List the Politicians you trust are geniune...

[armyowalgreens]

I want this to be as bipartisan as humanly possible in a democratic forum. I want to know what politicians you think actually care about the people and don't get mixed up with corporatism even if you disagree with their political views. Democrat, Republican, Socialist, Libertarian, whatever...

I just want the truly genuine articles.

And go

I'll start

Dennis Kucinich
Ron Paul
Bernie Sanders


Just to name a few.

[givemebackmycountry]

1. One up and two down.

[Samantha]

2. Al Gore, Russ Feingold and Lincoln Chafee

That is pretty much it for me.

Sam

[ZombieHorde]

10. Is Al Gore still a politician?

Once a politician always a politician?

[Samantha]

25. He has a 25 year historical reputation and much influence

on Obama. So perhaps the answer is technically no historically and realistically yes. I think anyone who has the standing to tremendously influence policies being legislated in today's Congress is politically active. Of course, you could respond that makes him a mere lobbyist and what kind of response could I come with to that? :)

Sam

[karynnj]

34. Ithink Gore is real now - but not so much so when he was a Senator

unless he really changed 180 degrees since then.

[Samantha]

39. In the City of Washington, DC Al Gore ALWAYS had a reputation

for having the highest personal integrity. His reputation was distorted in 2000, and a caricatures made of some of his personal idiosyncrasies (especially by Washington pundits who perceived the election as a sort of game). His reputation and expertise in so many areas is exactly what prompted Bill Clinton to ask him to run on the ticket in 1992 (after Gore had declined to run himself due to the recent accident his son had experienced). Clinton needed a lot of balance added to the ticket, and he thought Gore was the perfect choice. Many in Washington thought the order on the ticket should have been reversed.

What you are seeing in Gore recently is the essence of the man he has always been, without the media lens and Republican strategists and/or opponents adding any distortion.

Sam

[karynnj]

43. I was not questioning his personal integrity or honesty

But, I was referring to the fact that Gore was 100% in favor of supporting the Contras and things like the School of Americas in 1988 when he ran. He also was - ironically - not that good on environmental issues other than global warming. He was the first DLC promoted Presidential candidate in 1988.

I think he changed drastically after Bush was selected - and the change was for the better. Either that - or much of what he voted for and spoke of in the Senate was due to the state he was from.

[Gman]

44. Al Gore is a self-described RECOVERING politician

[annabanana]

3. Sheldon Whitehouse . . . n/t

[Deny and Shred]

21. My first thought as well.

[Chemical Bill]

31. When Sheldon was RI AG...

he tried to get unrestricted police access to medical records. Nobody's perfect.

Bill

[karynnj]

35. He also voted for FISA

There is at least a bit of showboating on his current hearing. It was also not all that well handled. He left before it ended to catch a plane - leaving Graham in charge and the one to speak to the media. This DKOS diary suggests in the comments that it was to go to NY - which was also where he was on the KO show. (I hope there was a better reason than this for going to NYC)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/13/731125/-Whitehouse-Judiciary-Committee-Hearing-Round-up

[Postman]

4. the dead ones...

:sarcasm:

[cali]

5. Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer, Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey

Pat Leahy, Howard Dean, Bernie, Peter Welch, Dennis Kucinich.

[ljm2002]

6. I'll add Marcy Kaptur...

...I don't follow her closely, but from the few videos I've seen she seems to be genuine.

[Hekate]

7. Lois Capps, Barack Obama, Al Gore. There are good people out there. nt

[armyowalgreens]

9. So do you think that Obama is a compromiser?

Because he's done some questionable thinks in the recent past that makes me question his true intentions.

Either he's a bought out politican, or he simply realized that it takes compromise to make changes. I don't really agree with either positions.

[Hekate]

30. I see little evidence of Obama becoming someone other than he said he was...

I suggest you read at least one of his books for clues to his character, which on the whole I think is a good character. The thing many here have a hard time with is Barack Obama is a pragmatist in getting what he wants done, not an ideologue.

As for compromise, a little goes a long way. If you don't want to compromise at all, ask yourself if you really want to go back to the days of George W. Bush, whose idea of bipartisanship always reminded me of date rape: "Stop struggling honey and it won't hurt so much." Just because it would be one of our own refusing to compromise wouldn't make it any more right.

Hekate

[Tesha]

8. Here's my complete list.

[notesdev]

28. A little long for my tastes. ~nt

[wryter2000]

11. Barbara Lee n/t

n/t

[Mike 03]

16. Barbara Lee is excellent!!!!!!!!! I agree. NT

[wryter2000]

63. She's my rep

I can truly say Barbara Lee speaks for me. :)

[Mike 03]

12. Are you serious about Ron Paul? Or is that a joke?

I've watched him time after time interrogate panelists on the committees he participates in regarding banking issues, and it is obvious from his questions he does not know anything about finance, banking, trade, or any damned thing. Like Maxime Waters, he is another one of those politicians who I can't understand how he or she could ever get on a particular committee.

