Alright,something different.Who your favorite politicals figures dead and alive?

[PatPatriot]

Mine
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
1 was a republican the other should have been.

Alive
Tony Blair...outstanding courage and loyalty.

 

[lander]

Jacque Chirac - he is a strong leader that does not wane under the pressure of genocidal lunatics and their extortion attempts. He stands up for what is right and refuses to comprimise the integrity of his great nation.

 

[Jointpleasure]

Ronald Reagan - in a class by himself
Donald Rumsfield - love the way the guy handles a liberal press.
Newt Gingrich - contract with America was a brilliant Clinton stopper.

 

[angusr]

Winston Churchill . . . may be the greatest man of the last century.

 

[lander]

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Donald Rumsfield - love the way the guy handles a liberal press.
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He does well with the Ba'ath press too. Are you also a fan of Mr. Rumsfeld's business associates? (not Rumsfield)

 

[Brazil4Worldcup2002]

1) Ghandi - Must admire his idealism
2) Wilson - Another great idealist
3) Arafat - HA, I dont admire him so much but he's a great fighter for what he believes in.

 

[Oceans11]

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Not sure who I would pick, politicians are such dodgy gits....

I liked Clinton.
If he wanted to embezzle a few million and have a BJ or three, well I can live with that, society can afford it...

He kind of fitted in with the modern world.

Its hard to say whether he had an exceptional grasp on foreign policy, or if he was just too darned lazy to change things.
He just kept doing the minimum necessary to keep the world trundling along.


Any other choice would be on intellectual/ideological grounds. (ho hum)

 

[wilheim]

On a personal level, Richard Nixon wrote me a letter, which natrually I still have.

From a far: JFK. Adlai Stevenson, Dag Hammarskjold, and Harry Truman.



wil.

 

[xpanda]

Ditto on Churchill -- loved his speeches.

Also a big fan of Ed Broadbent (personality thing), Mike Harris, and Jean Charest. Looking forward to seeing Hilary make a move for the presidency -- her politics in general mean nothing to me right now, but it will be interesting to see how a woman is received in such a role among the American elites.

 

[Jointpleasure]

lander,

Sometimes you have to sleep with the devil to get the worse devil. Or something like that. The Iranian Ayatola Kohmani ( you get it ).

 

[JudgeWapner]

Ghandi
Lincoln
Jefferson

 

[lander]

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lander,

Sometimes you have to sleep with the devil to get the worse devil.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm not sure I under the relevancy of Laura Bush and her debaucherous ways.

 

[WildBill]

Alive: Oscar Goodman and Jesse Ventura. I love guys that speak freely and do what they feel is the right thing, regardless of what their vested interests are.

Dead: Lincoln. Such a shame what has recently happened to his political party. He surely wouldn't have stood for all this crap going on right now.