October 25, 2005
ALL FOR FREEDOM AND FOR PLEASURE:
Right-Of-Center Bloggers Decide Who Should Rule The World (John Hawkins, 10/25/05, Right Wing News)
The BBC polled more than 15,000 people worldwide on who they would want to lead a fantasy world government. The results were, particularly for conservatives, quite disturbing with people like Bill Clinton, Noam Chomsky, Kofi Annan, and George Soros making it into the top 11.So, in order to get a different perspective, Right Wing News decided to poll more than 200 right-of-center bloggers on who they'd want to be part of a team to "Rule The World".
There was one caveat however. Since many conservative bloggers, myself included, vehemently object to the idea of one world government, all bloggers were told they were choosing a team to run every country in the world except their own home country.
Representatives from the following 38 blogs responded...
Aaron's CC, The Anchoress, La Shawn Barber, The Baseball Crank, Betsy's Page, Boi From Troy, BrothersJudd Blog, Cobb, Dodgeblogium, Dummocrats, Eckernet, Cam Edwards, Inside Larry's Head, Isaac Schrödinger, Knowledge Is Power, The LLama Butchers, Multiple Mentality, My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, The Nose On Your Face, Patio Pundit, Damian Penny, The Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill, PoliPundit, PrestoPundit, Professor Bainbridge, Reasoned Audacity, Relapsed Catholic, Right Wing News, Sane Nation, Sister Toldjah, Small Dead Animals, Solomonia, Southern Appeal, Stolen Thunder, Stop The ACLU, This Blog Is Full Of Crap, Toys in the Attic, WILLisms
All bloggers could make anywhere from 1-15 unranked selections and were allowed to select any living person, from anywhere in the world, for their lists.
Without further ado, here are the people right-of-center bloggers would choose to rule the world:
Here were our choices:
George W. Bush
Martin S. Feldstein
Jeb Bush
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Iain Duncan Smith
John Howard
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Vaclav Havel
Alvaro Uribe
Jose Pinera (http://www.cato.org/people/pinera.html)
Jose Maria Aznar
Natan Sharansky
Seif al-Islam Qhadafi
Junichiro Koizumi
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 25, 2005 9:09 AMSo what are your personal choices?
Posted by: tefta at October 25, 2005 9:51 AMThose are mine.
Posted by: oj at October 25, 2005 9:56 AMNo David Cohen? But he's such a *nice* boy!
Posted by: Governor Breck at October 25, 2005 10:19 AMHe'd never get through the confirmation hearings...
Posted by: oj at October 25, 2005 10:25 AMPutting Khaddafi's son in there is a bit like listing Svetlana Alliluyeva, now isn't it?
Posted by: jim hamlen at October 25, 2005 10:28 AMjim:
No, he's not there just because of who he is but what he understands.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/28/libya_ed3_.php
Posted by: oj at October 25, 2005 10:32 AMOJ: Is Lady Thatcher dead?
Posted by: John Resnick at October 25, 2005 10:45 AMTo run the rest of the world except the US? I have no problem with the BBC's list.
Gov: World dictatorship is obviously the best form of government, falling down only on the sticky question of who my successor should be.
Posted by: David Cohen at October 25, 2005 10:46 AMThe respondents who listed Chomsky and Kofi in the BBC poll must be seriously suicidal. Because that is where they will wind up. Dead.
Posted by: ratbert at October 25, 2005 11:13 AMI was amused that on the RWN list Bush was only 15th, but Condi Rice was #1. hose folks think Bush is a wet, they gotta a helluva surprise coming from Condi.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at October 25, 2005 11:23 AMJim:
The blogs skew towards libertarianism, not conservatism. Her dubious position on moral issues serves her well with them. The funny thing is she'd be filibustered by Republicans if she were the VP pick to replace Cheney.
Posted by: oj at October 25, 2005 11:31 AMKofi could be quite good.
Posted by: oj at October 25, 2005 11:31 AMOJ and Jim: Those bloggers who loke Condi are men. It's not the their brains that like her so much.
Posted by: Bob at October 25, 2005 12:28 PMKofi is only good for the undertakers.
Posted by: jim hamlen at October 25, 2005 3:13 PM