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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:25 PM Original message |
Who are your Democratic HEROES?? |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Off the top of my head... |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ted Kennedy, Ann Richards, Mario Cuomo, Paul Wellstone, Al Gore |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Those are my exact choices as well. |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. Excellent choices ... I agree. I would add Obama. |
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BlueGirlRedState (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. I second Ann Richards... |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Russ Feingold, Dennis Kucinich, Robert Wexler |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. John Kerry, Al Gore, Barack Obama, and the volunteers |
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mloutre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah. What she said. (Except I'd put the volunteers first, coz without them/us there is nothing.) |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. See my avatar, Harry Truman |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Mine, too. One of a kind. |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Howard Dean |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Carl Levin. |
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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. 2nd for Levin |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I'll be the third. Does he even have an opponent this year? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Denis Kucinich and Henry Waxman |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Jerry Brown (CA Governor & Attorney General, Oakland Mayor, CA Dem Party Chairman) |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, you are in my head today! :) I'd add FDR, McGovern, RFK, DK. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Russ Feingold, Ted Kennedy, Al Gore |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. Historically, I would say Thomas Jefferson, FDR and JFK. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Adding to those above: Maxine Waters and Wesley Clark. nt |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. FDR is at the very top. Now THERE was a president. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
54. Yes. The very top. (nt) |
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rndmprsn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. FDR, Truman, JFK, RFK, Al Gore, Howard Dean, John Kerry, Barack Obama |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Add Ted Kennedy and my list is identical. |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
63. The people in your list including Uncle Ted, Fannie Lou Hamer, |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Shirley Chisolm, Barbara Jordan, Molly Ivins....for starters. |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. John, Robert and Ted Kennedy |
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salonghorn70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Robert Kennedy |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wow, there are many |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. Adlai Stevenson. |
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Staph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Jennings Randolph (D-West Virginia) |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. The anti-corruption, open government HEROES: John Kerry, Henry Gonzalez, |
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monomach (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Historical: FDR, Stevenson. Current: Obama, Durbin, Gore, Dean |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'll add Dean |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. Howard Dean. |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Just a few... |
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redsoxrudy (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. Paul Wellstone |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Dennis Kucinich and Russ Feingold n/t |
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Pavlovs DiOgie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. Howard Dean |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. Howard Dean |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. The day I became a Democrat |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. FDR, RFK & JFK |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. Paul Wellstone, FDR, and Dennis Kucinich. (nt) |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. FDR, JFK, RFK, Carter, Gore, Obama |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. Robert Kennedy, Kerry, Carter, Feingold, and Obama. |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. The Kennedy Family, Paul Wellstone, Carter, Ann Richards, Dennis Kuchinic, and Gen.W.K.Clark n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Jefferson, the Kennedy clan, FDR, |
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mloutre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
43. my Aunt Phyllis. |
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politicoFOsho (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
45. FDR all the way! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. Total agreement with your statement! n/t |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
46. Paul Wellstone. Howard Dean. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
47. And how could I forget FDR! Truman was no slouch either. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
48. Barbara Jordan. An amazing stateswoman. nt |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
49. FDR and his distant relative Kerry, JFK, RFK, EMK, and Obama |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. Bill Clinton |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
51. Mario Cuomo |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
52. John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Paul Wellstone, Barbara Jordan, FDR |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. also on my second tier: |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
53. Senator Sharrod Brown |
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CaptJasHook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
55. Cesar Chavez, Eugene Debs, MLK Jr., Wayne Morse, Peter DeFazio and Earl the Pearl |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
56. George McGovern of course |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
57. Paul Wellstone |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
58. John Kerry, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Barbara Boxer. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. RFK, Barbara Jordan, FDR, McGovern, Gore, Dean |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
61. John Kerry and Barack Obama. 2004 was the year I became a Democrat. |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
62. RFK, Bill Clinton and John Kerry. Oh, and Obama. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
66. FDR, JFK, RFK and Wellstone. Dr. Dean has also had moments. |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
67. Okay, I'll Bite... |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
68. RFK |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. Gore, Kennedy, Clinton, Clinton |
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ray of light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
72. My Mom! |
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