With whom are you proud to share a state?

[Modem Butterfly]

I live in Georgia, and I'm proud to share a state with Max Cleland!

I'm also proud to share a state with John Conyers, Cynthia McKinney, Dr. Martin Luther King, Ray Charles, Roy Barnes, and even Bob Barr, now that he's a consultant for the ACLU. Well, scratch that last one. I'm less ashamed to share a state with Bob Barr now that he's a consultant for the ACLU.

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. What's wrong with John Lewis?

:shrug:

[Modem Butterfly]

2. Oh yeah, John Lewis!

He's my representative, too! I can't believe I forgot him. I blame the cold medicine.

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. He's the last surviving speaker from the March on Washington.

I met him a couple of years ago. He's truly a great man.

[tjwmason]

23. A splendid chain of department stores

Here in Britain which is a workers co-operative, having been presented to the staff by its founder (called John Lewis unsurprisingly).

[meegbear]

3. Massachusetts here ...

share it with ALL Dems and proud of all of them!

[sniffa]

9. ditto

but big props to kerry, kennedy, frank, meehan, markey, travagLini.

screw finneran though.

[candy]

33. How about Billy Bulger?

[sniffa]

36. how about whitey

a true hero

[candy]

51. Whitey is probably hanging around the L Street bathouse,

in disguise,of course.

Makes you question our law enfocement,doesn't it?

He'll die of old age and Billy will die rich. What a state the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is.

[sparky_in_ma]

72. Share mine with John Kerry and Ted Kennedy

Not bad company at all.

[Bertha Venation]

5. Mrs. Moore

(Proud? I dunno, but . . . ) She was my 8th grade teacher back home in So. Cal. and was from Maryland. She always talked about the Baltimore Orioles. I'll never forget her.

[SCDem]

6. South Carolina

with John Spratt, Jim Clyburn, Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Dick Riley, Fritz Hollings and great progressive groups like the Carolina Peace Resource Center www.carolinapeace.org and the South Carolina Progressive Network. And all the other little d's that fight the good fight right along with me!

[Jessica]

7. Well ...

Not many to be proud of here in West Virginia - with the obvious exception of Robert C. Byrd. Despite his past & the fact that everything in our state is named after him, I am so proud and thankful for the stands he makes - especially now.

[WildClarySage]

11. Well, now wait a minute,

there's also Jay Rockefeller, Jerry West, Jennifer Garner, John Corbett, Ken Heckler

and...

wait for it...


me. :bounce:

[Jessica]

12. And ...

Don Knotts! :hi:

[WildClarySage]

14. And our newest celeb resident

Martha Stewart!

[MountainLaurel]

60. Let's not forget

That ganja-smoking TV star Bob Denver!

[KitchenWitch]

8. The late Paul Wellstone

The late Hubert H Humphrey
Walter Mondale
The late F. Scott Fitzgerald
Patty Wetterling
The late Rudy Perpich
Sharon Sayles Belton

[GOPisEvil]

10. Lloyd Doggett, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Jim Hightower and Molly Ivins.

To name but 4 GREAT Texans. I'm sure my fellow Texans will name more. :-)

[efhmc]

15. Ann Richards

[Fleshdancer]

26. Willie Nelson! n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

57. I forgot the Dixie Chicks!!!!!!!111

[trof]

13. Helen Keller, Hank Williams, William Crawford Gorgas,

William Crawford Gorgas, doctor and Surgeon General of the United States Army, is known throughout the world as the conqueror of the mosquito and the malaria and yellow fever it transmits. His pioneer efforts in halting an epidemic of yellow fever enabled the United States to complete the Panama Canal after earlier attempts had fallen before the onslaught of the treacherous insect.

And Dr. Seale Harris. He was a personal friend and my surrogate grandfather.

The life of Seale Harris was one of a rare individual who applied his competence successfully in several fields and enriched all who came in contact with him. He brought to his practice of internal medicine a strong background of training received in this country and abroad. He opened the Seale Harris Clinic in Birmingham in 1922 and it became a medical landmark during his lifetime. The clinic and name are perpetuated by his successors. Shortly after the discovery of insulin, Harris visited Canada to study diabetes cases with the scientists who discovered the hormone. These studies led to his extensive research on the effects in nondiabetic patients of an excessive secretion of insulin and his recognition that hyperinsulinism, the condition caused by these excess secretions, results in hypoglycemia, an abnormal deficiency of sugar in the blood. His research on hyperinsulinism and its control brought international recognition to Harris, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest scientific award of the American Medical Association.

