who is your hero?

[Zuni]

One of my heroes is Abraham Lincoln. He faced more pressure than any man can hope to bear, but still managed to save the Union and doom slavery to extinction.

[giantrobot_2000]

1. ...

Paul Krugman. Greg Palast. Noam Chomsky.

Abe Lincoln. Ben Franklin. Franklin Roosevelt.

Martin Luther King. Susan B. Anthony. George Orwell.

[mykpart]

2. Eleanor Roosevelt

[necso]

3. Lincoln

The only Republican politician ever to be worth more than spit. With Jefferson and Franklin, one of the three greatest Americans ever --- and having to bear much greater trials.

[Bertha Venation]

20. Senator Dirksen belongs in the (gross) "worth more than spit" bunch.

So does Barry Goldwater. A lot of Republican politicians do.

[Zuni]

33. I agree

Teddy Roosevelt too.

[Piperay]

4. Hillary Clinton

rose above all the crap that was dished out by the repukes and dealt with her husbands betrayal under the eye of the media whores, then went on to win election to the US Senate. :thumbsup:

[Webster Green]

5. Bob Marley....Miss him bad!

Where is our rebel music?

[corporatewhore]

6. emma goldman bolivians Nelson Mandela Edward Malcolm but most of all

my mama!!!

[Bertha Venation]

19. Emma Goldman!

There was a woman who knew how to speak her mind, and damn the consequences!

[corporatewhore]

36. "if i cannot dance i want no part of your revolution"-emmaGilovethischica

i love this chica

[izzie]

7. I do like Bernie Sanders. He sticks to his beliefs like Wellstone.

:thumbsup:

[giantrobot_2000]

8. ...

How could I forget?

Mario Savio.

[Robbien]

9. Okay, I am going with the easy one, Washington.

He set the tone when it was the hardest to do so because of the strong opposition. He had no one to fall back on and just forged ahead with what he felt was what we newbies should stand up for. Then he left the field, open to what would happen next.

So my vote is Washington

[Kamika]

10. corny one

my *drumroll* Dad.

He made the american dream come true, and he had nothing

[dbt]

12. I'll see that corn and raise you an ear!

My son is my hero. He has taught me more in the 21+ years that I have known him than I learned in the 31 years I lived before I met him.

He started hating littering when he was five years old and he called me out whenever I let a piece of paper hit the ground. When I was about to be screwed by a new employer in a faraway town, his second-grade heart told me, "Dad, you have to use your imagination here. You have to make up your own world where they don't get you down."

He has pointed out to me every instance wherein I have been full of shit (way into the thousands by now) and has forced me to open my mind. He was on to Mad Cow Disease three years ago and gave up meat. He worries about Global Warming but refuses to be disheartened about the world that people like me will leave to him.

He is built like a Viking and is fair to look upon. He has the heart of a lion and the mind of a judge (the way they USED to be; not the way they have become since bu$h).

I have been playing guitar since I was 13, but my kid can mop the floor with me on the best day I ever had!

"Love" is hardly adequate, but it's as close as I can get!

:loveya:
Dad

[Kamika]

13. wow

He should be a hero for lots of people :D

[dbt]

15. Thank you, Kamika!

He could use a GF, by the way, but I am slowly learning not to interfere!

:hi:
dbt

[Robbien]

16. Aw

Just Aw

I hope my dad felt that way about me. I sure did about him. I think he knew.

[Bertha Venation]

21. what a great post

thanks

[11 Bravo]

35. As the father of two sons ...

you just (literally) brought a tear to my eye.

[WillParkinson]

11. George Bush...

My father always told me that ANY idiot could grow up to be President.

Obviously he was right.

[mlawson]

39. The Congressional Black Caucus (in 2000)

They were the only Dem leaders who protested the stealing of the election. I will never forgive those in Congress who did nothing.

[moz4prez]

14. Agatha Christie for knowing there's no greater sin than despair

additionally, it must be said, my mother is terrific. she's proud to a fault, she's cynical enough to be a man in mentality, but damn it, her English is good and she's the only woman I've known who enjoys my conversation.

edit: spelling

[Whitacre D_WI]

17. Serge Gainsbourg

And yes, I'm listening to Serge this morning, in case you're wondering.

[Bertha Venation]

18. Carol A. B****, Ph.D.

She saved my life and made me a whole woman.

