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Rowdyboy

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

Reply to ellisonz (Original post)

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 10:58 PM

Mar 2012

for today.

All real heroes of the latter half of the 20th century.

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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