If you could bring back any deceased politician, who would it be?

[undeterred]

:silly:

[Hepburn]

1. I would like to chat with...

...Thomas Jefferson.

[RevCheesehead]

2. JFK

[saltpoint]

22. John F. Kennedy's loss is still very affecting to me, RevCheesehead.

'Was 11 in 5th grade when word came over the public address system that he had been shot in Dallas, Texas.

I had never ever seen so many grown-ups so sad or so silent.

I sure like your pick on this one. I like it a hell of a lot.

:thumbsup:

[RevCheesehead]

26. Thanks.

I was just a kid in diapers, myself. But I think that when he was killed, something in America died as well... and we've never recovered from it.

I was just telling someone this a.m. that when we had Kennedy (and Roosevelt), we had rich men who actually cared about the poor and less fortunate, and saw it as their duty to care for them.

Will there ever be another like him?

[saltpoint]

35. It's true -- neither of them needed the money. They were public

servants and behaved like it.

Often one of the History Channels or another cable station will run a speech of JFK's and when I hear the words and the conviction he put behind them, I feel ashamed that language is no longer regarded as a force for uplift.

Kennedy's words soared. Almost more poet than politician -- well, at least when he spoke.

[elshiva]

3. See the two women in my sig line!

[sweetladybug]

18. Franklin Roosevelt

I wonder what he would think about Bush trying to get rid of Social Security?

[saltpoint]

24. And two very great women they are, elshiva.

We could sure use them back nowadyas.

:hi:

[elshiva]

25. Yes! Both should have been presidents but

sexism, racism and homophobia (in Jordan's case) kept them away! :cry:

[undeterred]

4. RFK or Lincoln for me

or Mary Todd Lincoln, so we could go shopping...

[tyedyeto]

5. Ben Franklin or JFK...either one will do. n/t

[enigmatic]

6. Tommy Douglas

http://www.weyburnreview.com/tommydouglas/welcome.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Bobby Kennedy

[jeff30997]

8. That one:

Oops!Let him rot alive!

[jmcon007]

9. Al Gore

[undeterred]

15. now THAT was mean!

:rofl:

[Left Is Write]

10. Sign me up for Robert Kennedy.

[tjdee]

11. My first thought was Thomas Jefferson, but RFK is a necessity.

JFK too.

:(

Also, I really miss Paul Wellstone.

[Left Is Write]

32. But maybe...

if RFK had lived, so would Paul Wellstone.

[Book Lover]

12. Augustus Caesar

I'd give him a stern talking-to, and a sarcastic "thanks" for the roots of our empire.

[Suich]

13. JFK would be my choice. n/t.

[saltpoint]

14. Robert Kennedy. Paul Wellstone. Bella Abzug.

And way back to Mssrs. Madison, Jefferson, Paine, and Franklin.

[AuntieM1957]

16. BARBARA JORDAN

The last great Texas politician -

we're without any decent political leadership OF ANY PARTY in this state now.

[FreedomFry]

47. Yes! What an incredible human being!

And with a voice I could listen to for years -- eight years. Like most Democrats, she died way too soon.

[FreedomFry]

49. Everett Dirksen

An old-school Republican, with a firecraker wit and a no-nonsense delivery not seen in that party since his demise. He'd be shocked at the state of his party today, and set about whipping it into shape.

[Erika]

17. Paul Wellstone - a proud liberal n/t

[Allenberg]

19. Another vote for JFK

[rocktivity]

20. Zell Miller.

:headbang:
rocknation

[xultar]

70. Yeah and ask what alien race has filled his cold dead husk.

[Floogeldy]

21. JAMES MADISON

For the love of God.

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[Maddy McCall]

23. Just wondering why so many people chose JFK.

:shrug:

[AndyTiedye]

37. If JFK Hadn't Been Killed...

The Vietnam war would have ended in 1964, and our involvement would
never have exceeded the small advisory role it had when JFK was in office.

The space program would have kept going and growing, as much of the
money that went into the arms race and the Vietnam war would have
gone into space exploration instead. We would have had colonies on
the moon by the mid-70's, and on Mars by now.

Instead of fighting over diminishing resources here, we would be
reaching out into space.

