CNN's Top 25: Fascinating people

[pg22]

Maybe it's too early for me, but I can't figure out who would be #1 on the list. I'm sure I'll feel stupid once it's figured out. Who do you think it is?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/02/cnn25.top.fascinating/index.html

1) ?
2) Pope John Paul II
3) Ayatollah Khomeini
4) George W. Bush
5) Deng Xiaoping
6) Bill Clinton
7) Osama bin Laden
8) Mikhail Gorbachev
9) Nelson Mandela
10) Yasser Arafat
11) Bill Gates
12) Margaret Thacher
13) Saddam Hussein
14) Sam Walton
15) Ariel Sharon
16) Steve Jobs
17) Newt Gingrich
18) Lech Walesa
19) Mother Teresa
20) Alan Greenspan
21) Michael Jordan
22) Princess Diana
23) Rev. Billy Graham
24) Oprah Winfrey
25) Steven Spielberg

 

[cirthix]

duh, its me

 

[Eli]

WTF?

George W. Bush is about as interesting as a brick.

 

[dug777]

Dave Grolsh

 

[chuckywang]

Wacko Jacko

 

[pg22]

The first 10 are all deal with politics, so I'm sure it's the same for number 1.

 

[Brule]

Could be something weird like Jesus or a pop icon like Trump. Why people care who CNN finds "fascinating" is a better question. I think the editors were stoned when they came up with the top 25 list.

 

[poncherelli2]

Annan, Blair, Ahnold? Those are some bigger political names not on the list

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Wacko Jacko

I keep hearing that he has a real voice. like, that high-pitched voice is just an act.

it sounds really freaky.

 

[Landroval]

HH Dalai Lama!

 

[screw3d]

Kim Jong-il?

 

[pg22]

Maybe its Ghandi?

 

[Landroval]

Osama? George Lucas? or maybe Hillary :Q

 

[91TTZ]

I'd say either Michael Jackson or the dictator of North Korea. But knowing this country, they'll probably pick Jesus.

 

[virtuamike]

Habib Marwan. The mummy is ruthless.

 

[91TTZ]

Oh, we forgot about Hitler. Hitler's my vote, final answer.

 

[shilala]

I'm not fascinated in the least. I didn't see Jenna Jameson in there anywhere.

 

[Amused]

I see this is the "most fascinating people of the last quarter-century."

Since I don't see Ronald Reagan on the list, my bet is on him being #1

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Oh, we forgot about Hitler. Hitler's my vote, final answer.

Hitler wasn't alive in the last quarter-century

In fact, he wasn't even alive in the last half-century

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Oh, we forgot about Hitler. Hitler's my vote, final answer.

Hitler wasn't alive in the last quarter-century

In fact, he wasn't even alive in the last half-century

Ugh. You're right. Being at work for 21 hours straight will do that to you.

 

[pg22]

Originally posted by: Amused
I see this is the "most fascinating people of the last quarter-century."

Since I don't see Ronald Reagan on the list, my bet is on him being #1

I noticed he wasn't on there, but how on earth could he, of all people, be #1?

 

[clamum]

Stephen Hawking

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: pg22

Originally posted by: Amused
I see this is the "most fascinating people of the last quarter-century."

Since I don't see Ronald Reagan on the list, my bet is on him being #1

I noticed he wasn't on there, but how on earth could he, of all people, be #1?

If you put aside petty partisan politics, he was the most influential and notable US president since JFK (I would say more notable since most of JFK's notoriety is tied to his death, not life). Also the most respected not only at home, but abroad.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Eli
WTF?

George W. Bush is about as interesting as a brick.

these lists are always dumb. This is no exeception. Actually that guy who invented segway is more interesting than most of these putzes.

 

[mobobuff]

Another vote for Reagan.