Greatest Political Figure of the 20th Century?
 

Just watched a doc on the BBC which had a load of experts debating this. They finally settled on Winston Churchill, but being a British programme it's hard to judge how biased their final decision was.

Not what I would call "the greatest," but I would have to say the most significant political figure of the 20th century was Hitler.

Churchill is not at all a bad choice.
I would love that kind of wit and charisma, but I could do without the jowls.

i'd say gandhi, who gave the empire the finger & showed the world the way.

then there's lenin. the XX century was define by communism and fascism, and communism lasted longer. also, stalin killed way more people than hitler. while lenin did not rule for very long, his revolution set huge events in motion.

Ronald Reagan.

For returning the inherent decency of the white race back into America.

ha ha ha. what??

He's referring to his work with chimps in the Bonzo movies.

oh... this??







funny. i had never seen that. google rules.

are they any good?

(now i finally get "bonzo goes to bitburg")

Did you sleep in all through morning in America?


(Of course, I'm being sarcastic.)

'You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to pbradley again.'

That post made me laugh my ass off!

I would agree with Gandhi though, good call.

McCarthy for bringing the hammer to the commies.

i tought you were gonna say mccarthy for his alcoholism and death by hepatitis

No, he was an honest man.

I would also say Salinas de Gortari for stealing the money and fleeing the country.

what about j. edgard hoover for his fine attire

i heard that, and you're going on my list, buddy.

too much paranoias

Jimmy Carter for his contributions to the farming industry.

in all seriousness, robert oppenheimer had a bigger impact on politics in the second half of the twentieth century than anyone else.

Joseph N. Welch is wondering about your decency.

Well in America Jerry Falwell had an impact on the politics in America. We are still feeling the effects now.

I think FDR needs a mention in this.