and I was a poli sci major. He must be more well-known in-state than nationally, a la Tom Daschle for us native SoDakans.
 

Norris was big during the Progressive and New Deal eras and a noted isolationist, but like so many who never ran for President, his importance to history is lost. It's the curse of the legislative branch, where the person in question is 1 of either 100 or 1 of 435. Unless you are notorious (think Joe McCarthy), history seems to pass you by. For instance, Everett Dirksen (although my politics are different than his were) was a great US Senator, but few remember him now.
 




The pious Dr. Tom had a bad habit of running up the score, as we all know. Still, Nebraska's rise to the top from 1962-on is a textbook on how to become a football power (greatly helped by not having a pro team in the area).
 

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