Friday, September 5, 2008

Enneagram and Politicians

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Though I am not investing too much interest, emotion, etc. into this season's politics, it is interesting to watch and learn about the dynamics of everyone. Here's my conclusion on their personalities:

Barack Obama = Enneagram type 6

Michelle Obama = Enneagram type 1

Joseph Biden = the jury is still out.

John McCain = Enneagram type 8

Sara Palin = Enneagram type 7

Okay fine. But how does it all play out?

Type 6s are great community leaders. I think Sara picked up on that in her acceptance speech. But they really ARE great community leaders! The only problem is that they have alot of anxiety and have a hard time trusting.

6s have two possible wings -or two possible influences: the 5-ness and the 7-ness. If they lean towards 5 personality, then they may be moody as well. If more towards 7, then they may be very active and involved in alot of activities.

Famous 6s:
Phobic: Jason Alexander, Woody Allen, Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger, Candice Bergen, Albert Brooks, George Bush, Lynda Carter, Stockard Channing, Rodney Dangerfield, Ellen DeGeneres, Eminem, Sally Field, Teri Garr, Ed Harris, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Richard Lewis, Penny Marshall, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Richard Nixon, Lena Olin, Anthony Perkins, Sydney Pollack, Paul Reiser, Pat Robertson, Rene Russo, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Carly Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, Meg Tilly, Brian Wilson. (from THIS website)




Type 1s are also beyond matches when it comes to being organized, efficient, and getting things done --and right! They are probably the type that will have clothes folded and neatly put away, everything is square order, etc. But the only problem is lack of emotions. She may not be the huggy feely type. Why am I analysing her? She's not running for office. lol.

1s have two possible wings / influences: 9 and 2. If they lean towards 2, then they will use their efficiency towards helping others. If they lean towards 9, then ...I am not sure.

Famous 1s
Amish, Julie Andrews, John Bradshaw, Tom Brokaw, Susan Brownmiller, William F. Buckley, John Calvin, Cesar Chavez, Ong Teng Cheong, Hillary Clinton, Confucius, Crusades, Jane Curtin, Angela Davis, Michael Dukakis, Mary Baker Eddy, Dr. Dean Edell, Daniel Ellsworth, Harrison Ford,Jodie Foster, Barry Goldwater, Al Gore, Lillian Hellman, Katharine Hepburn, Charlton Heston, Inquisition, Glenda Jackson, Peter Jennings, Joan of Arc, Samuel Johnson, Dean Jones, John Kerry, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Ted Koppel, Dr. Laura, Laura Linney, The Lone Ranger, Martin Luther, Nelson Mandela, Miss Manners, Thurgood Marshall, George McGovern, Arthur Miller, Ralph Nader, New Zealand, Leonard Nimoy, Gregory Peck, H. Ross Perot, Pioneers, Sidney Poitier, Pope John Paul II, Emily Post, Colin Powell, Puritans, Marilyn Quayle, Yitzak Rabin, Ayn Rand, Tony Randall, Vanessa Redgrave, Donna Reed, Cliff Robertson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bernard Shaw, Singapore, Gene Siskel, Kenneth Starr, Martha Stewart, Peter Strauss, Switzerland, Margaret Thatcher, Emma Thompson, Harry Truman, Jack Webb, Joanne Woodward, Jane Wyman.(from THIS website)


Type 8s are SCARY! They make great leaders and run by instinct. And their instincts are usually correct. Their behavior is very interesting: They'll knock a guy out if they are offended by something; they are not afraid of confrontations -and probably even thrive on them.

8s have two wings/influence: 9 and 7. If the lean is on 7, then they'll be very active people. If 9, then again not sure.

Famous Type 8s
Afghanistan, Leslie Abramson, F. Lee Bailey, Joe Don Baker, Lucille Ball, Charles Barkley, Humphrey Bogart, Napoleon, Charles Bronson, Meredith Brooks, James Brown, Richard Burton, Johnny Cash, Fidel Castro, Sean Connery, Jimmy Connors, Robert Conrad, Brian Dennehy, Danny DeVito, Mike Ditka, Bob Dole, Sam Donaldson, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Milton Erickson, Indira Gandhi, John Huston, Chrissy Hynde, Joan Jett, Lyndon Johnson, Brian Keith, Nikita Khrushchev, Martin Luther King Jr., Evel Knievel, Bruce Lee, Rush Limbaugh, Mafia, Mao Tse-tung, Lee Marvin, Malcolm McDowell, John McEnroe, Golda Meir, Dennis Miller, Robert Mitchum, Judd Nelson, George Patton, Sean Penn, Fritz Perls, Julia Phillips, Julianne Phillips, Suzanne Pleshette, Queen Latifah, Ann Richards, Theodore Roosevelt, Axl Rose, Mickey Rourke, Colonel Sanders, Telly Savalas, George C. Scott, Maurice Sendak, Serbia, Tupac, Frank Sinatra, Grace Slick, Spain, Joseph Stalin, Donald Trump, Pancho Villa, Ken Wahl, George Wallace, Mike Wallace, Denzel Washington, John Wayne, Zorba the Greek.(from THIS website)


Type 7s love to be active. They want to feel everything, see everything, go everywhere, etc. They love to be kept busy and don't ever want to be bored. The only problem is that they can get so excited about things, they can be passed off as quack doctors or they won't be thorough.

