And what's more he's from the land of saints and scholars.

Up the Irish!

Mary (from guess where)

Seriously!!
"heaven on earth
we need it now
I'm sick of all of this
hanging around
sick of sorrow
sick of the pain
sick of hearing
again n again
that there's gonna be
peace on earth" This song "peace on earth" from his album "All that you can't leave behind"
says it all about his inspiration.
The guy is awe inspiring,thanx Sandeep I didn't know so much about him,though I am a die hard fan..he must go ahead..."High higher than the sun"
Regards
Kamlesh

A person like Bono shouldn't run for president!!!! Why? Bono is much more effective being from outside the government. He is not restricted by those who voted for him, nor is he indebted to those who helped put him in an office.
There are many good causes that need someone to champion them. The best way for them to gain progress is from outside a government. No US President could have done what Bono has accompished. By not representing any government, Bono's credibility is greatly increased.

I vote Jon Stewart for President. Bono would make a good running-mate.

Why do you want to deprieve Africans of whatever little help they are getting. If he runs for President his time will be wasted in petty politics about evoulution, stem cell research, etc.

Isn't there the little matter of Bono being an Irish citizen?

I think Bono is a much more effective spokesperson outside the political system. Plus his going into politics would mean the end of U2, something I doubt he will even consider.

I echo Al Franken in calling for Oprah Winfrey to run. Truly, it seems that no Senator can ever win, as they have had to do so much bartering during their time in Congress that they are left open to charges of flip-flopping. Thus, we end up with Governors as President (Reagan, Clinton, Bush 2). So perhaps someone with no political history, but a huge heart, could win and really make a difference. Oprah for President!!

Being perhaps the only politician commenting on this issue, I agree that Bono should stay away from electoral politics. Its a drain that sucks out your ideals day by day! Influencing decisions as an artist and public personality is a far more effective way of driving change...

I think we need a lot more people like Bono, inside the government and outside. I believe people like him do exist, but who's willing to put forth their courage? Who's going to up heave their pride? Their diginity? Who's going to stop caring what others think? Is it fair to allow one man to do all the work of a billion or so people? No!

I wonder when it's going to happen... When will people stop living in their own worlds and began living in one world? Creating a dream, a vision, for one world and it's future; instead of wondering when their break is going to come?

if we could get a president who had some of bono's qualities, that would be a start. it's a long list, but the top ones would be genuine compassion and intellect in equal measure, along with pragmatism and toughness.

oh yeah, and if the prez could burst your heart with a song, that would be cool too....

President? It's like asking somebody to move into an outhouse, that is, the cellar of an outhouse. Politics is just so dark, so much a machine of power, influence, ego, corruption, by definition, it stinks. So why would somebody who is pretty much free of the stink of politics want to go there? John Hagelin ran for president, he's a physicist and a devoted member of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's university in Iowa, a consciousness based educational facility, which Deepak Chopra was intimately involved in for years. I just consider politics a waste, a wasteland, hopeless. But Bono doesn't. He seems to be pure of heart, and holds his invincibility well in the face and presence of the darkness of the politicians, the power mongers, the ones who have utterly sold out to free profit corportate influences, Republicans and Democrats alike, the shameless Washington "shakers and movers." People change the world, people, one at a time, waking up, becoming clear, spritually clear, embracing integrity in their own little lives and going from there, that's how it's going to change, how it's going to happen. God bless Bono, and Jeffery Sachs, my hero, and the like. And God bless me, for participating in www.one.org to give what I can to world healing.

One flaw in BONO for PRES. You must be born in America to be President. Maybe Congressman Bono. Then again, any enlightened one would never be in politics or a power position.

Always have in mind:
Becoming a politicians has ever corrupted people!!!

I want Bono as what he recently is and not what he might get morphed into it!
(Understandable? sometimes have difficulties with the english language, sorry)