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.
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.
Roslin is (was?) a religious fundamentalist i think…
You did know I was joking, right? (Looks behind me…)
Actually, how awesome would Tom Zarek be a president?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Max Frost from the 1968 classic Wild in the Streets. Concentration camps and LSD therapy for everyone over 30! (And I’m 45. Gimmegimmegimme! 
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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.
Another vote for Morgan Freeman’s prez in Deep Impact.
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.
“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.
How about Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock) from Head of State?
Kevin Kline from Dave. He couldn’t do any worse than the last guy.
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!
“Four more years of Douchebag!”
President Douchebag from Family Guy.
I think its in the Stewie Griffen movie they released.
Oh and of course the faux president/dictator of Parador!