# Cast the 2008 Presidential Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273 "2008-08-26T02:00:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/1 "2008-08-26T02:00:46Z")
The Dems Barack Obama… Michelle Obama… Joesph Biden…[Ted Danson](http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/ted-danson-damages-tv-series-premiere-presented-by-sony-pictures-television-and-fx-productions-arrivals-LPR61b.jpg) Hillary Clinton…[Rebecca DeMornay](http://www.insidesocal.com/hollywoodjoe/.aaademornay.jpg) Bill Clinton… Evan Bayh… Tim Kaine… John Edwards… Dennis Kucinich… Bill Richardson… Howard Dean…[Ed Helms](http://www.thecomical.com/images/ed_helms_lg.jpg) The Pubs John McCain… Cindy McCain… Mitt Romney… Fred Thompson… Rudy Giuliani… Mike Huckabee…[Kevin Spacey](http://www.theflickchicks.com/images/Kevin%20Spacey_7661.JPG) Ron Paul… The Media Brian Williams… Katie Couric…[Reese Witherspoon](http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/pv/Reese%20Witherspoon-14.jpg) Charlie Gibson… Sean Hannity… Bill O’reilly… Keith Olbermann… Chris Matthews… Tom Brokaw… Tim Russert… The Others Bob Barr… Ralph Nader… Feel free to add characters I’ve overlooked… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/2 "2008-08-26T03:46:18Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] The Dems Barack Obama… Michelle Obama… [/QUOTE] Will Smith and his real-life wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. > [@](#): > > John Edwards… Greg Kinnear. > [@](#): > > John McCain… Kelsey Grammar; Glenn Close for Cindy McCain, Alan Arkin for Rudy Giuliani, and Peter Falk for Ron Paul. No idea about the others, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/3 "2008-08-26T07:16:38Z")
Barack Obama… Denzel Washington Hillary Clinton…[Rebecca DeMornay](http://www.insidesocal.com/hollywoodjoe/.aaademornay.jpg) Oooh! Nice one. Bill Clinton… Roger Moore. John McCain… R. Lee Ermey 🙂 Fred Thompson… Himself, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/4 "2008-08-26T07:57:12Z")
Ralph Nader… [Jamie Farr](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0268026/) John McCain… [Michael Hogan](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0389581/) It’s too bad John Ritter has passed on - he was a dead ringer for John Edwards. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/5 "2008-08-26T11:40:48Z")
Tell me this guy wouldn’t make the perfect frakkin’ John McCain: > **[Battlestar Galactica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Tigh)** > > Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series (Galactica 1980), a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games. A reimagined version aired as a two-part, three-hour miniseries developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick in 2003. It led to a weekly television series, which aired until 2009. A prequel series, ... ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/6 "2008-08-26T12:07:47Z")
Ahem… one post above you. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/7 "2008-08-26T12:11:43Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] It’s too bad John Ritter has passed on - he was a dead ringer for John Edwards. [/QUOTE] I think Biden looks a lot like Phil Hartman, but Ted Danson isn’t a bad choice. And I still think Obama looks a bit like Harry Lennix and not a thing like Will Smith. I haven’t heard of Michael Hogan before, but he does have a resemblance to McCain, so that works for me. I know there’s no real resemblance, but I think I’d like to see John Turturro as Rudy Giuliani. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/8 "2008-08-26T12:12:37Z")
Jon Hamm might be Mitt Romney if the make-up department are good. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/9 "2008-08-26T12:15:16Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I haven’t heard of Michael Hogan before, but he does have a resemblance to McCain, so that works for me. [/QUOTE] Here - watch [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isB-3YDj4yc). ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/10 "2008-08-26T12:20:22Z")
I came in to say Harry Lennix for Obama. He doesn’t look a bit like Denzel Washington, and the ears are the only thing Smith’s got going for him. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/11 "2008-08-26T12:29:11Z")
Mike Gravel…Leslie Nielsen ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/12 "2008-08-26T13:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sigmagirl] I came in to say Harry Lennix for Obama. He doesn’t look a bit like Denzel Washington, and the ears are the only thing Smith’s got going for him. [/QUOTE] Yeah, Lennix would be perfect ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/13 "2008-08-26T14:07:16Z")
The only true Bill and Hillary Clinton are John Travolta and Emma Thompson. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/14 "2008-08-26T15:04:57Z")
McCain - Leslie Neilson Cindy McCain - Sharon Stone/Glenn Close [fatal attraction era] Obama - Will Smith Michelle - Jada ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/15 "2008-08-26T15:16:41Z")
Arrested Development and 40 Year Old Virgin fans will remember [Jane Lynch](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528331/) - I think she’d be a good Cindy McCain. ETA: And perhaps Ian Holm as Ron Paul? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/16 "2008-08-26T15:18:00Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] Here - watch [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isB-3YDj4yc). [/QUOTE] Heck with McCain! I’m ready to vote Saul Tigh! (And I’ve never seen one ep of the new BG). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/17 "2008-08-26T16:32:53Z")
[Tim Kaine](http://hansmast.com/images/kaine.jpg)…[Bill Smitrovich](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Millennium_10.jpg) Keith Olbermann…[Jeff Goldblum](http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/jeff-goldblum-2004-vanity-fair-oscar-party-0463IU.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/18 "2008-08-26T17:04:07Z")
I think Andy Serkis should do a motion capture for the totally-CGI Dennis Kucinich. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/19 "2008-08-26T17:56:45Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Heck with McCain! I’m ready to vote Saul Tigh! [/QUOTE] Although fictional characters may not be specifically excluded by the Constitution, he’d have to be a natural-born U.S. citizen, and Tigh is not a citizen of the United States.Or naturally born. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273/20 "2008-08-26T18:18:14Z")
Ralph Nader … Christopher Lloyd [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2008-presidential-campaign/461273.md?page=2)