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Bill Gates Is More Admired Than the Pope

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the he-can-afford-more-hats dept.

walterbyrd writes "Americans admire Bill Gates more than the Pope, the Dalai Lama and even Glenn Beck. The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist was named the fifth most admired man of 2010, according to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll."

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  1. Re:He only donated enormous amounts of money... by vlm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, why should anyone admire a man who donated enormous amounts of money to charity?

    Because of the shady way he got it? Monopolistic business practices to sell a remarkably shoddy set of products?

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