Favourite politicians/economists/social commentators?

More Than Mortal · August 18, 2014, 04:50:30 PM

And of course least favourite.

Favourite politicians: Margaret Thatcher, Nigel Farage, George Osborne, Grover Cleveland, William Gladstone.

Favourite economists: Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, Scott Sumner, George Selgin, Lawrence H. White, Paul Krugman.

Favourite commentators: Christopher Hitchens, Louis C.K., George Carlin, Dr. Eamonn Butler.

Least favourite politicians: Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, George Bush, Abe Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson.

Least favourite economists: Karl Marx, Ha-Joon Chang, J.M. Keynes, Ludwig von Mises.

Least favourite commentators: Owen Jones, Peter Hitchens, Noam Chomsky

Juuzou · August 18, 2014, 05:09:27 PM

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DAS B00T x2 · August 18, 2014, 05:12:50 PM

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Magos Domina · August 18, 2014, 05:15:53 PM

Fave: Hugo Chavez, George Galloway, Gordon Brown, Basil McCrea, Tony Benn, Yasser Arafat.

Least fave: Thatcher, Tony Blair, George Bush, Ron Paul, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ian Paisley, David Cameron, Enoch Powell, Hilary Clinton, Winston Churchill, Nick Griffin, Jim Allister, Martin McGuinness, Nigel Farage and that slimy little shit Nick Clegg.

You know I'm not gonna write down everyone's names because I cbf.

Reciffo_Smmoc · August 18, 2014, 11:48:57 PM

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Jocephalopod · August 21, 2014, 11:22:47 PM

Bill Burr

Mad Max · August 22, 2014, 12:20:03 AM

I would really like Bill Maher more if he wasn't such an abrasive asshole about his position on topics. I'm on board with most of what he says.

Magos Domina · August 22, 2014, 07:54:51 AM

Quote from: Lady Noelle on August 18, 2014, 05:09:27 PM

George Carlin

Overrated.

More Than Mortal · August 22, 2014, 09:28:33 AM

Quote from: Kiyohime on August 22, 2014, 07:54:51 AM

Overrated.

I do agree with you there.

Magos Domina · August 22, 2014, 09:32:53 AM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on August 22, 2014, 09:28:33 AM

I do agree with you there.

I don't know much about his politics but as a comedian he's overrated, I still hold the belief that there are no funny American/Canadian stand up comedians. He sure ain't Frankie Boyle or Jimmy Carr.