Are There Any In The Realm Of Politics Whom You Genuinely Admire...?

[Synthaholic]

people who are currently active in the realm of politics...

elected officials, unelected candidates, pundits, commentators, philosophers, etc...

in the US or elsewhere...

Glen Greenwald
Senator Bernie Sanders
Dylan Ratigan
Karen Finney
Senator Olympia Snowe
Christopher Hayes
Rachel Maddow

Can't get behind most of this list, but I have to second Greenwald. Consistently principled and rational - all too rare for a modern liberal (or a conservative for that matter).

Glen Greenwald is the reason I signed up for twitter.

 

[Synthaholic]

You only like Olymia and Rachel because they're so hawt.

I think Rachel is cute.

But that's not why I picked her.

That dude is fugly.

Uh-huh. But you think Si modo's two picks are cutie-pies? You're sick.

 

[mudwhistle]

No.

 

[Si modo]

I think Rachel is cute.

But that's not why I picked her.

That dude is fugly.

Uh-huh. But you think Si modo's two picks are cutie-pies? You're sick.

None of them are all that attractive, but two of the three are not bitter dykes. You guess which one.....

 

[Billo_Really]

Didn't she go completely silent once Obama won? The war had not ended and as I recall she didn't protest at one democrat house that voted for either war. She was a tool in my opinon.

She did get arrested at Congress. Those same democrats were there to. As far as Obama, she protested his policies to, but not on the same level she protested Bush's and that's understandable. Bush was the one who created the lie, Obama's guilty of continuing it.

 

[jwoodie]

One more, the only politician I've ever actually given money to -- Jerry Brown.

During his first tenure as Governor (1972-1980), he canceled every single road building project in California, thus ensuring the worst traffic congestion in the U.S. Thanks a lot.

 

[jwoodie]

That would have to be President Obama. A man who had a single mom, was on food stamps, raised by his grandparents. Still, he graduated near the top at Harvard

How do you know that?

 

[FJO]

One of the wisest person about economics, Dr. Thomas Sewell.

 

[Si modo]

One of the wisest person about economics, Dr. Thomas Sewell.

Ooops. I spelled his name wrong...Sowell. I totally agree.

 

[FJO]

One of the wisest person about economics, Dr. Thomas Sewell.

Ooops. I spelled his name wrong...Sowell. I totally agree.

Thanks, Si modo! My mistake!

Add the names of Dr. Walter Williams, David Limbaugh and Michelle Malkin.

 

[Samson]

Glen Greenwald
Senator Bernie Sanders
Dylan Ratigan
Karen Finney
Senator Olympia Snowe
Christopher Hayes
Rachel Maddow

You only like Olymia and Rachel because they're so hawt.

I think Rachel is cute.

But that's not why I picked her.

I liked her more before the operation:

 

[Glensather]

One of the wisest person about economics, Dr. Thomas Sewell.

Oh I forgot about Sowell. I read his opinion columns in the Times Free Press quite often. He's very opinionated and he's not afraid to show it. You've got to respect that.

 

[bayoubill]

You only like Olymia and Rachel because they're so hawt.

I think Rachel is cute.

But that's not why I picked her.

I liked her more before the operation:

lol... I'm somehow reminded of the exchange at 0:40 of this clip...

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[Pogo]

One more, the only politician I've ever actually given money to -- Jerry Brown.

During his first tenure as Governor (1972-1980), he canceled every single road building project in California, thus ensuring the worst traffic congestion in the U.S. Thanks a lot.

Yeah, he turned out to be more fiscally conservative than Reagan, sometimes to a fault. He's a miser.

But ascribing California's traffic to Jerry Brown, well that's kind of off the charts.

 

[Pogo]

That dude is fugly.

Uh-huh. But you think Si modo's two picks are cutie-pies? You're sick.

None of them are all that attractive, but two of the three are not bitter dykes. You guess which one.....

Um... I see two bitter people there ...

Come to think of it I can't remember ever seeing George Will smile at all. Not sure about Krauthammer either.

But more to the point -- how do we arrive at people we admire or don't admire in politics based on what they look like?

 

[LoneLaugher]

Greg Gutfeld...I admire people with a sense of humor.

That dude is not funny.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Krauthammer and George Will. The rest are morons. Oh, and Thomas Sowell and Herman Cain.

Cain?

If I were one of the other three, I'd be offended.

 

[Pogo]

Greg Gutfeld...I admire people with a sense of humor.

That dude is not funny.

He's supposed to be funny? All I see in him is anger. Anger with a sneer doesn't equal funny.

IMHO.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Current Politician: Barack Obama
Former President my lifetime: Bill Clinton
Past President: FDR
Conservative Politician Chris Christie
Liberal Pundit: Thom Hartmann
Conservative Pundit: Meghan McCain
Liberal Humorist: Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Hal Sparks
Conservative Humorist: Ha Ha.......as if they exist.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Greg Gutfeld...I admire people with a sense of humor.

That dude is not funny.

He's supposed to be funny? All I see in him is anger. Anger with a sneer doesn't equal funny.

IMHO.

It is snark. A combination of sarcasm and hatred that low information people rely on to avoid truth.