Who is your dream President? (living or dead)

Mine is Barbara Jordan.

The world would be a very different place had there been a Mme. President Barbara Jordan.

Bobby Kennedy would have truly changed the world had he had a chance to get to the White House.

and had really grown in his views and philosophy when he ran in 68. I have long wondered what would have happened with him in the WH. Surely things would be so different.


As for as instinctively progressive Presidents, I'm not sure how any could surpass FDR....not perfect, certainly (think Japanese internment, for example, but amazing what he was able to accomplish, given the challenges)

The man had such integrity. This would have been a much better country with a President Paul Wellstone.

Actaully, another dream President would have been Illinois' GREAT Senator, the late Paul Simon. Another sterling man of intergrity.

He is the President I was promised as a child. :)

How's that Hillary endorsement going?

and I think she will make a great President.

compared to Bush.

Biden would, though

always will be, Jesse Ventura.

but, boy, do I wish we had Barbara Jordan these days.

Could have been one of the greatest of all time!!!

FDR

He was my hero in college (1972-76) and for the decade following. He narrowly lost a race for speaker of the house, then later lost the Democratic nomination to Jimmy Carter.

Morris King Udall was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1961. He served as chairman of what is now the Committee on Resources for over ten years. As well as serving in the House of Representatives for three decades, Udall ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976.

Although Udall lost his right eye in an accident at age 6, he became co-captain of his high school basketball team, quarterback for the football team, trumpet player in the school band, student body president and salutatorian. After earning a law degree at the University of Arizona, he obtained an airplane pilot license, played professional basketball for the Denver Nuggets and, after scoring highest on the state bar exam, was admitted to the Arizona Bar and began practicing law with his brother Stewart.

Udall was one of the most creative and productive legislators of the 20th Century. He championed the rights of Native Americans and Alaska Natives and used his leadership in Congress to strengthen tribal self-governance. His love of the environment resulted in numerous pieces of legislation moving through Congress. Chief among his accomplishments was the Alaska Lands Act of 1980, which doubled the size of the national park system, and tripled the size of the national wilderness system. He also authored important legislation on campaign reform and Congressional ethics.

http://www.udall.gov/udall.asp?Link=107

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Udall

but, I am from Missouri.

Sometimes, dreams do come true

DSB

but I love your choice too.

Hands down one of the most effective 20th Cty. leaders this country has produced. Made some extremely difficult decisions and made the most of the opportunities afforded to him by the world at that time. He was a uniter.

Providing for the common man, winning wars, uniting the country... :P

.. he's the next FDR

Who else?

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Scientists not politicians.

:patriot:

or...


Obama.

I think Al Gore would have done well, too.

who more often than most has taken the hard position that needed to be taken. He has the brilliance, eloquence, and character to be the truly great President we need to get things back on track.

I couldn't have said it better.

A man who would have calmly restored faith in America and brought us home to our better side.

I remember shaking his hand when he came to a local plaza - I was just a kid, but what an impression that man made on me!! :patriot:

If I didn't have to worry about political expediency and such, I have a feeling that my political choices would be very different.

Paul Wellstone
Al Gore
Dennis Kucinich
Barbara Boxer

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Look what he's done for Springfield.

The force-that-could-not-be-resisted who set the precedents (we need new ones), Lincoln who held the place together, and Franklin Roosevelt who inspired and led during the depression and WWII.

I might add a little Teddy Roosevelt (trust busting, environmentalism and pugnaciousness) and Al Gore (environmentalism and technology) on the side.

We're in a heap of trouble, and need the strengths of all of them.

Of the ones I've voted for: Al Gore and Walter Mondale (fiscal sanity and midwestern pragmatism).

In my lifetime in the mix: Dwight Eisenhower, who warned us of the military-industrial complex.

Howard Dean
Al Gore
Jimmy Carter
Tim Walz
Paul Wellstone

Bobby Kennedy for potential of what might have been, FDR for what was, and Pete Seeger for always fighting the good fight ( I heard him today singing down in New York in the rain and I found myself thinking "damn, I wish he was president." )

First concert I ever went to at the Greek theater in Berkeley circa 1982. :)

He was a rabblerouser, sure, but he spoke truth to power. That's the kind of prez we need this time.

Bringing the wit, strength and courage that none of the current, or even future crop, of candidates can hope to touch.

I would want her on my side in a fight.

I think a real dream come true would have been Shirley Chisholm. She would have done so much for women, minorities, and the poor. Of course, she'd probably have been killed just because of that. I don't really think a President who truly would shake up the establishment can survive a term in office without being done in.

Brilliance borders on insanity!
Hahaha.

:)

re-election then he would still be the President of the United States.....

Ben David