Politicians that you disagree with but can tell are good PEOPLE and mean well

[Free Bird]

Mikulski, for one for me. Klobuchar's heart is in the right place, too

[Brewer]

George H. W. Bush

[Mr. Smith]

Kelly Ayotte easily, also Orrin Hatch.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Russ Feingold and Cory Booker come to mind.

[Vosem]

After six years of his Presidency, I've come to the conclusion that Barack Obama is this.

[H. Ross Peron]

Both Bushes, Bob Dole, Mitch Daniels, John Kasich, Rob Portman, Susan Martinez, Brian Sandoval, Ed Royce, Dana Rohrabacher, Tom Tait

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Russ Feingold and Cory Booker come to mind.

It depends how you define good, but Cory Booker seems almost completely self interested so I'm not sure thats the first label that comes to mind for him. This seems more like Democrats that I have some agreement with. I suppose he has made some nice efforts in Newark, but he does things very strategically for personal gain. Not necessarily the mark of a good person. He certainly may be, but he's not at the top of that list for me as much as I like him.

Feingold probably qualifies though, but I agree a lot.

Huckabee seems like the perfect example if I can use someone within my own party. Many may say he promotes bigotry, but I don't think he does it for bigotry's sake like many of the homophobes in the GOP. He seems to genuinely care about other people - evidenced by the one thing I seriously agree with him on that somewhat backfired in his commutations and pardons.

Agree with Vosem that BHO tries to be a very good person.

A lot depends on your definition of good which we debated on the religion subforum a couple months back. How do you judge - the action, intent, result, etc., but I tried to just go withe mostly intent here since that's how the thread title portrays it plus a little but of my own personal belief.

[Ban my account ffs!]

John McCain

[windjammer]

John McCain

And unfortunately: Robert Taft

[Hash]

Politicians are not good people and don't mean well.

[badgate]

I don't think anyone I disagree with is a good person.

[Murica!]

Politicians are not good people and don't mean well.

[Vega]

Barack Obama, John McCain, Ron Paul, Rand Paul and Duke Aiona.

[The Other Castro]

Politicians are not good people and don't mean well.

[ElectionsGuy]

Most of them

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Ron Paul and Rick Perry seem to come to mind for me.

[Miles]

Garret Graves, Charles Boustany, Mike Foster, Liddy/Bob Dole, Richard Vinroot, Thad Cochran, Jeff Flake, Asa Hutchinson, Charlie Baker.

[Maxwell]

Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Probably Ben Carson.

[Knives]

Almost every politician.

[politicus]

Ron Paul and Rick Perry seem to come to mind for me.

How can someone as corrupt as Perry "mean well" or  be a good person?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I would add Walter Jones.  He's among my most favorite House Republicans.

[SWE]

Politicians are not good people and don't mean well.

[RFayette]

Mike Huckabee, though he's been getting worse at FOX News

A lot of liberal Union dems too.

I like them but not their policies.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Russ Feingold and Cory Booker come to mind.

It depends how you define good, but Cory Booker seems almost completely self interested so I'm not sure thats the first label that comes to mind for him. This seems more like Democrats that I have some agreement with. I suppose he has made some nice efforts in Newark, but he does things very strategically for personal gain. Not necessarily the mark of a good person. He certainly may be, but he's not at the top of that list for me as much as I like him.

Feingold probably qualifies though, but I agree a lot.

Huckabee seems like the perfect example if I can use someone within my own party. Many may say he promotes bigotry, but I don't think he does it for bigotry's sake like many of the homophobes in the GOP. He seems to genuinely care about other people - evidenced by the one thing I seriously agree with him on that somewhat backfired in his commutations and pardons.

Agree with Vosem that BHO tries to be a very good person.

A lot depends on your definition of good which we debated on the religion subforum a couple months back. How do you judge - the action, intent, result, etc., but I tried to just go withe mostly intent here since that's how the thread title portrays it plus a little but of my own personal belief.

I have a significantly higher opinion of Booker than you do, but then his Technocratic leanings are a plus for me. His tenure as Mayor of Newark makes me see him as one of those old-school practical liberals who knows how to keep the far left at bay, while improving the quality of life on the ground. They tend to do really well in big cities. Eric Garcetti is another one in that vein.

I don't view ambition and self-interest as a real character flaw, more a prerequisite for jumping into politics.

My only real issue with Booker is his rather strident veganism.

[anvi]

George H. W. Bush

Yes.  A few others from his generation.  The number today is getting smaller and smaller for me.  I actually think Boehner is a decent guy at heart.  No one who cries that easily can be genuinely bad-intentioned.   I think being Speaker of the House with that collection of nutters has left him a little deranged.  But I don't blame him for that; if I insisted on being Speaker with that bunch, I'd be worse off than he is.