Which Men And Women Do You Admire The Most?

The Gallup Organization has completed their annual poll of America's most admired men and women.

The question they were asked was: What man/woman that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice?

The results were are follows.

Most admired men:

George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Colin Powell
Pope John Paul II
Bill Clinton
Billy Graham
Nelson Mandela
Al Gore
Ronald Reagan
Denzel Washington

Most admired women:

Hillary Clinton
Oprah Winfrey
Laura Bush
Barbara Bush
Margaret Thatcher
Jennifer Lopez
Elizabeth Dole
Condoleezza Rice
Maya Angelou
Madeleine Albright

I guess staying with that selection of names the man I most admire is Jimmy Carter. My grandfather met him a number of times when he was working in politics and spoke very highly of him. He always said he was too good a man to be president. Having not met him myself I don't know but he has done a heck of a lot of good since leaving office. Mandela is second for me out of the men but it is darn close.

I have a harder time with the women. I love Maya Angelou. I am a wanna be writer and she just leaves me in awe when I read her stuff. This is especially with 'I rise'. Madeline Albright also gets on my list. Maggie Thather most certainly does not.

What do you think, who isn't there that you would have put on the list and who shouldn't be there?