# Anyone for President 2008! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360 "2006-07-20T16:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/21 "2006-07-21T02:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=ITR champion] I believe that Warren Buffet would make a good president. [/QUOTE] If he won’t run, then I nominate Jimmy Buffett! For that matter, let’s elect the Jesse Jackson/ Al Sharpton ticket. They can’t fuck things up any more than the last few administrations, and then we would never have to listen to their yammerings ever again. It’s a win-win. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/22 "2006-07-21T03:34:04Z")
Al Franken/Barak Obama ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/23 "2006-07-21T03:41:23Z")
Someone who’s neither a Republican or a Democrat (though I might be willing to take a leftist Democrat if they quit the party and dedicated themselves to dismantling the two-party system), very far left, and preferably not a white male. I’m having a lot of trouble thinking of someone that fits this bill who’s even vaguely well-known and doesn’t have major skeletons in their closet. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/24 "2006-07-21T04:04:32Z")
Mike Stearns from _1632_; a great leader, and he’d give the Republicans a collective heart attack - possibly literally. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/25 "2006-07-21T04:14:07Z")
Chuck Norris… Come on, someone had to say it! 🙂 But seriously, I’d love to see Obama in office eventually, though I doubt he’ll do anything this election. I’d also like to see Gore run again. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/26 "2006-07-21T04:46:36Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Mike Stearns from 1632; a great leader, and he’d give the Republicans a collective heart attack - possibly literally. [/QUOTE] I can’t say I’ve ever agreed with you before Der but…yeah! I could get behind that. 😛 -XT ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/27 "2006-07-21T04:57:33Z")
[QUOTE=Lama Pacos] Someone who’s neither a Republican or a Democrat (though I might be willing to take a leftist Democrat if they quit the party and dedicated themselves to dismantling the two-party system), very far left, and preferably not a white male. I’m having a lot of trouble thinking of someone that fits this bill who’s even vaguely well-known and doesn’t have major skeletons in their closet. [/QUOTE] Sanders, Kucinich or Nader would fit the bill – except for being white males. Obama . . . still an unknown quantify, but I’m not convinced he’s really any further left than Dean or Hilary. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/28 "2006-07-21T04:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Mike Stearns from _1632_; a great leader, and he’d give the Republicans a collective heart attack - possibly literally. [/QUOTE] The OP didn’t say so explicitly, but I think fictional characters are implicitly excluded from consideration. Of course, by that rule **W** would be excluded . . . ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/29 "2006-07-21T05:13:11Z")
Fiengold and Nader. Obama is turning more political every day. Hart would be good.Sanders is very good. Kucinich is good. ---
**Author:** ![Frankenstein\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/30 "2006-07-21T08:26:36Z")
How’s [this](http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jan2004/stat-j27.shtml) for very far left. The guy was actually running for president in 2004! He’s running for the Senate against Hillary Clinton in [2006](http://www.socialequality.com/). ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/31 "2006-07-21T10:13:29Z")
I’m going to send this discussion-free poll over to **IMHO**. [/Moderating] * * * Tom~ I do not choose to run. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/32 "2006-07-21T11:04:16Z")
Either Alexander the Great, Franklin Roosevelt, or James T. Kirk. Atticus Finch is probably a good, wholesome choice…but then again, that guy’s always seemed a bit too “means justify the ends” for my tastes. Eh, I guess I’ll go with [Trek Thunder Kelly](http://www.trekkelly.com/politics/platform/), again. I think he’s the only one who I mostly agree with. The only realistic problem I have is whether he has the political chops to bring his policies to life, or not. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/33 "2006-07-21T13:12:28Z")
Denny Crane ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/34 "2006-07-21T13:20:11Z")
David Palmer. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/35 "2006-07-21T13:26:59Z")
Feingold Or Theodore Roosevelt. Because he just rocked. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/36 "2006-07-21T18:51:29Z")
Powell, but as he’ll refuse, my choice is Bugs Bunny. ---
**Author:** ![Feces\_Of\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8797f3/32.png) [@Feces\_Of\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feces_Of_Death)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/37 "2006-07-21T19:22:05Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] If Jimmy Carter wasn’t so old I’d pick him. [/QUOTE] Yes he did a wonderful job last time around didn’t he :rolleyes: I would go with Zell Miller. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/38 "2006-07-21T19:30:46Z")
Hilary Clinton or Rudy Giuliani. If Oprah ran, a lot of people would vote for her. ---
**Author:** ![MagicXylophone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@MagicXylophone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicXylophone)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/39 "2006-07-21T19:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=Menocchio] Or Theodore Roosevelt. Because he just rocked. [/QUOTE] Word. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360/40 "2006-07-21T20:00:57Z")
[QUOTE=Feces Of Death] Yes he did a wonderful job last time around didn’t he :rolleyes: [/quote] Under the circumstances he inherited, aye! [QUOTE=Feces Of Death] I would go with Zell Miller. [/QUOTE] No fictional characters! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-president-2008/365360.md?page=3)