# Could a Doper who asks too many inane questions get elected POTUS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631 "2006-03-16T18:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/1 "2006-03-16T18:34:13Z")
I couldn’t resist. Not particularly bothered by it, but all these POTUS threads are a bit much. No offense meant. The thread title just popped into my head. Talk amongst yourselves. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/2 "2006-03-16T18:52:48Z")
Funny. I was thinking of starting one equally absurd, but nothing can top this one. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/3 "2006-03-16T19:19:39Z")
Well, we have to ask ourselves if the key problem is being a doper, asking inane questions, or annoying people in general. And that’s a question I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/4 "2006-03-16T19:30:04Z")
What if, after being elected, the Doper keeps Air Force One on a treadmill? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/5 "2006-03-16T19:34:47Z")
Only a closeted gay, circumsized, African-Amercan Mormon Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/6 "2006-03-16T19:51:55Z")
Phew. I’m out. Of the running. Not the _closet._ Geez. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/7 "2006-03-16T20:00:28Z")
**alaricthegoth** is running for POTUS? ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/8 "2006-03-16T20:12:33Z")
> [@riker1384](#): > > …I couldn’t resist… Don’t believe what they said on Star Trek. Resistance is not futile. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/9 "2006-03-16T20:15:08Z")
I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination for President of the US. I hope that puts the speculation to rest. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/10 "2006-03-16T20:24:27Z")
Thank you for posting this. Those threads could spark some interesting sidebar discussions, but it is more than odd to open the Forum page to be greeted by [Could a Jew get elected POTUS?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363053) and [Could an African-American get elected POTUS?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363099) and [Could a Mormon get elected POTUS?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363115) and [Could a homosexual get elected POTUS?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363126) and [Could Ross Perot win in 2008?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363144) plus whatever new thread has been started since I began this reply. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/11 "2006-03-16T20:27:13Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination for President of the US. If you were REALLY cool you’d seek it and not accept the nomination. “Sorry, I’m too cool for that job.” -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/12 "2006-03-16T20:58:21Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Thank you for posting this. > > Those threads could spark some interesting sidebar discussions, but it is more than odd to open the Forum page to be greeted by … > plus whatever new thread has been started since I began this reply. Hmmm. How about I start: “Could an SDMB Member Become POTUS” … because we’re, like, a subjugated minority and all. 🆒 “Could an SDMB Moderator Become POTUS” … because you jackbooted thugs would like that, wouldn’t you? 😉 “Could Cecil Adams Become POTUS” … nah, don’t see it. He wouldn’t like the cut in stature. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/13 "2006-03-16T21:06:57Z")
> [@Plynck](#): > > Don’t believe what they said on Star Trek. Resistance is not futile. Well … it depends on the capacitor, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/14 "2006-03-16T21:30:33Z")
So, when did POTUS become the LTA\*? \*latest trendy abbrev. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/15 "2006-03-16T21:41:35Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Well … it depends on the capacitor, doesn’t it? Ohm y, you’re right! ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/16 "2006-03-16T21:47:05Z")
> [@Charger](#): > > So, when did POTUS become the LTA\*? > > \*latest trendy abbrev. 'bout 5 years ago, with the premier of _West Wing_. Least that’s when I first heard it – in those commercials leading up to the first episode, in fact they kind of made a big deal about “who is POTUS?”. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/17 "2006-03-16T22:17:41Z")
Well, on the positive side, we could have an “Ask the President…” thread in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/18 "2006-03-16T22:19:28Z")
Of course, we all know that the question that is really on Dopers minds is - Could Batman get elected POTUS? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/19 "2006-03-16T22:19:53Z")
> [@Charger](#): > > So, when did POTUS become the LTA\*? > > \*latest trendy abbrev. Tom Clancy readers have bandied about the term for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631/20 "2006-03-16T22:50:31Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Of course, we all know that the question that is really on Dopers minds is - Could Batman get elected POTUS? you’re just trying to set someone up to say “only if he’s prepared,” aren’t you?!? Thank you [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-doper-who-asks-too-many-inane-questions-get-elected-potus/348631.md?page=2)