The face of a Democrat.

Today, while the greedy Republicans or at least their Congressional puppets are exhausting themselves trying to find ways to avoid paying higher taxes or increased wages, one Democrats stands out even more for his decency and altruism: Paul Newman. Here is a man born with incredible beauty and intelligence who could have lived a life of egotism and indulgence, but didn't. Not only was Paul Newman a successful stage actor, movie star, Academy Award winner, stage and screen director, and championship race car driver, but he was one of America's most beloved and generous philanthropists. His enormously successful company Newman's Own as of July 2011, has given over $300 million to charities. In 1988 he founded the The Hole in the Wall Gang camp, a year round center serving children coping with cancer, sickle cell anemia, and other serious illnesses. In 2011, through summer sessions and family weekend programs at the Camp in Ashford, Connecticut, and year-round outreach to hospitals and clinics throughout the Northeast, the Camp will serve more than 17,500 children— all services are free of charge. These camps are what Newman felt he would be remembered for most. But since his death in 2008, Paul Leonard Newman is not remembered most for one thing, but for a life time of generosity, a long and happy marriage to Joanne Woodward, an incredible body of work, his constant campaigning for the Democrats, his racing, his humor, his incredible blue eyes, and being the kind of caring, generous American millionaire that today we see all too rarely.

Note: With so many photos of Paul Newman to choose from, I selected this. Why? To remind everybody that when you look like this you can spend your life being worshipped and adored without doing another thing.