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Who do you look up to? (Original Post) milestogo 5 hrs ago OP
The Obamas MustLoveBeagles 5 hrs ago #1
no one I don't know personally WhiskeyGrinder 5 hrs ago #2
Yeah, the Obamas. Also some local activists in the red county where I live Attilatheblond 5 hrs ago #3
John Lennon and Pope John Paul II. Torchlight 4 hrs ago #4
The Obamas, now more than ever! CTyankee 4 hrs ago #5
Jamie Raskin, Vladimir Zelinsky DET 44 min ago #6
People Who Go out of Their Way to Help Others. MineralMan 27 min ago #7

Attilatheblond

(9,468 posts)
3. Yeah, the Obamas. Also some local activists in the red county where I live
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:04 AM
5 hrs ago

Especially the ones who power on despite bouts of cancer, back surgery, and many other ills of old age. One of my favorites is a tiny woman who works tirelessly to fight corporations who want every drop of our precious fossil ground water in this desert area.

Torchlight

(7,216 posts)
4. John Lennon and Pope John Paul II.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:16 AM
4 hrs ago

(for the benefits of Statler and Waldorf... I, as well as the rational world are fully aware no one is perfect, but thanks anyway)

DET

(2,670 posts)
6. Jamie Raskin, Vladimir Zelinsky
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:29 PM
44 min ago

There are others, but those two stand out as tremendous leaders who have been to hell and back (in different ways) and refuse to be intimidated.

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