hmm, a mundane and pointless poll. Where to put it, where to put it.
what say you?
I subit: Isac Asimov, rolling in his grave at the film ‘I, robot’.
I mean “he has the three laws, but he can choose not to obey them” come on!
I would say Jesus Christ, except He isn’t in His grave any more. But if He were, some of the things done in His name would surely make Him spin.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Being on his back all this time must be killing him.
Thomas Jefferson, over the issue of personal liberties. :mad:
Karl Marx.
Walt Disney.
Jesus. (Well, unless it turns out that he was actually a fanatic or a jerk IRL.)
Senator Prescott Bush. His grandson turned out to be a dangerous fundamentalist. 
Pascal. He has got to be tired of that damned wager coming up so often.
T.S. Eliot was indirectly responsible for Cats. (Jon Stewart remarked that he is now a rotisserie poet.)
I’m sure he’s upset he didn’t see any of the big-time cash the movie took in, but I doubt he’s up there with Marx and Jesus.
Theodore ‘Speak-Softly/Big-Stick’ Roosevelt, ever since his eventual successor uttered the immortal words, “Bring 'em on!”
Mao Zedong, if he could see that the PRC has tossed out every radical idea he had. (Unless he decided that China being wealthy and powerful was more important).
I concur. I live here in China now and think Mao would go nuts to see what they’ve done.
You can buy:
Mao commeroritve plates, Mao watches(that look like the Micky Mouse ones with his arms being the clock arms), Mao decorations for your car, amongst countless other things.
He’s the star of Capitalism over here.
Princess Diana of Wales, because: 1) the myriad sleazy tell-all books, interviews, documentaries, etc. involving those who had once known her, worked for her, or had sex with her; 2) her fountain memorial was so poorly designed that some visitors have managed to sustain injuries on it; 3) Charles and Camilla finally getting married, after all (although the Queen will not be attending, so that’s a small triumph).
Ghandi and every other pacifist in history.
Sam Walton.
Several years ago, just after his death, I went to a Sam’s Club. They had a new Toyota truck on display (at the time you could get a good deal on new cars with your membership card).
I asked a salesperson, “I’ll bet old Sam would spin in his grave if he knew they were selling a Japansese car in his store.” To which the guy replied, “They put him in the ground spinning. As soon as he died, they pretty much trashed his vision and started doing things their way.”
Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) - Two of his best-loved books turned into crawling-sack-of-shit movies; manuscripts that were unfinished or that he considered inferior published anyway; books originally published under the name “Theo. LeSieg” reissued as by “Dr. Seuss writing as Theo. LeSieg”.
Mozart is not rolling over, but he’s probably decomposing.
rimshot
::: d&r :::
I so want one of those.
facepalm
To the OP, I’d say Orwell. For two reasons: firstly, that some conservatives in this country are working their hardest to make his vision a reality, and secondly, that some liberals in this country scream “BIG BROTHER! 1984! THOUGHT POLICE!” every time they get pulled over for speeding.
Don’t know if it’s the fastest but . . .
Dorothy Parker. There is a romance novel prize named after her.
After a woman who sat at her typewriter and chanted, “Please god, don’t let me write like a woman, please god, don’t let me write like a woman.”