While serving in the Army during World War I, he edited the journal, War Medicine, published in Paris, and for 12 years he was the owner and editor of the Southern Medical Journal. His writings include more than 100 contributions to the medical literature and books in such diverse fields as clinical practice, biography and politics. Widely respected among doctors, Harris served at various times as president of the Southern Medical Association, Medical Association of the State of Alabama, and the American Medical Editors Association.

[liberalitch]

16. The old dominion is proud of Gov. Marc Warner...

And rep. Bobby Scott

[Penndems]

76. Hear, hear! And let's not forget . . .

Thomas Jefferson - the founder of the Democratic Party!

[fromVT]

17. howard dean!!!

Patrick Leahy!

Bernie Sanders!

Jim Jeffords!

and many, many others.

:bounce:

[Wat_Tyler]

18. Marshall McLuhan, Brion Gysin.

I mean, they're dead and all, but they are from here.

[Upfront]

19. Governer Granholm - Michigan

[no name no slogan]

20. Paul Wellstone, Eugene McCarthy, Hubert Humphrey, Bob Dylan...

I'm proud of all these people, not to mention many, many more who are from Minnesota. Other Minnesotans that make me proud include Roy Wilkins, Charles Lindberg (his flying abilities, not his Nazi sympathies), Bob Mould, Paul Westerberg, Prince, F. Scott Fitzgerald, August Wilson, Walter Mondale, and many many more.

I'm also proud of the fact that our state NEVER went for Ronald Reagan, too. :thumbsup:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

21. James Garner, who is one of my favorite actors....

And Brad Pitt who was born in Shawnee.
Duckie

[Patiod]

22. Ben Frankilin and Donvan McNabb

On a more serious note, Harris Wofford, who came up with the idea of making MLK day a Day of Service.

[dad]

24. That is a tough one

All I can come up with off the top of my head is Dean Smith. (I am not a John Edwards fan.)

[StopTheMorans]

25. the Red Sox, and soon, the Patriots

:P

[Joe Power]

27. Molly Ivins, Jim Hightower, Ann Richards, Willie Nelson

[CrownPrinceBandar]

28. Robert Byrd.

[Phentex]

29. All of yours plus Jimmy Carter.

I like him. I don't care who knows.

[Modem Butterfly]

30. Oh yes. Big plus!

[terrya]

31. Abraham Lincoln, Paul Douglas, Paul Simon....

Jan Schkowsky (my very honorable representative from the 9th District in Congress).

To name just a few. :-)

T

[HippieCowgirl]

32. I'm in Texas, and proud to share it with Molly Ivins

Write on, rabble-rouser!

[Bullwinkle925]

34. Barbara Boxer

[bobthedrummer]

35. Russ Feingold.

[Magrittes Pipe]

37. Not to mention Tammy Baldwin, Bill Proxmire, Fightin' Bob LaFollette...

On, Wisconsin! :bounce:

[elaineb]

38. Dennis Kucinich and Stephanie Tubbs Jones

There are other great Ohioans obviously, but those are the current national political figures that come to mind, which I assume was the intent of the question. And they're Clevelanders too! (so I'm doubly proud).

[ImpeachBush]

40. Senator John Glenn, Chrissie Hynde, Blue Jacket, Tecumseh, Pontiac

The state of my Birth .... Ohio.

[ImpeachBush]

James Lovell, Judith Resnik (Challenger), Nancie Currie (astronaut)

Other Ohio residents

[ImpeachBush]

39. The B-52's and R.E.M. and Indigo Girls

Well, the B-52's and Indigo Girls, anyway. I live in Georgia ... been here for 1.5 years.

[jswordy]

41. Phil Bredesen, Al Gore, Ned McWhorter...

..all Tennesseans.

[dean_dem]

42. Dave Grohl, Neko Case.

I don't really bump into them that often though.

[fishwax]

43. Oklahoma's greats are mostly dead

Woody Guthrie, Will Rogers, Geronimo, Sequoyah, Ralph Ellison.

Perhaps someone else will come to mind, but I can't think of anyone else offhand with whom I would say I'm proud to share Oklahoma. I like Barry Switzer and Bob Stoops, for instance, and James Garner is a thoughtful and passionate liberal, but don't know that I'd consider sharing a state with them a point of pride. :D

[fishwax]

46. or else left the state for greener pastures

Like Walter Cronkite (whose 1st broadcasting gig was in OKC, and who was, I believe, the 1st radio announcer for the Oklahoma Sooners) or Bill Moyers or Sen. Moynihan.

