# Choose a fictional President to put into the actual Oval Office **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746 "2008-09-22T21:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/41 "2008-09-23T15:31:56Z")
I’m feeling evil, so I want to nominate President Wallace from Harry Turtledove’s Colonization series. Plenty of experience. Sure he nuked a few defenseless Lizards, but he knows what to do to enemies. Maybe this time G. Gordon Liddy could keep the leak quiet. More seriously I’ll second the vote for Dave Kovics. Or President Nance. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/42 "2008-09-23T15:43:37Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > President Roslin! Sure, lead us into war with the Cylon without an exit strategy… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/43 "2008-09-23T15:44:56Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > Sure, lead us into war with the Cylon without an exit strategy… > 😃 Typical liberal slander. She wasn’t president when the war started, and we should all be inspired by her brave battle against cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/44 "2008-09-23T15:49:32Z")
Roslin is (was?) a religious fundamentalist i think… ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/45 "2008-09-23T15:51:12Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Typical liberal slander. She wasn’t president when the war started, and we should all be inspired by her brave battle against cancer. You did know I was [joking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YatjlSJNRHM), right? (Looks behind me…) Actually, how awesome would Tom Zarek be a president? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/46 "2008-09-23T15:54:48Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Roslin is (was?) a religious fundamentalist i think… As the non-religious fundamentalists who proceeded her in office embarked on security policies that led to the deaths of 99.999999 percent of the human race, I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. [QUOTE=Skara\_Brae] [QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Typical liberal slander. She wasn’t president when the war started, and we should all be inspired by her brave battle against cancer [/QUOTE] . You did know I was joking, right? (Looks behind me…) [/quote] Why? It’s not like I’m sharpening knives and trying to figure out the best place to slip a blade. On a keeply unrelated note, would you mind slipping off your jacket? No special reason. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/47 "2008-09-23T18:10:14Z")
nthing Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact. My instant reaction was Roslin too, but a) she wasn’t pres of the US, and b) she’s actually a fairly ruthless dictator. The fact that I agree with her moves doesn’t make her less so. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/48 "2008-09-23T18:16:09Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Roslin is (was?) a religious fundamentalist i think… Caveat: I’ve only watched up to about half-way through season 3. Roslin is not portrayed as a religious fundamentalist. Circumstances do force her to enact one policy which makes some fundies happy, though. She plainly states at one point that she has always supported a woman’s right to choose, but winds up declaring abortion illegal in the interest of the survival of the species. She is at first uncomfortable with the parallels between the way things are going for the survivors of the Cylon attacks and the events portrayed in scripture, but eventually does come to see herself as the “dying leader” described there. I’ve been curious ever since her remission to see how that thread plays out. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/49 "2008-09-23T21:09:42Z")
Max Frost from the 1968 classic [_Wild in the Streets_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_in_the_Streets). Concentration camps and LSD therapy for everyone over 30! (And I’m 45. Gimmegimmegimme! 😃 ) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/50 "2008-09-23T22:38:59Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Max Frost from the 1968 classic [_Wild in the Streets_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_in_the_Streets). Concentration camps and LSD therapy for everyone over 30! (And I’m 45. Gimmegimmegimme! 😃 ) This also ties into the thread about Best Weirdest Movies. AND reminds me of a similar serious movie from the same time PRIVILEGE, just recently issued on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/51 "2008-09-24T05:44:45Z")
Another vote for Morgan Freeman’s prez in Deep Impact. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/52 "2008-09-24T14:14:05Z")
Garrett’s mind in Ken Wind’s (not wind like a watch, wind like the air) body from the “Elektra: Assassin” graphic novel. Damn straight. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/53 "2008-09-24T14:29:41Z")
“My name is Andrew Shepard…and I **AM** the President!” I’d have voted for him in a heartbeat after that speech. Moreso if he’d have added the unspoken “mother fucker!” to the end. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/54 "2008-09-24T14:57:55Z")
How about Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock) from [_Head of State?_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_State_(movie)) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/55 "2008-09-24T15:08:25Z")
Kevin Kline from _Dave_. He couldn’t do any worse than the last guy. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/56 "2008-09-24T16:28:09Z")
If Daaaaavid Palmer were elected, think how pleasant listening to the State of the Union would be? He could just stand up there and read the congressional record and I’d still like to listen to him. But because politics isn’t wacky enough, I’d go for President Weasel, also of 24. I don’t remember his name, but he was married to Jean Smart. President Weasel in 2008! ---
**Author:** ![TNWPsycho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/57 "2008-09-24T16:36:09Z")
“Four more years of Douchebag!” President Douchebag from Family Guy. I think its in the Stewie Griffen movie they released. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746/58 "2008-09-24T18:33:12Z")
Oh and of course the faux president/dictator of Parador! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-a-fictional-president-to-put-into-the-actual-oval-office/464746.md?page=2)