It’s still Dolly Parton for me, but I won’t object too strongly to a Dylan vote, because in doing research for this thread I realized that, in the last ten years, he has never expressed an opinion on Donald Trump. That disqualifies him as GLA as far as I’m concerned. Still, considerations of artistic merit and cultural impact demand that Parton go first.
Gates
Flipped a coin and I’m back to Bill Gates.
Dylan
Bill Gates
Dylan.
Sanders.
Gates
Our votes this round:
José Andrés: Humanitarian, chef - 1 vote
Bob Dylan: Poet of generation - 4 votes
Bill Gates: Futurist, philanthropist, billionaire - 5 votes
Barack Obama: President, statesman, lawyer - 1 vote
Dolly Parton: Artist, humanitarian - 1 vote
Bernie Sanders: Democratic Socialist leader - 2 votes
Bill Gates, like his pal Warren Buffett, is now gone from our list, with only his vast fortune to make up for it.
Our remaining nominees:
José Andrés: Humanitarian, chef
Joe Biden: President, uniter, overcomer
Bob Dylan: Poet of generation
Anthony Fauci: Physician, immunologist, scientist
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
- Jim Gaffigan: Comedian, author, commentator
- Craig Ferguson: Polymath, director-writer, comedian
- Mitt Romney: Senator, impeachment juror
- Buzz Aldrin: Second on Moon
- Taylor Swift: Musician, songwriter, icon
- Tim Walz: Honorable political messenger
- Simone Biles: GOAT gymnast
- Judy Blume: Children’s literature icon
- Amanda Gorman: Poet, activist, prodigy
- Jim Lovell: Apollo 13 astronaut
- Spike Lee: Filmmaker, Knicks fan
- Janet Yellen: Economist, Treasury secretary
- Magic Johnson: Superstar, survivor, inspiration
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Athlete, writer, activist
- Amory Lovins: Physicist, energy activist
- Steven Spielberg: Director, writer, entertainer
- MacKenzie Scott: Philanthropist, prize-winning novelist
- Mark Kelly: Senator, astronaut, aviator
- Stephen King: Great American writer
- Bruce Springsteen: Singer, songwriter, activist
- Warren Buffett: Level-headed billionaire
- Bill Gates: Futurist, philanthropist, billionaire
Voting for our next round will end at noon EST on Mon. Aug. 4.
My vote yet again goes to José Andrés.
p-t, Trump was probably going to run in 2016 no matter what. I don’t think, and have never read, that Obama’s gibe drove him to do it.
Bernie Sanders.
Dylan
Biden.
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan.
Parton
Elizabeth Warren
Dylan
Warren.
Being patently a fraud as a non living-American participating in this ‘ere thread, but by any measure surviving until the top 10 of this poll indicates some significance. Therefore was wondering what within the American canon keeps Jessie Jackson under consideration?