CNN:Time: Top 25 Fascinating people

[brettdale]

How the heck can Reagan and Bushy come ahead of Nelson Mandela.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/02/cnn25.top.fascinating/index.html

Top 25: Fascinating people

President Reagan ushered in the modern-day conservative political movement with two terms in the 1980s. Along with his wife, Nancy, the actor-turned-politician brought back many of the formal ceremonial trappings that had been discarded during the years of Jimmy Carter. Much of the American public went along with a lot of it, taking pride in a more polished national image.

[deadparrot]

1. My brother told me about this the other day.

He snarfed.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Snarfed?

That's a new one on me!

What does "snarf" mean?

--p!

[deadparrot]

5. Oh, he snorted and scoffed.

Basically laughed it off in a snarkier way. :)

[Dogmudgeon]

17. From the Emily Littella Files

(Emily Littella was Glida Radner's character of an old lady who didn't understand quite a few words -- with comic results.)

I half-thought it was "to vomit" or maybe "to eat".

--p!
"Never mind!"

[Melodybe]

8. The Saudis own AOL/Time/Warner, what did you expect?

snarfed LOL

Pinky and the Brain
They're Pinky and the Brain
One is genius
The others insane

[brettdale]

9. What are we doing tomorrow night?

"Same thing we do everynight Pinky, try and take over the world"

[Clark2008]

2. Why is Bushy even on this list?

He's about as fascinating as watching paint dry.

[arcos]

3. Where's Terri Schiavo???

:sarcasm:

[true_notes]

10. Floating with Angels.....

And eating cloud candy.

[Rose Siding]

6. The only US pol on that list that hasn't been president is...

Gingrich :scared:

[Sgent]

7. Gingrich

probably belongs there as well. I don't particularly like him, but he's probably the most infulential non-presidential person since MLK.

[true_notes]

11. That's all about to change..

If my boy Mr. Dean keeps his bitterness on his shoulder. He lambasted Delay today...http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/19/howard.dean/index.html

Dean is going to turn the party around. I am not doubting him.

(pardon the Novak link, it's all I could find...I believe the article is floating around somewhere but 14 hours on the job takes the ambition away :))

[bookman]

12. Journalism?

Not on CNN's part. That piece looked more like an op-ed rather than a news story.

[ultraist]

13. They put Bush at number FOUR?

:puke: What is FASCINATING about Bush?

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. The same things as Ayatollah Khomeini above him at number 3

"Why the **** would anyone want a nutter like that in charge of the country? Are they evil, or just stupid? What rat-like cunning kept them in power while they ruined their country?" They make complex, and important questions.

Why they think Reagan is fascinating, though, is beyond me. A standard, simplistic American conservative.

[LiberalPersona]

16. Even worse

Why is he more fascinating than BILL CLINTON?

[TheGunslinger]

15. Newt Gingrich? WTF?