inspired by the nelson mandela thread. past and present, whatever level of gov't you like.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 29 June 2013 01:49 (ten years ago) link
Shirley Chisholm
― Aimless, Saturday, 29 June 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
The King of Bhutan
― Aimless, Saturday, 29 June 2013 01:56 (ten years ago) link
Congressional Representative Peter DeFazio D-OR
― Aimless, Saturday, 29 June 2013 01:59 (ten years ago) link
Ralph Yarborough - the only southern Senator to vote for the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, I still don't completely understand how anyone as liberal as he was got elected in Jim Crow Texas.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 29 June 2013 02:43 (ten years ago) link
robert 'fightin bob' la follette -- can't enthuse enough about this dude
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 29 June 2013 02:53 (ten years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/09/29/it_s_legitimately_hard_to_find_a_world_leader_to_admire.html
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 29 September 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
Shinzo Abe
― flopson, Thursday, 29 September 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
lol it is a lay-up question and the easy cop-out is to say "I appreciate <x> because of their ability to <do something> in the face of <some situation>" or give a specific example with the caveat that you don't agree with all of their actions
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, 29 September 2016 23:47 (seven years ago) link
barack obama
― iatee, Friday, 30 September 2016 00:54 (seven years ago) link
wow dude, the topic of the revive is foreign leaders. can't believe iatee is a birthed
― k3vin k., Friday, 30 September 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
birther* lol
― k3vin k., Friday, 30 September 2016 01:00 (seven years ago) link
I'm both
― iatee, Friday, 30 September 2016 01:01 (seven years ago) link
Deng Xiaoping. I'm not sure if I admire him, because I know next to nothing about him. But I admire his results and the effects his choices had on other CPs in the region. This post is vmic, isn't it.
― Anacostia Aerodrome (El Tomboto), Friday, 30 September 2016 01:17 (seven years ago) link
He's funny, he's adorable, he's sweet, he's awkward, he's beautiful, he's caring, he's awesome.
He's perfect.
I didn't say a name but he popped into your head, didn't he?
https://s17.postimg.org/qgwm5j4bz/Hassan_Rouhani.jpg
I genuinely can't think of anyone who isn't appalling on some level. Obama at least combines being appalling with being quite likeable.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Friday, 30 September 2016 07:31 (seven years ago) link
clement attlee seemed like a good guy
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 30 September 2016 07:48 (seven years ago) link
Josip Broz Tito - just for the famous defiant death threat note he sent to Stalin, not many got away with telling Soso to watch his back and it must have made an impression because he kept it in his drawer along with Bhukarin's last plea for clemency - till the death.
― calzino, Friday, 30 September 2016 08:39 (seven years ago) link
the gracchi
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Friday, 30 September 2016 08:58 (seven years ago) link
john lewis
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Friday, 30 September 2016 09:03 (seven years ago) link
nicias
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Friday, 30 September 2016 09:06 (seven years ago) link
Denethor
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Friday, 30 September 2016 09:08 (seven years ago) link
sarek
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Friday, 30 September 2016 09:12 (seven years ago) link
love the mansplaining headline on this
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Friday, 30 September 2016 09:22 (seven years ago) link
Julian the Apostate
― i bill everything i duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 30 September 2016 09:59 (seven years ago) link
abe lincoln
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 30 September 2016 10:01 (seven years ago) link
anyone wanna say burr for the vidal hat trick
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Friday, 30 September 2016 10:05 (seven years ago) link
Tenskwatawa
― i bill everything i duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 30 September 2016 10:12 (seven years ago) link
Gerrard Winstanley, Mary Wollstonecraft
― i bill everything i duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 30 September 2016 10:15 (seven years ago) link
liliuokalani
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Friday, 30 September 2016 10:15 (seven years ago) link
we seriously not had thomas sankara yet
― imago, Friday, 30 September 2016 10:44 (seven years ago) link
Yes we seriously have not had Thomas sankara yet what is wrong with your opinion in a non-wrapped format btw
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Friday, 30 September 2016 11:18 (seven years ago) link