# Celebrity President **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 4, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019 "2020-04-04T01:37:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dan\_Turk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/1 "2020-04-04T01:37:19Z")
Quick, terrible thinking exercise: Say, by some decree or force, we had to elect only television celebrities to the office of President of the United States. For whom could you tolerate voting? Is there anyone you’d actually be EXCITED to vote for? I think, with some research, Mark Cuban could answer both of these questions for me. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/2 "2020-04-04T02:20:49Z")
I could see George Clooney being at least as qualified as the moron we have now. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/3 "2020-04-04T02:21:49Z")
Please, God, NO…MORE…AMATEURS. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/4 "2020-04-04T02:34:33Z")
To bad you have to be born in the US, or I could really get behind Patrick Stewart. OK, for real: Tina Fey. ---
**Author:** ![Mnemnosyne](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mnemnosyne/32/3347_2.png) [@Mnemnosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnemnosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/5 "2020-04-04T02:49:07Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Please, God, NO…MORE…AMATEURS. Kind of disagree with this. Trump has proven that the country still didn’t fall apart, even with him doing so badly and pretty much actively trying to destroy everything he touches. I mean, things are getting worse, but he didn’t manage to completely wreck them. To me that says that no, ‘experience’ isn’t that important. Pretty much anyone who genuinely wants to do well, and isn’t as dumb and certain they’re a genius as Trump, could do a reasonable job being President. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/6 "2020-04-04T02:50:02Z")
Kevin Klein. He actually has experience. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/7 "2020-04-04T02:50:41Z")
I would vote for Stephen Colbert in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/8 "2020-04-04T02:56:04Z")
Rachel Maddow. She has a doctorate in political science, so she has genuine credentials in the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/9 "2020-04-04T03:05:41Z")
Jon Stewart? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/10 "2020-04-04T03:13:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Rachel Maddow. She has a doctorate in political science, so she has genuine credentials in the subject. +1 First one I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/11 "2020-04-04T07:32:06Z")
Anderson Cooper? Has a BA in poli sci, interned at the CIA for two years, and worked as a fact-checker. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/12 "2020-04-04T07:42:23Z")
Martin Sheen? [After all, he’s got some experience.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200276/) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/13 "2020-04-04T08:02:53Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Martin Sheen? [After all, he’s got some experience.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200276/) 😃 Oh, Fuck, yes. He even knows [Latin better than a room full of lawyers!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_vHDjG5Wk) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/14 "2020-04-04T09:50:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Rachel Maddow. She has a doctorate in political science, so she has genuine credentials in the subject. Oh, absolutely would I vote for her. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Turk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-president/851019/15 "2020-04-05T19:44:17Z")
Hadn’t even thought of Rachel Maddow. Very good call.