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22. Neil de Grasse Tyson, science

Sun Apr 17, 2022, 10:05 PM

Apr 2022

Gary Kasparov, outsider, chess master
Laurence Tribe, constitutional lawyer
Ken Dryden, figured out flying pucks
Bill Russell, the greatest athlete in an unforgiving town
Billie Jean Moffitt King, showed men
Hilary Clinton, been through it all
Jane Goodall, humanity was not started with humans
Angela Merkel, stands for humanity despite manity
Elizabeth Warren, anticipates the rebuttal
Stacy Abrams, knows the opposition to the right thing

Off the cuff. Would insist on more scientists, sociologists, and even economists. Add a few lawyers for grammar and legal experience, but want people who have faced obstacles and were not jaded by them.

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Pick 27 people... [View all] bluecollar2 Apr 2022 OP

Zelensky Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #1

Why...n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #9

Jimmy Carter Lefta Dissenter Apr 2022 #2

Why...n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #10

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Why...n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #11

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Al Franken Wicked Blue Apr 2022 #4

Why...n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #12

Good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, people like him Wicked Blue Apr 2022 #48

Several smart intellects in Congress SouthernIrish Apr 2022 #5

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Why...n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #13

Bernie Sanders Meadowoak Apr 2022 #6

Why...n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #14

Barrack Obama Meadowoak Apr 2022 #7

Why...n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #15

lawyer like Lincoln and Jefferson treestar Apr 2022 #51

Excellent reasoning....n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #53

Rachel Maddow would be high on my list. Grown2Hate Apr 2022 #17

Thanks for your input bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #18

Sure thing! Very interesting thought experiment. Grown2Hate Apr 2022 #20

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President Joe Biden. You'd be hard pressed to find a leader that Grown2Hate Apr 2022 #19

You said: 'you could only draw from the people you know and have been alive during your lifetime' Celerity Apr 2022 #21

Good point bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #23

Yeah, I thought I wasn't getting the question MerryBlooms Apr 2022 #24

The founding fathers knew each other mostly by their own cachukis Apr 2022 #26

But they did meet, and they did come to know each MerryBlooms Apr 2022 #29

Not a problem to me. I took the OP to put together a revisit cachukis Apr 2022 #37

We all have intellectually responded to the characters cachukis Apr 2022 #25

public personas often do not match the real person Celerity Apr 2022 #27

No question about that, but you can sense their cachukis Apr 2022 #36

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Neil de Grasse Tyson, science cachukis Apr 2022 #22

I like your list! StarryNite Apr 2022 #42

Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Stacey Abrams, Michelle Obama chowder66 Apr 2022 #28

i'm going to give specific names so much as qualifications Takket Apr 2022 #30

Thanks all for contributing bluecollar2 Apr 2022 #31

27+1, off the top of my head (Edit: only 27, counted Raskin twice) LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #32

I feel lucky to have been alive at the same time as mountain grammy Apr 2022 #33

My choice to head the convention would be Richard Posner... First Speaker Apr 2022 #38

My first two choices are dead Ferrets are Cool Apr 2022 #39

christiane amampour for her perspective on the world nocoincidences Apr 2022 #40

I'd add Steve Schmidt to the pool of talent. summer_in_TX Apr 2022 #41

Zelensky Raine Apr 2022 #43

My list KS Toronado Apr 2022 #44

Willie Nelson, Martha Stewart, Snoop Dog, Matthew McConaughey, Autumn Apr 2022 #45

Martha Stewart? She just let her four vicious fleabags kill her innocent cat. Disgusting. Ziggysmom Apr 2022 #49

Well whatever you do don't put her on your list. Autumn Apr 2022 #50

27 people? Just_Vote_Dem Apr 2022 #46

I'm not sure I'd even pick many of the founding fathers for the job back then Victor_c3 Apr 2022 #47

Being wealthy alone is not a condemnation treestar Apr 2022 #52