Without the Vietnam war, the Democrats could easily have held the
Presidency in 1968. Nixon would never have become President. We
would have several more liberals on the Supreme Court today.

[lpbk2713]

38. Race relations would have gotten much better.

JFK and RFK had a way of bringing people together.

[evlbstrd]

27. Jefferson, Roosevelt, JFK, RFK

[enigmatic]

28. Henry Wallace, too...

http://www.winrock.org/wallacecenter/wallace/bio.html

[elshiva]

29. Sappho

:silly:

[lpbk2713]

30. Tip O"Niell

He wouldn't take any of their horseshit. If he ever met OxyRush he'd probably kick his ass.

[murielm99]

31. America needs you, HARRY TRUMAN!

Although Howard Dean has some of his plain spoken ways.

[Historic NY]

33. Huey Long.............why

because he could make Karl Rove sh-t his pants. The old "King fisher" had more than a few tricks up his sleeves.

[PittPoliSci]

34. Alexander Hamilton

[LastKnight]

36. Wellstone... no question. that man had alot to teach us all.

[KitchenWitch]

39. Several

Paul Wellstone
John F Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Harry S Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

[Hardrada]

40. Lev Davidovich Bronstein Trotsky

A revolutionary hero with a great intellect.

[Emops]

41. Nixon

So we can kick him around some more.

[KeepItReal]

42. Thurgood Marshall...what a real Supreme should be

Not a politician, but a force for positive change.



Clarence Thomas on the bench is an insult to his memory.

[enigmatic]

43. He was a bad-ass

And I mean that in the most positive way; a true giant.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

44. Teddy.

[Orsino]

67. Either of the Roosevelts...

...but Teddy's military service would so outshine *'s that not even the MSM spin machine could overcome the handicap.

I think.

On the other hand, Teddy would need a crash course in media relations, and I shudder to think who would wind up handling him.

[SOteric]

45. Maybe Attila the Hun

At least he could make better military decisions than Bushco.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

46. RFK

If he had lived and had won the presidency (and I believe that he would have), this would be a much better nation today.

I also wish we still had Paul Wellstone, Barbara Jordan, Bella Abzug, Wayne Morse, and Henry Gonzalez.

[deadparrot]

48. RFK. Or Lincoln.

[carpetbagger]

50. To run for office? I'd choose Harry Truman.

If he were to run for president, or the Senate, he'd kick some serious republican ass. Wouldn't take crap, and wins the "I'd have a beer with the guy" contest.

And he wouldn't wimp out once in office.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

51. How about Chester Arthur.

http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/images/Photos/Arthur,%20Chester.jpg

[non sociopath skin]

52. Teddy Roosevelt to sort out the Repugs.

Bet he'd have interesting things to say about Kyoto and Enron.

The Skin

[Crazy Guggenheim]

53. He's kick their asses! lol.

[non sociopath skin]

54. Hey Chimpy! Watch out for the man with the glasses & the big stick ....

ROFLOL

The Skin

[Crazy Guggenheim]

57. TR was a true cowboy!!

[AlienGirl]

58. *imaging Zombie Teddy Roosevelt wielding a big stick*

[Crazy Guggenheim]

59. Dean reminds me of him.

[undeterred]

62. I think he'd like that!

[AlienGirl]

55. Can we bring them back as whatever we want--like a platypus or a penguin?

[fleabert]

56. lincoln. he'd be pissed off. nt

[leftofthedial]

60. FDR

or Ben Franklin

[GoddessOfGuinness]

61. Sam Rayburn

I'd like to know what he thinks of all the goings on these days...

[DarienComp]

63. Tom Daschle!

no wait...

[undeterred]

71. I didn't mean politically dead

I miss him though.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

64. Nixon

I was so much fun hearing about his death the first time, I'd like to do it all over again!

That was mean of me, wasn't it...

[tanyev]

65. I'd like to bring back anyone who knows the full truth about

the deaths of JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr., and is willing to talk.

[bertha katzenengel]

66. Harry Truman. He'd be right alongside Dr. Dean, cheering him on.

"I don't give 'em hell. I just tell 'em the truth and they think it's hell."

[MissMillie]

68. Barbara Jordan

She was a class act.

[ronnykmarshall]

69. Barry Goldwater

so he could tell the republicans and rw christains to take a flying leap at the moon.