Who are your heroes and villans of 2003?

[coloradodem2005]

Villans:
Saddam Hussain
George W. Bush
Kim Jong Ill
Dick Cheney
John Ashcroft
Condi Rice
Donald Rumsfeld
Paul Wolfowitz
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom DeLay
Ann Coulter
Rush Limbaugh
Bill O'Reilly
Sean Hannity
Joe Scarborough
Jeb Bush

Heroes:
Howard Dean
Wes Clark
John Kerry
Dennis Kucinich
Jon Stewart
Tom Morello
The Dixie Chicks
Bruce Springsteen
Al Franken
Michael Moore
Ted Kennedy
Al Gore
Our Brave men and women in uniform.
Jessica Lynch
Elizabeth Smart

[Minstrel Boy]

1. Heroes, the 9/11 widows

No one comes close for me.

[citizen snips]

2. Heroes= Democrats Villains= Republicans

[Deesh]

3. Good Guys& Bad Guys

Good Guys:

Senator Robert Byrd
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Lula
The United Nations
Sam the Hobbit
The Village Voice
Emmylou Harris

Bad Guys:

Toby Keith
Ann Coulter
Ted Koppel
The Bush Administration
Zell Miller
Halliburton (No, wait -- I already listed the Bush Administration)
Fox News

[evil_orange_cat]

4. Kerry a hero? I dunno about that :D

didn't he vote for IWR and PAtriot Act? and there's no way of knowing if he voted for the newer Patriot Act rules.

I'd rather have him than Bush as prez... but I don't know if I would go so far as to call him a hero. And what about Howard Dean? I love him... but what has he, or any of the other candidates done that is heroic?

I agree with the villians... but heros generally have to do something heroic. I also don't agree with Jessica Lynch. The people who got her out of there are probably heros. Or the Iraqi doctors who defied Saddam and notified the US military of her whereabouts are heros.

And Elizabeth SmarT? give me a break...

I guess the problem is, we have much more villians than heros. :(

[coloradodem2005]

8. Well, true but...

I like what Kerry said about Bush fucking up in Rolling Stone. That increased his stature in my eyes slightly. With Smart, she did survive months dealing with a fundamentalist freak and made it home.

[evil_orange_cat]

9. yeah I like what Kerry said too...

but you gotta do more than drop an F bomb to get my vote... and while it's nice to talk the talk... Kerry hasn't been walking the walk (I'm referring to enabling Bush with IWR and PA).

[G_j]

5. #1 Heroes

the peace loving people of this planet who tried with all their hearts to prevent a war.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. hero senator byrd...

[dblknotspy]

7. Heroes of 2003

How is Elizabeth Smart a hero? She was a victim of circumstance and nothing more. Jessica Lynch was also a non-hero, just at the wrong place at the wrong time. The only women you have on the list that could possibly be called heroes are the Dixie Chicks for their stand on freedom of speech. If you can't find an actual female hero for 2003 you're not looking hard enough.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. Female heroes:

Code Pink!

[newyawker99]

13. Hi dblknotspy!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[doc03]

14. Jessica Lynch

Jessica Lynch never claimed to be a hero she was used by Bush* and
the Media. I would consider her a hero because she could have played
along with all the hype, but she told the truth instead.

[ThoughtCriminal]

11. Paul Krugman, Molly Ivins, Helen Thomas

Al Franken...

The people who are not afraid are what still makes this a great country. True patriots.

[MJP]

12. Villain - Roy Moore

[LWolf]

15. Heroes/heroines:

Code Pink, and all the people around the world who stood up on February 15th to protest the Iraqi war.

Bev Harris

Every public figure who publicly opposed the bush agenda of war, fear, and greed.

Dennis Kucinich

Susan O'Hanion
Gerald Bracey
Bill Cala

And every person like me who got up every day, thought positive thoughts, and went out into the world to make a positive difference in their own small pond, regardless of who may or may not have noticed.

[carols]

16. Don't forget Richard Perle in your villain list and

Rick Santorum
Clear Channel right wing radio hosts

Heroes:
Gore Vidal
Mark Morford
British protestors who toppled Bush statue in Trafalgar Square. It was the high point of 2003 as far as I am concerned!
Carol