# Cast the Democratic primary
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [August 1, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976 "2019-08-01T02:38:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/1 "2019-08-01T02:38:37Z")
You’re now in charge of securing guest stars for SNL this fall, actors and comedians to play the roles of the Democratic candidates. Who you got?
My initial thoughts:
Bernie: Larry David returns.
Beto: [Jon Heder](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1417647/), compete with a “Vote for Beto” shirt
Marianne Williamson: [Jane Krakowski](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p_XmrhUEIb0/maxresdefault.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dp_XmrhUEIb0&docid=gxPSyJD7qPRo1M&tbnid=9SMuZXiTm1w5iM:&vet=1&w=1280&h=720&source=sh/x/im)
DiBlasio: [Tim Robinson](https://images.app.goo.gl/WK8HsddtF5nyAcF69)
Kamala: [Maya Rudolph](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Maya_Rudolph.jpg/220px-Maya_Rudolph.jpg&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Rudolph&docid=33_o5sG0MirFBM&tbnid=X7ivv68i8SivDM:&vet=1&w=220&h=222&source=sh/x/im)
Booker: [The Rock](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://s.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/GTY_dwayne_johnson_jef_140618_12x5_992.jpg&imgrefurl=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dwayne-rock-johnson-describes-absolute-worst-time/story?id%3D24199604&docid=GA9sGteFSGfq9M&tbnid=DyXi0q0nWbwYbM:&vet=1&w=992&h=414&source=sh/x/im)
Gillibrand: [Kristen Bell](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2018826/rs_1024x652-180926072524-1024-kristen-bell-emd-092618..jpg?fit%3Dinside%7C900:auto%26output-quality%3D90&imgrefurl=https://www.eonline.com/news/971627/kristen-bell-admits-she-s-lied-to-her-kids-about-their-birthdays&docid=xmxQhbYxQF1hhM&tbnid=xqu3CfVsPAa5yM:&vet=1&w=1024&h=652&source=sh/x/im)
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/2 "2019-08-01T02:43:16Z")
Pete Buttigieg: Adam Scott.
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### Author:  [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/3 "2019-08-01T03:10:45Z")
Jay Inslee needs to be played by the dude who played “The Godfather” on _Generation Kill._
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/4 "2019-08-01T03:56:05Z")
Joe Biden: Ted Danson?
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### Author:  [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/5 "2019-08-01T04:52:36Z")
Gene Hackman has to be Joe Biden
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### Author:  [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/6 "2019-08-01T05:15:25Z")
Delaney - Will Ferrell in a bald cap.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/7 "2019-08-01T17:50:46Z")
He’s a little older, but I could see [Fred Armison](https://images.app.goo.gl/wzDWXy4NXtb7DP48A) play Julian Castro.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/8 "2019-08-01T17:56:06Z")
Biden has to be Jason Sudeikis, like he’s always been.
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### Author:  [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/9 "2019-08-01T18:03:59Z")
Is time travel allowed?
Jay Inslee - the _Cape Fear_ version of [Nick Nolte](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS860US860&biw=1116&bih=825&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=sihDXb6HIIzK_Qbs0pqoDQ&q=nick+nolte+glasses&oq=nick+nolte+glasses&gs_l=img.3..0i24.44945.46480..46639...0.0..0.184.1104.0j7......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......35i39j0i67j0j0i8i30j0i30.LVCkJ_Mxyi8&ved=0ahUKEwi-qPidoOLjAhUMZd8KHWypBtUQ4dUDCAY&uact=5#imgrc=pmqbPFZ1Fph8uM:)
Or reincarnation?
Bill de Blasio - the middle-aged version of [John Huston](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS860US860&biw=1130&bih=825&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=3gNDXY77Da6OggfiqIcI&q=john+huston&oq=john+huston&gs_l=img.3..35i39j0l9.79781.82380..82708...1.0..0.184.1806.1j11......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67j0i10.samJlNizspY&ved=0ahUKEwiO4paO_eHjAhUuh-AKHWLUAQEQ4dUDCAY&uact=5#imgrc=a00mvNrXPIGqpM:)
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### Author:  [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/10 "2019-08-01T22:19:26Z")
Paul Giamatti for Delaney and Rachel Dratch for Klobuchar. Marianne Williamson plays herself.
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### Author:  [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/11 "2019-08-01T22:20:30Z")
Richard Dreyfus for Bernie.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/12 "2019-08-01T22:23:05Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#):
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> Is time travel allowed?
Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown as Bernie Sanders.
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### Author:  [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/13 "2019-08-02T17:33:31Z")
I think Robert Deniro would be a good Bernie Sanders.
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### Author:  [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-democratic-primary/837976/14 "2019-08-02T17:37:02Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#):
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> I think Robert Deniro would be a good Bernie Sanders.
The only problem with De Niro is that he doesn’t learn his lines and doesn’t read well. I love him as a movie actor, but I remember his SNL cold opens as pretty cringe-worthy.