Democrats

jrandom421

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40. Here are mine

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:56 PM

Apr 2016

1. Daniel Inouye
2. Barak Obama
3. Bill Clinton
4. Daniel Moynihan
5. Jim McDermott

My father volunteered for Dan Inouye when he first ran for Congress when Hawaii was admitted as a state. When I was old enough to vote, having grown up with stories from the internment camps, I asked Dad (who was a Democrat with a big D) why, considering what Roosevelt did to Japanese-Americans with Executive Order 9066? He replied:

"If Dan Inouye had forgiven the Democrats, after all he'd been through, to run as a Democrat, I suppose I could as well."

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Who are your top five favorite Democrats of all time? [View all] ellisonz Feb 2012 OP

Oh that is a hard one to pick only five Tx4obama Feb 2012 #1

Tweaked it to all time. ellisonz Feb 2012 #2

I'll leave my 'alive' list above as it is and add a 'dead' list below Tx4obama Feb 2012 #16

No one else got 6 picks. ellisonz Feb 2012 #17

LOL - I'm special :) n/t Tx4obama Feb 2012 #18

this dem644555il Mar 2012 #20

Toughy, but... 1. FDR, 2. Barack Obama, 3. JFK, 4. RFK, 5. Teddy Drunken Irishman Feb 2012 #3

FDR MrSlayer Feb 2012 #4

I'll have to object to Andrew Jackson flyingfysh Feb 2012 #7

That is perfectly understandable. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #12

How could you not include FDR in your top five? Syrinx Feb 2012 #5

The same FDR who... ellisonz Feb 2012 #14

RFK FDR JFK TRUMAN JEFFERSON the other one Feb 2012 #6

My Top 5 1ProudAtheist Feb 2012 #8

What you said, but also Bernie Sanders and Barney Frank... nt morningglory Feb 2012 #9

Bernie Sanders is a registered independent... ellisonz Feb 2012 #15

Why the focus on presidents? RevStPatrick Feb 2012 #10

My choices: COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #11

Truman, Clinton,Sanders,JFK,Dean emilyg Feb 2012 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #29

Morris Udall, Ann Richards, Eleanor Roosevelt, William O Douglas and Adlai Stevenson...at least Rowdyboy Mar 2012 #19

My list includes dead and alive Democrats JDPriestly Mar 2012 #21

Mine: Kath1 Mar 2012 #22

These are mine Earth495 Apr 2012 #23

Welcome to DU! ellisonz Apr 2012 #24

mine MrYikes May 2012 #25

my five (from a 71 year old retired lifelong Democrat in Connecticut) RedG1 Oct 2012 #26

my top 5 reborndemocrat19766 Oct 2012 #27

FDR McGovern, LBJ JFK and Gore Junior Samples Oct 2012 #28

bes tof the litter charlespercydemocrat Apr 2015 #32

A tough one to answer. ificandream Dec 2013 #30

In no particular order: YoungDemCA Apr 2014 #31

here they are: ericson00 Jul 2015 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #34

Paul Wellstone, Jimmy Carter, Russ Feingold, FDR, Barack Obama Still In Wisconsin Mar 2016 #35

only five??? DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #36

I can't really name my top five. Control-Z Mar 2016 #37

His passing was a great loss :( DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #38

1. Thomas Jefferson wouldn't get my vote today, Hortensis Mar 2016 #39

Here are mine jrandom421 Apr 2016 #40