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DashOneBravo

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44. +1 ma'am

Reply to EffieBlack (Reply #29)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:48 PM

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"As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. " Who are your heroes ? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 OP

The amazing Wilma Rudolph FM123 Aug 2018 #1

You should read David Maranis' book about the 1960 Olympics. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #5

Wow! I found a summary, and it sounds incredible. FM123 Aug 2018 #6

my mom JHan Aug 2018 #2

Jane Good all and Beatlelvr Aug 2018 #3

Oh. Jane Goodall is a great example. Lunabell Aug 2018 #42

John Kerry Siwsan Aug 2018 #4

I am nearly 60 years old and have no heroes liberal N proud Aug 2018 #7

I am 76 years old.......77 next month.... chillfactor Aug 2018 #10

True heroes shouldn't be on a pedestal EffieBlack Aug 2018 #29

+1 ma'am DashOneBravo Aug 2018 #44

President Obama and Michelle.... chillfactor Aug 2018 #8

Bob Mueller Grassy Knoll Aug 2018 #9

John Kerry. sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #11

Amy Goodman and Bill Moyer...and Jimmy Carter pecosbob Aug 2018 #12

my dad. my wife. And Kent Whealy, who formed the Seed Savers Exchange NRaleighLiberal Aug 2018 #13

Robert Mueller and Jimmy Carter MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #14

John Kerry karynnj Aug 2018 #15

I have two. My Dad, an alcoholic who started the first AA group in our Atticus Aug 2018 #16

They sound remarkable EffieBlack Aug 2018 #27

Bill Gates, Billionaire who actually tries to help people. $50 Billion donated so far. nt USALiberal Aug 2018 #17

Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton apcalc Aug 2018 #18

Excellent choices gibraltar72 Aug 2018 #20

Walter Ruether, Jimmy Carter, Muhammad Ali. Barack Obama. gibraltar72 Aug 2018 #19

Neil de Grasse-Tyson, Obama, Einstein LakeArenal Aug 2018 #21

Jimmy Carter. dchill Aug 2018 #22

I won't go so far as hero True Dough Aug 2018 #23

Sally Yates meadowlander Aug 2018 #24

John Lewis, Eleanor Roosevelt, among others EffieBlack Aug 2018 #25

Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Hillary Rodham Clinton. nt backtoblue Aug 2018 #26

John Kennedy shenmue Aug 2018 #28

My parents, always have been, always will be. Blue_true Aug 2018 #30

Or... stopbush Aug 2018 #31

Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B Anthony SouthernIrish Aug 2018 #32

Greg Palast Liberal In Texas Aug 2018 #33

Oscar Romero, Maxine Waters gopiscrap Aug 2018 #34

The one and only bmbmd Aug 2018 #35

PS.... bmbmd Aug 2018 #36

Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Efilroft Sul Aug 2018 #37

Major Charles J Watters DashOneBravo Aug 2018 #38

Carl Sagan Anon-C Aug 2018 #39

Hugh Herr ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #40

Mostly, those who have stood up to white wing hatred. All you mention are good. Hoyt Aug 2018 #41

No one TlalocW Aug 2018 #43

JK Rowling dawg day Aug 2018 #45

M.R. Zigler gratuitous Aug 2018 #46

Michelle Obama Quayblue Aug 2018 #47