Your political heroes

[Reaganfan]

Who are your political heroes living or dead?

[Reaganfan]

My Political Heroes:

Calvin Coolidge
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Donald Rumsfeld
John McCain

[Democratic Hawk]

Henry VIII / FDR / Churchill / Truman / Attlee

Dave

[nini2287]

George Washington, Harry Truman, Chris Shays

[Deano963]

Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
FDR
JFK
Bill Clinton
Sherrod Brown
Ted Strickland
Jim Webb
Jon Tester
Ned Lamont

[Hatman 🍁]

Pierre Trudeau, Tommy Douglas, Ed Broadbent, Stephen Lewis

[adam]

Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater, and (after doing some research on him after his funeral) Gerald Ford.

[afleitch]

Barry Goldwater, Alan Duncan, Bobby Kennedy.

And Adam I see what you mean re Ford; reading itno him during and post presidency he was actually a remarkable politician

[PBrunsel]

Herbert Hoover first and foremost.

Then Everett Dirksen and Charles Grassley.

[Bono]

Oliver Cromwell, T. Jefferson, Grover Cleveland, Margaret Tatcher, Paul Kruger, and above all, Calvin Coolidge.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Oliver Cromwell, T. Jefferson, Grover Cleveland, Margaret Tatcher, Paul Kruger, and above all, Calvin Coolidge.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee..........WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH???!??

As for the list at hand, I can't think of a single name. Most of Ireland's historical heroes I have major problems with - mainly because they were proto-fascists, proto-communists, theocrats, incompetents (this goes for 95% of them) or simply I just don't know that much about - Wolfe Tone goes into the latter category. I could say something bland like MLK Jr, but I wouldn't really consider him my political hero.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What about Michael Collins?

[Tetro Kornbluth]

What about Michael Collins?

Long story.. but no.

Though better than many of the other Easter Rising\Independance leaders.. but that's not very hard.

[Bono]

Oliver Cromwell, T. Jefferson, Grover Cleveland, Margaret Tatcher, Paul Kruger, and above all, Calvin Coolidge.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee..........WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH???!??

I know he did some bad things, mainly the stuff in Ireland, which is probably why you dislike him. However, you must recognize that that's how stuff was done in those days, and I think his legacy--that the King was no longer free to do whatever he wanted--especially when what he wanted was to impose Romanism on the people --outweights that. It was Cromwell and none other who planted the seeds for the American Revolution.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Heroes, eh? Well...





And the Levellers as well o/c (can't find a good picture though). And various other groups along the same general lines.

Now, asking which politicians I admire the most is a different question, obviously.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I'm shocked Al.. I was certain you were going to post Nye Bevan.

Oliver Cromwell, T. Jefferson, Grover Cleveland, Margaret Tatcher, Paul Kruger, and above all, Calvin Coolidge.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee..........WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH???!??

I know he did some bad things, mainly the stuff in Ireland, which is probably why you dislike him. However, you must recognize that that's how stuff was done in those days, and I think his legacy--that the King was no longer free to do whatever he wanted--especially when what he wanted was to impose Romanism on the people --outweights that. It was Cromwell and none other who planted the seeds for the American Revolution.

Sorry I don't consider mass land-grabbers who impoverished a large majority of people (mainly those Romanists you speak of) mainly out of vendetta and on a whim to Protestant landowners to be a hero. Regardless of what he did elsewhere - and I hate the British Monarchy too - he is evil for that. He planted the seeds for the Irish potato famine 200 years later.

And I say all that as an Irish protestant.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

This thread died too soon - it needs to be bumped.

In the meantime I personally have thought of a name which would suit, though hero would be stretching it (I needed to consult Wiki to spell his full name after all) - but ex-Marine Major-General Smedley Butler - writer of "War is a racket" and the man who foiled the "Business plot against FDR"- deserves mention, if only because he is somewhat forgotten today.

[jokerman]

Harry Truman and William Jennings Bryan.

[YRABNNRM]

My heroes come from a much broader "political" sense. Here's some off the top of my head...

The leaders of the American Revolution/American Founding Fathers (Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, etc.)
The leaders of the French Revolution/Enlightenment (Voltaire, Rousseau, etc.)
Victor Hugo
Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Colin Powell

I've got people from all over the spectrum, quite interesting, right?

[Colin]

Jefferson
Thomas Locke
Thomas Paine
Voltaire
Rousseau
Most of the Enlightenment thinkers actually
Barry Goldwater

That's all I can think of now.

[Colin]

Paul Kruger

I'm guessing you mean the President of Tranvaal and Afrikaner leader during the Anglo-Boer War?

[The Man From G.O.P.]

Margaret Thatcher

Winston Churchill

Ronald Reagan

Biggest 3 ^^^

[MaC]

Harry Browne, Calvin Coolidge, Grover Cleveland, Ron Paul, Augustine Pinochet, Louis the 14th, George Washington, Antonin Scalia

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Harry S. Truman
Ronald Wilson Reagan
George Walker Bush
Donald Rumsfeld
Chuck Hagel (for President in 2008!)
Rick Santorum
Newt Gingrich
Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher
Tony Blair

[WalterMitty]

terry sanford
robert kennedy
winthrop rockefeller
william ewart gladstone