[terrya]

47. Senator Thomas Gore...Gore Vidal's grandfather.

First Senator of the new state of Oklahoma, as I recall. :-)

[fishwax]

49. Yep, you're right

there's a tiny town named after him south of Muskogee.

[fishwax]

48. N. Scott Momaday and Tomas Rivera

whose novels helped spark a new wave of Native American literature and the Chicano Renaissance, respectively ... though neither settled in Oklahoma permanently (and Rivera is now dead).

[guitar man]

55. Don't forget Bartcop

He's from Enid.

[Behind the Aegis]

56. how's about...

Megan Mullally...From Will & Grace! Also, there are some great DU'ers here! Other than that...this state is barren!

[mark414]

44. 100 people you may not have known were Wisconsin folks

Charlotte Rae
Spencer Tracy
Zucker Brothers
Gene Wilder
Chris Farley
Jane Kaczmarek
Liberace
Orson Welles
Daniel J. Travanti
Harry Houdini
Bradley Whitford
Don Ameche
Mark Ruffalo (from "You Can Count on Me")
Jerry Harrison
Eric Benet
John Ridley (author, wrote "Stray Dogs")
Willem Dafoe
Douglas MacArthur
Campbell Scott
Joe McCarthy
Oprah Winfrey
Iceberg Slim
Kato Kaelin
Jackie Mason
Latrell Sprewell
Nick Van Exel
Kristen Johnston
Chris Noth (Mr. Big in Sex & the City)
Al Molinaro
Les Paul
Steve Miller
Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum)
Al Jarreau
Tony Shalhoub
Tom Snyder
Kurtwood Smith (dad on That '70s Show)
D.B. Sweeney
Howie Epstein (one of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers)
Frank Lloyd Wright
Joe Puerta (of '70s popsters Ambrosia)
Tom Wopat
Peter Weller (Robocop!)
Chip Zein (Howard the Duck!)
Jane Hamilton
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Larry Watson
Tyne Daly
Fred MacMurray
Psychic Jeane Dixon
Lynn Fontaine
Alfred Lunt
Uta Hagen
Deidre Hall
Susan Hawk (from Survivor)
Julie Stoffer (of Real World)
Kathy Kinney (of Drew Carey Show)
Timbuk 3 (The Future's So Bright...)
Miss America Terry Meeusen (1973)
Gena Rowlands
Concetta Tomei (from Providence)
B-movie star Shannon Whirry
Da Crusher
Georgia O'Keeffe
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Judge William H. Renquist
Golda Meir
John Muir
Thornton Wilder
Owen Gromme
Amy Pietz (of Caroline in the City)
Father James Groppi
Leland Sklar (Jackson Browne's bassist)
Bill Berry (REM)
Chordettes (Mr. Sandman)
Butch Vig and Garbage
Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers)
Woody Herman
Kevn Kinney (Drivin' N Cryin')
Speech (Arrested Development)
Jane Wiedlin (The Go Go's)
Colleen Dewhurst
Sean Duffy (The Real World)
Jill Eikenberry (LA Law)
Peter Graves
Robert Bloch (he wrote Psycho)
Ron Kovic (Born on the Fourth of July)
Aldo Leopold
Carl Sandburg
Peter Straub
Greta Van Susteren (Fox News Network)
James Lovell
NPR's Jackie Lyden
Skater Dan Jansen
Racing driver Dick Trickle
Golfer Andy North
Tom Hulce (Amadeus Oscar nominee)
The Ringling Brothers
Edna Ferber
Skater Eric Heiden
Red Wilson

[yellowdogintexas]

54. How did Oprah get to be from Wisonsin? She was born in

Kuzioscko Ms, educated in Nashville and had her first TV gig in Nashville. I was living there when Oprah, Pat Sajak, John Tesh and Carol Marin were all on the local news stations.

[kick-ass-bob]

45. David Price and John Edwards.

[RetroLounge]

50. Russ Feingold!

Wisconsin!

RL

[absolutezero]

52. John Stewart

John Corzine, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Murphy (he lives 5 minutes from me) Bill Murray (another one five minutes from me) and Woodrow Wilson

Anyone know other famous people from Jersey that aren't repukes

[Reverend_Smitty]

65. Thats a good list!

ysy for NJ!

