(Not an official vote) Jesse Jackson’s relationship/association with Martin Luther King.
(Official vote) Bernie Sanders
I don’t doubt that Dr King’s coat tails have been beneficial to Jackson himself, just reflecting on that benefit to the wider merkinland.
I brought him up earlier in the thread in that my impression is that he deserved to go out early, but sort of weirded out about my ignorance of his earlier life. Perhaps other people are giving him a significant benefit of the doubt as well.
Andres
Dylan
Our votes this round:
José Andrés: Humanitarian, chef - 2 votes
Joe Biden: President, uniter, overcomer - 1 vote
Bob Dylan: Poet of generation - 6 votes
Jesse Jackson: Civil rights leader - 1 vote
Dolly Parton: Artist, humanitarian - 1 vote
Bernie Sanders: Democratic Socialist leader - 2 votes
Elizabeth Warren: Fighting political foes - 2 votes
Bob Dylan may sing “It Ain’t Me, Babe,” but this time, yeah… it is.
Our remaining nominees:
José Andrés: Humanitarian, chef
Joe Biden: President, uniter, overcomer
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
- Bob Dylan: Poet of generation
Voting for our next round will end at noon EST on Weds. Aug. 6.
My vote this time? Still José Andrés. For all his good works, I just don’t think he belongs in this mostly-august company.
Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Warren is one of my Senators, but I’m voting goodbye to her.
I think I’m gonna go with Biden this round. In spite of his long public service, he’s had a few votes that I really can’t…I just can’t. Confirming Thomas was one. I like you, Joe, but those votes are informing my vote this time.
Bernie Sanders.
Biden
Wait, Biden voted nay on Thomas.
He was incredibly shitty to Anita Hill. Had he served one term and stepped aside gracefully and in a timely manner, I’d feel differently about him.
Jackson
It’s the shits getting old: I conflated his treatment of Anita Hill with his eventual vote.
Fair enough.
Jesse Jackson
José Andrés.