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Old 11-12-2019, 05:12 PM
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Most beloved would probably have to be someone with all of the following characteristics:

overtly patriotic but not partisan
no real scandal or skeletons in the closet
probably overcame some great personal hardship
probably some underdog story about making it to the top
preaches self-reliance and
has an affable personality
As the song from Camelot goes,
Where in the world
Is there in the world
A man [or woman] so extraordinaire?
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Old 11-12-2019, 07:11 PM
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As the song from Camelot goes,
Where in the world
Is there in the world
A man [or woman] so extraordinaire?
50 years ago, people didn't want to know the dirt on celebrities. Didn't want to know their foibles. Today we have Twitter reports about some player cheating on his wife with the babysitter. Different times. People wanted to imagine John Wayne was the guy he played in movies, Bob Hope was the guy you saw on the tonight show, and Mickey Mantle didn't have a failing anyone knew about. We don't live in that world anymore. For good or for bad.
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50 years ago, people didn't want to know the dirt on celebrities. Didn't want to know their foibles. Today we have Twitter reports about some player cheating on his wife with the babysitter. Different times. People wanted to imagine John Wayne was the guy he played in movies, Bob Hope was the guy you saw on the tonight show, and Mickey Mantle didn't have a failing anyone knew about. We don't live in that world anymore. For good or for bad.
Such a great point. Celebrities are constantly under our eye these days and TMZ and the rest are salivating for the next story about someone famous slipping up even the tiniest bit. Back in the day people wanted their heroes to measure up to our image of them but it seems like today, everyone is just waiting for that other shoe to drop so we can gather our pitchforks. People, even famous ones, are people, the difference is definitely the heavy doses of media exposure today's celebrities are subject to.
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White Sox hall of famer Frank Thomas should be considered on this list. The others that come to mind are Shaq, Manny Pacquiao, Emmitt Smith and Rafael Nadal.

Tiger Woods. Michael Jordan and Derek Jeter should be loved by all, but at the end of the day they are not friendly to the fans.
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Tim Tebow. Absolutely beloved with a capital B by a lot of people. Is he a great football player? No. Is he a great baseball player? No. Would CNN and FOX broadcast his funeral live and shut everything else down anyone is talking about? Yep. Would he be mobbed in Times Square at 1 am? Yep. Would he great a huge ovation at a theater or boxing match or patriotic event. Yep. After he gives up the baseball thing can basically write his own ticket for the rest of his living doing whatever he pleases.

There's your winner. Bring on the haters. Line forms to the left. Be sure to take a number.
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Old 11-14-2019, 08:59 AM
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Has to be Tiger Woods. Just ask any porn star or hooker and they'll tell you the same.
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Do you really think Tiger is beloved? I think he's probably the top golfer all time performance wise but beloved?
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