Posted on 03/20/2014 9:06:27 AM PDT by Din Maker
Pope Francis was named the world's greatest leader by Fortune magazine, topping a diverse list released Thursday.
Fortunes first list of the Worlds 50 Greatest Leaders includes a Hollywood actress, a baseball superstar, a teenage education advocate and the president of a small California college. It also includes a former American president, but the current one failed to make the cut.
Former President Bill Clinton ranks No. 5 on the list, selected for being a relentless and forceful advocate in numerous causes, but noticeably absent is one of his successors and the current leader of the free world.
"President Obama wasn't excluded from Fortune's World's 50 Greatest Leaders list, Fortune said in a statement. He simply didn't make this year's list of 50 outstanding individuals who have demonstrated rare leadership, leadership in multiple areas or who have demonstrated a long history of leading.
The White House did not respond to an NBC request for comment.
Pope Francis ranked first among the world leaders for an attitude that has drawn more attention and admiration in just one year than any of his predecessors have over several decades.
Francis, who just celebrated his first anniversary as pontiff, has helped clean up the money-scandal that plagued the Vatican bank and has begun to address the church's child sexual abuse scandal. He also has "set a striking new tone through his personal example of modesty and inclusiveness this is what a great leader does, the magazine said about the Pontiff, who just months earlier was named Time's "Person of the Year."
Fortune said it was difficult to winnow down its list to just 50 men and women, young and old, who are leading the way people want to be led. Crave to be led. The list also includes: Angelina Jolie (No. 21) and Bono (No. 8) for their humanitarian efforts; New York Yankee Derek Jeter (No. 11), captain of arguably Americas most iconic sports franchise; and Maria Klawe (No. 17), the Harvey Mudd College president leading the charge to bring more women into science and technology careers.
LOL! I’m using that, it’s great!
To use a President Roosevelt descriptive phrase- These are photos of infamy.
Perfect.
Beautiful
No Obama
No Hillary
No Kerry
No Holder
No Hagel
No Sebelius
No Valerie Jarrett
No Jeh Charles Johnson
Yes but answer this question - in which term of the upcoming Bush/Bonner administration will the US begin replacing Jefferson and start minting Barry Obama nickels?
“President Obama wasn’t excluded from Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders list ... He simply didn’t make this year’s list of 50 outstanding individuals who have demonstrated rare leadership, leadership in multiple areas or who have demonstrated a long history of leading.
This is news?
Obama is the leader of the Free St World.
He simply didn’t make this year’s list of 50 outstanding individuals who have demonstrated rare leadership, leadership in multiple areas or who have demonstrated a long history of leading.
In other words, he’s such a left-leaning America-hating towelhead-loving dork that we couldn’t put him on the list.
The new nickle will be a $50 dollar coin called the "Barry".
It will only take two of them to buy a Snickers bar.
That’s gotta leave a mark.. LOL
OUCH, that has gotta be a dent in Barrys ego..
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As narcissistic as he is; you know it.
exactly . 6 looks good if you “play” with the numbers
Sean Penn must be livid
Wow! No Hillary on the list. Didn’t catch that.
Lead? I can lead! Watch me lead this girl right into dumb@$$!
Hmmph! “The One”, he is not!
Obama has no leadership ability, so it is only natural that his name would be absent. A leader's response to the events in Russia would be to immediately commit to joint military exercises with Poland, Estonia, et al. A poser's response would be to appear on ESPN and fill out a NCAA tournament bracket during working hours, and then assure Putin that he will not commit any forces anywhere.
Obama “Failed to Qualify” as POTUS and has been squatting in the Whitehouse since then wearing the clothes but unable to walk the talk. The whole Universe knows he is a fraud, and THAT will be his perpetual legacy, the BUTT END of all jokes.
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