[RandomKoolzip]

22. D. Boon

Frank Zappa
George Orwell
Michael O'Donoghue
John Lennon

[Zuni]

34. George Orwell

good f-in call. I know Animal Farm is a bit cheesy, but it is among my all time favorite books, ever. Homage to Catalonia is another of my all time favorites.

[DerekG]

23. Robert Francis Kennedy...

The cold warrior evolved into the left's most tortured humanist. He was the last, best hope for a liberal America--uniting whites, blacks, latinos, and Native Americans in his plan to dispel poverty and put an end to LBJ's madness.

Had he won, America have been spared the Nixon and Reagan regimes, and centrists like the Clintons, Lieberman and Gore would never have taken over the Democratic Party.

He is my inspiration.

[KeepItReal]

24. KeepItReal, SR.

Thanks, Dad.

Now I feel ya.

[grayrace]

25. Karl Popper/ Geroge Soros

both men have done quite a bit to earn my respect. Popper's the Open Society and its Enemies WILL BLOW YOUR MIND. And Soros has already been involved n 2 NON-VIOLENT coups. In Yuogslavia and in Georgia. I can only hope he is in a position to do the same here in America if it should come to that.

[laura888]

26. Soros is my hero too!

Also: Charlie Kernaghan of the National Labor Committee

[AlFrankenFan]

27. I have two

Al Franken and Hillary Clinton. Al, because he started me in politics and Hillary because she's a strong woman.

[Obamarama]

28. My grandfather....

I wish I could have known him.

After he escaped with his own family from WWII France and certain death in Nazi concentration camps, he went back and forth across enemy lines to help many others escape as well.

He was arrested on May 13, 1941 in Paris during a Nazi sweep of the city. What became of him after that is unkown.

[Doc_Technical]

29. Marlene Dietrich

She had the courage to turn her back on a government
that she felt was not only a blight on her country but
a danger to the world.

She didn't just run away, she spoke out constantly on
why she was so opposed to the thugs who took over her
country and the willing accomplices who allowed this
to happen.

Regardless of what you may think of her talents (or lack
thereof), she will always be an example to me of a courageous
person who followed her heart and beliefs over simply going
along with popular opinion.

She will always be an inspiration to me to think for myself
and question everything, and not fall into easy answers that
lead to simplistic dogma.

[Faygo Kid]

30. Yep, Lincoln - also King, RFK, John Marshall, Jefferson, FDR, Eleanor

U.S. history is replete with well known and obscure heroes. We could sure use some now, couldn't we?

[leftist_rebel1569]

31. Tom Morello

Guitarist for Rage Against The Machine. He's my inspiration for getting into politics, and he's an outspoken advocate of pro-labor laws.

[terrya]

32. Oscar Wilde. For being himself...and ultimately paying for it. eom

[progressiverealist]

37. Chief Blackhawk

Want to know what skill and bravery are? Read his autobiography.

[Faygo Kid]

42. Also Tecumseh and Chief Joseph, Nez Perce

Many others, too. Good thought.

[Padraig18]

38. Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln and JFK.

:)

[101 Proof]

40. Paul Wellstone was (and still is) my hero.

God bless his soul. :cry:

[Mrs. Venation]

41. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jimmy Carter
A 12-year-old boy in West Virginia who rescued his 18-months-old baby sister from a fire
Rev. John Shelby Spong
My Aunt Dean, who survived an abusive husband and made a good life for herself
My dad, most of all, because he is a selfless person, a devoted husband, and because when I came out to my parents he said, "you are a good woman and I am very proud of you. Nothing you could ever say or do would make me love you less."

[DivinBreuvage]

43. John Brown, the Ohio abolitionist

Whose devotion to the cause of human freedom reached a level that very few people are ever able to attain.

[foreigncorrespondent]

44. My partner.

No matter what personal crisis she goes through, she always stands tall and deals with it.

[HEyHEY]

45. Zuni!

:-)

[aQuArius]

46. My Mom, hands down....

The strongest, smartest, kindest woman I know. She runs marathons, has a degree in Engineering, and always has time for each of her children and gandchildren. If you knew her, you would adore her too.

[Breezy du Nord]

47. "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"

-Mahatma Gandhi

A truly inspirational peace-lover. Also, Martin Luther King.