7 wings /influence is 6 and 8.

Famous 7s
Steve Allen, Tim Allen, Desi Arnaz, Antonio Banderas, Jack Benny, Chuck Berry, Jacqueline Bisset, Sonny Bono, Elayne Boosler, Terry Bradshaw, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Branson, Michael Caine, Joseph Campbell, Jackie Chan, Chevy Chase, Cher, Maurice Chevalier, George Clooney, Joan Collins, Francis Ford Coppola, Katie Couric, David Crosby, Tony Curtis, Hugh Downs, Michael Eisner, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sarah Ferguson, Errol Flynn, Peter Fonda, Malcolm Forbes, George Foreman, Bob Fosse, Matthew Fox, Michael J. Fox, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, John Gielgud, Cary Grant, George Hamilton, Tom Hanks, Richard Harris, Goldie Hawn, Marilu Henner, Ron Howard, Lauren Hutton, Mick Jagger, Thomas Jefferson, Steve Jobs, Magic Johnson, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Michael Keaton, John F. Kennedy, Don King, Larry King, Timothy Leary, Shari Lewis, Loretta Lynn, John Madden, Ricky Martin, Meat Loaf, Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Jack Nicholson, Leslie Nielsen, Peter O'Toole, Pavarotti, Regis Philbin, Brad Pitt, Vincent Price, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Quinn, Ram Dass, Lee Remick, Geraldo Rivera, Ginger Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, Charlie Rose, David Lee Roth, Rosalind Russell, Babe Ruth, Martin Scorsese, Martin Short, Sissy Spacek, Steven Spielberg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Lily Tomlin, Lana Turner, Peter Ustinov, Dick Van Dyke, Vince Vaughn, Voltaire, Eli Wallach, Betty White, Robin Williams, Duke of Windsor, Jonathan Winters, James Woods, William Wordsworth.(from THIS website)

15 comments:

Tr8erGirl said...

Damn - no moody 4's!! (Like me!) Interesting take though!
:-)

Felicity said...

You always bring fascinating stuff!

All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalo said...

wonder what i am

Anonymous said...

One day my name will be added to that list of famous 8's

Miriam said...

Tr8erGirl--Thank God! I think 4s are way too caring and not cruel enough to go into politics.

Felicity--lol


Torrance--I'd like to take a guess. heheh.


Casper--Who knows, maybe one day it will!

enneamuse said...

Barack Obama is a Social NINE, concerned with harmony, reaching consensus; he can see all sides of an issue, he exudes calm and serenity, and has in innate optimism and sense of hope which he inspies in others. Sixes are wonderful in their own right, but they are not exactly known for these qualities! Michelle as a One??? I don't know about that either. Compare her with Hillary Clinton, a One's One.

Anonymous said...

nooooo...the lists arent right...marilyn monroe 6?! and errol flynn was 3 im really sure about it... im 4 by the way

Miriam said...

Hi Anonymous,

I didn't write this list so I don't know, but Errol Flynn certain does seem like a 3 to me.

As for Marylyn Monroe I really don't know a thing about her.

Miriam said...

The more I think about it the more I think Barak is a social 9.

Anonymous said...

You guys might want to read my column.

It talks about what type Obama is and Joe biden (the six)

Also there is huge debate on Obama being the 9w1 or 3w1, I'm 99% sure, Obama is a 9w1 type....

Joe Biden has the traits of the Six. Keep in mind that 3,6 & 9 are the arrows...so I can see why the thinking.
http://www.examiner.com/x-6143-Enneagram-Examiner

National Enneagram Examiner

Anonymous said...

correction 3w4 wings sorry about that.

but again. I subscribe to the 9w1

Anonymous said...

Monroe is also a phobic six....

http://www.examiner.com/x-6143-Enneagram-Examiner

Miriam said...

Adrienne - I checked out the site. Great! I'm glad to find someone who's also interested in the Enneagram.

I am going to check it out more in depth. Thanks for introducing me to it.

I also have gotten more inclined to thinking Obama is a 9. The wing I haven't decided on yet. I can see an 8, I have to think about that 1 wing.

Anonymous said...

I think Michelle Obama is a three -- all performance and little substance, not caring if she's actually doing the job, just wanting to be seen as the best. Her admission that when she was young she wanted to be thought of as "the smart one" says it all. Not to be smart, but to have others think of her that way.

KJ Always said...

Michelle Obama said that Barack is very competitive in everything. She said this on the Ellen G. show, which I found on facebook when she talked about he is going to want to come to the show and compete with Michelle in who is the best dancer. Ha ha ha. I believe the man is a type 3 - Level 1 - The Paragon!