# Greatest living American elimination game (game thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 16, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715 "2025-06-16T19:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/321 "2025-07-25T02:48:07Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > …I’ll vote King this time, and then let the smoke-filled room dealing and personal vendettas begin! I hope you’re kidding. Please see the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/322 "2025-07-25T19:46:32Z")
Our votes this round: José Andrés: Humanitarian, chef - 1 vote Warren Buffett: Level-headed billionaire - 3 votes Bob Dylan: Poet of generation - 1 vote Stephen King: Great American writer - 7 votes Bernie Sanders: Democratic Socialist leader - 2 votes Bruce Springsteen: Singer, songwriter, activist - 1 vote Stephen King, with his long exposure to - and creation of - horror, will, I trust, be able to cope with the horror of his defeat here. Our remaining nominees: José Andrés: Humanitarian, chef Joe Biden: President, uniter, overcomer Warren Buffett: Level-headed billionaire Bob Dylan: Poet of generation Anthony Fauci: Physician, immunologist, scientist Bill Gates: Futurist, philanthropist, billionaire Jesse Jackson: Civil rights leader Barack Obama: President, statesman, lawyer Dolly Parton: Artist, humanitarian Bernie Sanders: Democratic Socialist leader Bruce Springsteen: Singer, songwriter, activist Elizabeth Warren: Fighting political foes **Eliminated** 1. Jim Gaffigan: Comedian, author, commentator 2. Craig Ferguson: Polymath, director-writer, comedian 3. Mitt Romney: Senator, impeachment juror 4. Buzz Aldrin: Second on Moon 5. Taylor Swift: Musician, songwriter, icon 6. Tim Walz: Honorable political messenger 7. Simon Biles: GOAT gymnast 8. Judy Blume: Children’s literature icon 9. Amanda Gorman: Poet, activist, prodigy 10. Jim Lovell: Apollo 13 astronaut 11. Spike Lee: Filmmaker, Knicks fan 12. Janet Yellen: Economist, Treasury secretary 13. Magic Johnson: Superstar, survivor, inspiration 14. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Athlete, writer, activist 15. Amory Lovins: Physicist, energy activist 16. Steven Spielberg: Director, writer, entertainer 17. MacKenzie Scott: Philanthropist, prize-winning novelist 18. Mark Kelly: Senator, astronaut, aviator 19. Stephen King: Great American writer Voting for our next round will end at noon EST on Mon. July 28. Even though he’s gotten little traction so far, I’m still sticking with José Andrés. A worthy individual, I agree, but he’s far less deserving of the GLA title than several people already ousted IMHO. I’m surprised he’s survived this long. We’re just two away from our Top Ten. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/323 "2025-07-25T19:50:41Z")
Springsteen again ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/324 "2025-07-25T19:52:10Z")
Buffet ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/325 "2025-07-25T20:00:26Z")
I think we’ve reached the point at which the entertainers need to be excused. I’ll go along with a Springsteen vote this round. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/326 "2025-07-25T20:08:52Z")
Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/327 "2025-07-25T20:11:32Z")
Still feelin’ the Bern. I’m aware that he’s “directionally correct”, but he needs to have a more positive effect, as I see it, on the nation. So my vote for Bernie Sanders. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/328 "2025-07-25T20:17:46Z")
Big fan, but Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/329 "2025-07-25T21:52:33Z")
There’s a darkness on the edge of voting. Bruce. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/330 "2025-07-25T21:54:22Z")
Buffet ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/331 "2025-07-25T22:37:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Elizabeth Warren: Fighting political foes Elizabeth Warren: Fighting political foes ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/332 "2025-07-25T23:38:51Z")
José Andrés. Enough already … in solidarity with the OP’s persistence. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/333 "2025-07-26T00:40:56Z")
**Dylan**. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/334 "2025-07-26T00:49:32Z")
I’m going to turn thumbs down on Bill Gates. Imagine it’s 1900, and you’re choosing between Thomas Edison, John D. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt and (social activist) [Jane Addams.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams) At some point the inventor loses. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/335 "2025-07-26T01:33:01Z")
Springsteen. I voted against him weeks ago, and it’s surprising that he hasn’t been eliminated yet. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/336 "2025-07-26T21:43:13Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Elizabeth Warren: Fighting political foes > > Elizabeth Warren: Fighting political foes Is that a vote for her removal? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/337 "2025-07-26T22:14:51Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > I think Jose Andres is close. Nobody else on this list has risked their lives to help others, but seven of Andres’ volunteers were killed by Israeli airstrikes while they were trying to feed starving people. WCK regularly goes to dangerous places to keep people from starving to death. Just because you may never have heard of him doesn’t mean he’s not doing great things and worthy of attention and acclaim. And they’re still in there feeding people despite that danger, though they are struggling to get supplies in. > **[World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After...](https://wck.org/news/gaza-update-7-25)** > > After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.  > This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been forced to halt due to a lack of available food... ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/338 "2025-07-26T22:32:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Is that a vote for her removal? **No a vote for her to remain**.’ She’s one of the few actually actively countering the orange idjit and his cronies. 🤬 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/339 "2025-07-28T01:57:40Z")
OK, thanks. Please avoid ambiguous posts, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715/340 "2025-07-28T21:39:21Z")
Our votes this round: José Andrés: Humanitarian, chef - 2 votes Warren Buffett: Level-headed billionaire - 2 votes Bob Dylan: Poet of generation - 2 votes Bill Gates: Futurist, philanthropist, billionaire - 1 vote Bernie Sanders: Democratic Socialist leader - 1 vote Bruce Springsteen: Singer, songwriter, activist - 5 votes To my regret, the Boss has left the stage… and the poll. Our remaining nominees: José Andrés: Humanitarian, chef Joe Biden: President, uniter, overcomer Warren Buffett: Level-headed billionaire Bob Dylan: Poet of generation Anthony Fauci: Physician, immunologist, scientist Bill Gates: Futurist, philanthropist, billionaire Jesse Jackson: Civil rights leader Barack Obama: President, statesman, lawyer Dolly Parton: Artist, humanitarian Bernie Sanders: Democratic Socialist leader Elizabeth Warren: Fighting political foes **Eliminated** 1. Jim Gaffigan: Comedian, author, commentator 2. Craig Ferguson: Polymath, director-writer, comedian 3. Mitt Romney: Senator, impeachment juror 4. Buzz Aldrin: Second on Moon 5. Taylor Swift: Musician, songwriter, icon 6. Tim Walz: Honorable political messenger 7. Simon Biles: GOAT gymnast 8. Judy Blume: Children’s literature icon 9. Amanda Gorman: Poet, activist, prodigy 10. Jim Lovell: Apollo 13 astronaut 11. Spike Lee: Filmmaker, Knicks fan 12. Janet Yellen: Economist, Treasury secretary 13. Magic Johnson: Superstar, survivor, inspiration 14. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Athlete, writer, activist 15. Amory Lovins: Physicist, energy activist 16. Steven Spielberg: Director, writer, entertainer 17. MacKenzie Scott: Philanthropist, prize-winning novelist 18. Mark Kelly: Senator, astronaut, aviator 19. Stephen King: Great American writer 20. Bruce Springsteen: Singer, songwriter, activist Voting for our next round will end at noon EST on Weds. July 30. We’re just one person away from our Top Ten! My vote again goes to José Andrés, for the reasons previously given. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715.md?page=18)