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Pennington · 07-20-2003, 11:30 PM

Who in your opinion is the person who has influenced American politics the most in the past 50 years? It seems to me that many parties/philosophies have their spoksperson that they would consider the most important people in politics(Ayn Rand, Noam Chomsky, ect), but in reality, these people have had little effect of the landscape of american politics. With presidents, there hasn't been one that has been radically differant from his party platform so it would be hard to argue that they really affected anything at all. It could be argued that Saddam or bin Laden changed america the most, but I don't see them as really changing the opinions or political beliefs of anyone. All they did was give an excuse to spend more on security. Do you guys think that there is any one person that really shaped the political landscape of today? (and no, Jesus doesn't count)

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Pennington Banned Location: Autonomous Zone	Most influential people in modern politics Who in your opinion is the person who has influenced American politics the most in the past 50 years? It seems to me that many parties/philosophies have their spoksperson that they would consider the most important people in politics(Ayn Rand, Noam Chomsky, ect), but in reality, these people have had little effect of the landscape of american politics. With presidents, there hasn't been one that has been radically differant from his party platform so it would be hard to argue that they really affected anything at all. It could be argued that Saddam or bin Laden changed america the most, but I don't see them as really changing the opinions or political beliefs of anyone. All they did was give an excuse to spend more on security. Do you guys think that there is any one person that really shaped the political landscape of today? (and no, Jesus doesn't count)