“Most admired” list of famous people

Lol. The annual Gallup poll of most admired people is out. It must burn Trump that he’s tied with Obama:

Most admired man:
1 (tie). Barack Obama (18%)
1 (tie). Donald Trump (18%)
3 (tie). Jimmy Carter (2%)
3 (tie). Elon Musk (2%)
5. Bill Gates (2%)
6. Pope Francis (1%)
7. Bernie Sanders (1%)
8. Adam Schiff (1%)
9. The Dalai Lama (1%)
10. Warren Buffett (<1%)

Most admired woman:
1. Michelle Obama (10%)
2. Melania Trump (5%)
3. Oprah Winfrey (3%)
4. Hillary Clinton (3%)
5. Greta Thunberg (3%)
6. Queen Elizabeth II (2%)
7. Nancy Pelosi (2%)
8. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2%)
9. Elizabeth Warren (1%)
10 (tie). Angela Merkel (1%)
10 (tie). Nikki Haley (1%)

This list is always kind of hilarious. I wonder if he knows that Obama was way more admired when he was president….

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

1. Barack Obama, 30 percent

2. George W. Bush, 4 percent

3. Nelson Mandela, 3 percent

4. Glenn Beck, 2 percent

5. Pope Benedict XVI, 2 percent

6. the Rev. Billy Graham, 2 percent

7. Bill Gates, 2 percent

8. John McCain, 1 percent

9. George H.W. Bush, 1 percent

10. (tie) Bill Clinton, 1 percent

Tiger Woods, 1 percent

Nelson Mandela only gets one point higher than Beck — who’s tied with the pope?

Lol. The right wingers always deeply admire some nut, don’t they?

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