[borlis]

77. A very famous non repuke from NJ just look at my avatar

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[yellowdogintexas]

53. I live in Texas and i am proud to share a state with Jim Wright

Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, Tommy Lee Jones, Lady Bird Johnson, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Bob Ray Sander, Glen Mitchell, Lon Burnam and all the great Texas Democrats who were elected to office this year, as well as all those hardy souls who ran as Democrats.

[DemGa]

58. I live in Georgia

A lot of great music from here. Allman Brothers for one.

[prairierose]

59. I'm in SD and a few of the people from here are:

George McGovern
Jim Abourezk
Harvey Dunn
Tom Brokaw
Tom Daschle
Gutzon Borglum ended his life here
Korzak Ziolkowski also died here after living here for so many years
Peg Detmers
I always claim L Frank Baum because he wrote the Wizard of Oz here & about SD, he changed the setting to KS because he didn't want the people who knew him in Aberdeen to see themselves in the story.
Oscar Howe
Hubert H Humphrey
Cheryl Ladd
Crazy Horse
Adam Viniteri
Billy Mills
and of course...
Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane both died here & are buried in Deadwood

I know I'm missing a few

:hi:

[progmom]

61. My kid.

He's turning 3 next week, and he is the most loving person I have ever met.

[bluestateguy]

62. Living in Austin is like living in Cold War era West Berlin

or Hong Kong before it was taken over by Red China. We are an island community, surrounded by a totalitarian state. Hence I rarely venture outside of this county.

[SharonRB]

63. Michigan here -- John Conyers, Jennifer Granholm, Carl Levin,

Debbie Stabenow, Sander Levin -- on the political side.

On the entertainment side -- Lilly Tomlin, Robin Williams (they grew up here)

Sports -- Tom Brady (he's not from here, but quarterbacked my alma mater, U of Michigan)

[Ann Arbor Dem]

64. Michigan here too

Those you mentioned and others (some living in Michigan, some born in Michigan)....

Rosa Parks
John Dingell
Ralph Bunche
Walter Reuther
Malcolm X (not born here, but grew up here)
G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams
Philip Hart
Hank, Thad, and Elvin Jones
Michael Moore
Ron Carter
Gilda Radner
Edna Ferber
Ring Lardner
Elmore Leonard
Aretha Franklin
John Lee Hooker (not born here, but got his start here)
Donald Byrd
Iggy Pop
James Earl Jones
Stevie Wonder

[Cuban_Liberal]

66. Dick Durbin!

:D

[Withywindle]

68. Roger that!

And also (not necessarily born here, but made their names here). I'm sure I'll kick myself over countless people I've forgotten as soon as it's posted:


Abraham Lincoln
Gwendolyn Brooks
Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Jane Addams
Lucy Parsons
Nelson Algren
Studs Terkel
the late Sen. Paul Simon
Sen. Barack Obama
Both Jesse Jacksons
The Second City comedy troupe and all its famous alumni - where would SNL be without 'em?
All past, present and future members of the AACM free-jazz/culture collective
Cheap Trick
Wilco
Tortoise
Steve Albini
Jim O'Rourke (I know he moved, but...you can take the boy out, blah blah)
Fred Anderson
Ken Vandermark
Stuart Dybek
Carol Moseley-Braun (Think about this: Three African-American Senators since Reconstruction. Shameful figure in itself. What they don't say so often is that TWO of those three, including the only woman, were/are from IL. What's the matter with the *rest* of y'all?)
Jan Schakowsky
Helen Shiller
Rahm Emmanuel
Aaron Freeman
Tom Skilling, the best weatherman in the nation.

[borlis]

70. Me too!

Dick is a pretty good guy. He seems to have a little spine left. I can't believe Obama went to the SOTU and asked for the chimp's autograph like some groupie.:puke: This really shocked me. Did someone tell him to "get in line?" or what?

[FuzzySlippers]

67. Tom Harkin,

Henry Wallace, and Norman Borlaug.

[DemGirl7]

69. I'm proud to be from FDR's state...New York

His estate & Presidential museum is located one town just north of the City I live in.

[Liberal_Andy]

71. John and Elizabeth Edwards

:nuke::nuke:

[Endangered Specie]

73. Bob Etheridge, Brad Miller

(two great congressman) and the Edwards' :) :)

[NV Whino]

74. Barbara Boxer n/t

[SmileyBoy]

75. Byron Dorgan

[ComerPerro]

78. Dick Durbin, Barak Obama

[agates]

79. Short list here

George McGovern and my husband :-)