Favorite Democrats

[BayCityProgressive]

who are your favorite Democrats? I wish the party could be more like these Democrats:

Feingold, Boxer, Pelosi,Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters, Dennis Kucinich, Jackson Jr., Cynthia McKinney, John Conyers, Barnie Franks

[T Town Jake]

1. Senator Bayh; Governor Richardson; Governor Mark Warner...

...to name just three current.

[peacetalksforall]

5. Sorry...I say NO to Bayh. Big NO!

[trotsky]

2. Paul Wellstone

Sometimes I think the soul of the Democratic Party died with him.

[egodust]

3. yes, wellstone WAS a great inspiration!! consider also mario cuomo!

peace!

[peacetalksforall]

6. I am an Independent who is a Wellstone democrat. Make sense?

[codegreen]

4. Gavin Newsom, Congressman Tim Ryan, Howard Dean, Jimmy Carter

[Lizzie Borden]

7. Russ Feingold. Tammy Baldwin's pretty good too.

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[codegreen]

9. umm, you fell for the media spin re: wellstone's funeral.

find out the truth in Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars book.

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[codegreen]

16. well Al was a friend of his, check out his book. he says it was just like

Paul would have wanted it.

[LittleClarkie]

25. Kerry, Feingold, Carter, FDR, Wesley Clark and

all the Killer D's from Texas.

[GRLMGC]

11. Are you serious?

Zell Miller? Wellstone's memorial turned into something horrible?

On edit: Nevermind, he got banned. I thought that was really off.

[PurityOfEssence]

10. Jan Schakowsky, Pete Stark, Dick Durbin, Barney Frank, Dennis Kucinich

Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer...

Heroes, one and all.

I reserve special space for John Edwards, even considering the IRW because of his bravery on the subject of Class Warfare, predatory lending and similar points. Sadly, he's leaving the fold for parts unknown, but we've not seen the last of him.

Kennedy and Kerry also deserve some words of kindness...

My Rep's Xavier Becerra, and he's a good guy, too.

[PassingFair]

22. I especially agree with your Jan Schakowsky pick, Pure One...

I like EVERYTHING that I read from her or about her. Just wish I could spell her name without looking it up, cause I'd talk about her a lot more. (Just shows how inherently lazy I am...)

[PurityOfEssence]

31. Her moment at the pre-war "town hall" meeting was especially fabulous

Did you catch that? It was 3 on 3 with Ted Koppel moderating, and she stood up from the audience as a common citizen, taking the warmongers to task.

Unfortunately, her husband had a tad of a legal problem recently, but that shouldn't crimp her future too much.

I want the House back in '06; we only have to flip something like 17 seats to do it...

[mzmolly]

12. Dean.

Wellstone of course ...

Jackson Jr, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Ann Richards ... yada yada

[quinnox]

14. Kerry, Hillary Clinton

I adore them both. And one of them just might be president in 2008!

edit to add I like Pelosi too, and Durbin in the Senate. I also really like Senator Conrad, he is very good in pointing out all the terrible economic policies of the GOP.

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[zulchzulu]

17. Teddy, Russ, John Kerry, Howard, Dennis, Ann, George McGovern, Jimmy...

So many...really...all hats off for the many that have passed on...

[autorank]

18. Governor Edwin Edwards (D) Louisiana. The man who stood in

the door and stopped David Duke (KKK, Nazi, Republican) from winning the gubernatorial election in Louisiana.

FREE EDWIN EDWARDS *** FREE EDWIN EDWARDS *** FREE EDWIN EDWARDS

[Dr Fate]

19. The ones I meet in the grocery line and on DU are better than all of these

A lot of good names mentioned on this thread-

But its the good-old DEMS on the ground that are the REAL deal- most of the DEM leaders are very ineffective and unwilling to fight oer even talk about Bush's corruption.

I'd like to see some of THOSE guys in leadership postions someday- folks who say what they mean instead of spin.

[angrydemocrat]

20. John F.Kennedy and John F. Kerry are my favorites

also Ted Kennedy, Robert Kennedey, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin,
Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Maxine Waters

[iwantmycountryback]

21. Ted Kennedy, Eliot Spitzer, Jennifer Granholm, Barack Obama, Feingold

Durbin, Schumer

[FrenchieCat]

23. my favorite Dems are....

General Wes Clark, Barbara Lee (a member of my church), Senator Levin, Barbara Boxer, Charlie Rangel, Bob Graham and Bill Clinton.

[autorank]

28. Great list...I'll append mind right after Gov. Edwards!

[ComerPerro]

24. Durbin, Feingold, Harkin, Kucinich, Dean, Kerry, both Clintons, Carter

[DjTj]

26. John Edwards

Barack Obama, Harold Ford Jr., Teddy Kennedy, RFK Jr., Jennifer Granholm, Mike Honda, Gary Locke, Paul Sarbanes, Evan Bayh, Janet Napolitano

This thread is great! :bounce:

[yellowdogintexas]

27. both Clintons, all three Kennedys, Gore Sr & Jr, McGovern,Carter,

Jim Wright, Ann Richards, Birch Bayh(Evan's old man), John Edwards and John Kerry of course,

Frank Church, LBJ, Barbara Jordan ....

too tired to think of others right now...

[Cats Against Frist]

29. M-a-r-i-o C-u-o-m-o

first and foremost

Second, Dennis Kucinich

Third, Bill Clinton -- but only mostly because he's just so much cooler than anyone the Republicans have -- and they hate him -- but there were some things about Clinton that I didn't like.

[Clarkie1]

30. Charlie Rangel, Barbara Boxer, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Wes Clark

[genius]

32. From you list, Dennis, Maxine, Cynthia, John and Barnie. Not Nancy

Boxer is fair, having made a number of mistakes and Feingold has one of the worst environmental ratings in the Senate. Kennedy is good.

[Padme Amidala]

33. Dennis Kucinich.

He's the best candidate we had last time. I wish he had gotten the Presidency.