[armyowalgreens]

15. I'm serious. I think he is genuine. Even if that is genuinely insane.

[Mike 03]

17. Oh, okay, I get what you mean. "Genuine" meaning sincere.

My bad. You make a valid point here.

Please accept my apologies.

[armyowalgreens]

18. It's cool

I guess I could have clarified a bit more because this is a touchy subject.

[Mike 03]

20. Thanks for accepting my apology.

:fistbump:

I would have to watch some hearings over and over to make a list. The question you are asking is very, very important, but I would not be able to make one off the top of my head. Maybe a psychiatrist could.

Joe Biden is one politician I have never doubted for a second.

But off the top of my head, he's the only one, without thinking really carefully about it, could I attest to.

[Mojambo]

13. Bernie Sanders. The end. n/t

[datasuspect]

14. the local water reclamation district guy (pct. 9)

[stillcool]

19. I can say with certaintly..

I trust every politician to be a person. No better, no worse.

[mwooldri]

22. Here's a controversial one: Margaret Thatcher.

Whilst many here will definitely disagree with her politics she has been to my memory pretty much consistent with her views throughout.

[DutchLiberal]

26. Well, if we can name non-US politicians, I've got a few more...

Like almost all leaders of Latin America these days...

[Fire1]

54. At one time I might have agreed.

[DutchLiberal]

23. Let's see if I paid enough attention to US politics...

Dennis Kucinich
Bernie Sanders
Russ Feingold
Robert Wexler
Sheldon Whitehouse
Ron Paul (I think a lot of his positions are nuts, but he is genuine.)
Cyntia McKinney (Is she still in politics?)

And I know he's no longer in politics, but I've got to name him: Jimmy Carter.

[NikolaC]

24. If I Had to Pick

I would say Dennis Kucinich and Barbara Boxer. I used to feel the same way about Maxine Waters, but that has changed a bit.

[csziggy]

27. Bob Graham - the others I can think of are all dead.

But since we're talking politicians, that probably makes them more trustworthy.:eyes:

[cloudbase]

29. David Cobb.

Th-th-th-th-that's all, folks!

[karynnj]

32. John Kerry, Sanders, Feingold, Lautenberg

Lugar

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[Warren DeMontague]

56. Grovelbot is a red hot, erupting volcano of genuineness. nt

[leftofthedial]

36. Kucinich

Sanders
Feingold

are my top 3

[ControlledDemolition]

59. My exact same top three! n/t

[Bonhomme Richard]

37. OK. Here we go................

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. None

[spanone]

40. i don't know if genuine is possible considering the cesspool you have to swim through to get elected

[PufPuf23]

41. Kerry, Boxer, Jerry Brown

Ron Paul is genuine and is histo(e)ric and serves a role but I would not want him in charge of anything.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

42. Kucinich and...and...and...oh, never mind.

[WeDidIt]

45. None

Not a one.

The three you listed are jsut as phony as any other politician.

[ColbertWatcher]

46. Barbara Boxer, Barbara Lee, Dennis Kucinich. n/t

[TahitiNut]

47. Paul Wellstone

:cry:

[CBR]

48. Obama

:hide:

I am serious though. I think we come from a similar place intellectually (although he is, sigh, much smarter), in that I understand his ideological vs pragmatic conflict -- I experience it all the time with, obviously, much less consequence.

[Joe the Liberal]

49. I got a few........

In no particular order......

Dennis Kucinich
Bernie Sanders
Al Gore
Howard Dean
Ron Paul
Dick Durbin
Barbara Boxer
Obama (for now)


Hmmmm... that's about all I can think of right now, I'm sure there's more though.

OH! and of course a whole plethora of ones that are now dead, but I'm assuming this is only for the live ones.

But then again they are all politicians so I don't have full trust in any of them.

[JonLP24]

50. Dennis Kucinich, Marcy Kaptur, Feingold, Bernie Sanders

Howard Dean.

[960]

51. Maxine Waters, Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, Bernie Sanders, Joe Sestak,

Stephanie Tubbs Jones (RIP), Barbara Boxer & Loretta Sanchez.

ETA: Barbara Lee

[wildbilln864]

52. Dennis Kucinich...

Russ Feingold, Ron Paul, Bernie Sanders,
Sheldon Whitehouse, Maxine Waters,
There are a few I think are trully honest and strive to represent their constituents.

[mitchum]

53. (n/t)

[Warren DeMontague]

55. Ron Paul? Yeah, genuinely batshit, genuinely anti choice, he genuinely thinks that the FDA should be

abolished....

Genuine, for sure.

[depakid]

57. Oregon Senator Jeff Merckley's on the list

[Kat45]

58. My Senator, Ted Kennedy.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned him yet.

[ohheckyeah]

60. I think Jim Webb

is a pretty genuine person plus he hasn't had time to get corrupted. ;-)

[NoPasaran]

61. Hillary Clinton

[RomanHoliday]

62. No one.

I don't think any politician is truly sincere about all their "beliefs". They probably have certain areas or topics about which they are more genuine than others but overall, even my local city council members have to make compromises to win elections.

[anonymous171]

64. Politicians are politicians.

"Genuine" politicians don't exist and that is a good thing.