# Counterpoint: Pick a FICTIONAL character to be President. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121 "2010-06-14T11:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/41 "2010-06-15T02:58:13Z")
I think a Magneto/Voldemort ticket would be pretty entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/42 "2010-06-15T03:09:59Z")
Thomas J. Whitmore or James Marshall ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/43 "2010-06-15T03:18:07Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > God damn you **Equip**! Damn you to Hell! Don’t worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives. You need electrolytes. Here, have some Brawndo. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/44 "2010-06-15T03:39:35Z")
Adam Selene (Do I get double points because he’s a fictional character created by fictional characters?) ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/45 "2010-06-15T03:55:25Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Don’t worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives. You need electrolytes. Here, have some Brawndo. Got any money? I like money. No? okay, where’s the nearest Starbucks? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/46 "2010-06-15T04:00:06Z")
Now isn’t the time for a handjob, **Mac**! ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/47 "2010-06-15T04:32:12Z")
There is only one possible answer to this question, [and that is PRESIDENT MICHAEL WILSON.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Wolf_Chaos) [“Nothing is pointless! And the reason is, because \*I’m the President of the Great United States of America! Yeaaaahhhh!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Genl242_ZU8)\* (Seriously, it’s the President and Vice President fighting with giant robots and screaming terrible one-liners at the top of their lungs. It’s amazing.) ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/48 "2010-06-15T04:44:51Z")
Optimus Prime. And that’s “Freedom is the right of all sentient beings” Optimus, not “Give me your face!” Optimus. > [@Tanbarkie](#): > > There is only one possible answer to this question, [and that is PRESIDENT MICHAEL WILSON.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Wolf_Chaos) Japan’s greatest crime is not releasing this game in the English-speaking world. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/49 "2010-06-15T04:59:03Z")
Nero Wolfe. With Archie as his kick-ass Chief of Staff, Lily Rowan as Secretary of State, Lon Cohen as Press Secretary, Inspector Cramer as Sec’y of Defense, and Saul Panzer with a roving brief of doing anything that needs to be done. Alternately, Jean-Luc Picard, with Riker as CoS, Data as Sec of State, Major Kira as Secretary of Defense… Hmm, can others help me fill in the cabinet with Next Gen-era personnel? ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/50 "2010-06-15T12:57:29Z")
Came in to post Lord Ventinari…once more. Death, err, DEATH doesn’t understand how humans think very well. However, Susan should be Secretary of Education. She would whip the schools into shape. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/51 "2010-06-15T18:25:22Z")
> [@limegreen](#): > > Came in to post Lord Ventinari…once more. Death, err, DEATH doesn’t understand how humans think very well. However, Susan should be Secretary of Education. She would whip the schools into shape. But if DEATH is President, then we get the Death of Rats for First Rat! SQUEAK ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/52 "2010-06-15T21:34:21Z")
James Tiberius Kirk. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/53 "2010-06-15T21:41:57Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > James Tiberius Kirk. He has no respect for the Prime Directive. What makes you think he’ll have any regard for the Bill of Rights? James Tiberius Kirk is the son of moral certainty; nothing is more dangerous. Should he become president, we will all quickly find ourselves in chains. Well, you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/54 "2010-06-15T23:35:52Z")
Skeletor. Oh, wait we already had him as V.P. Uh … How about Blondie, aka “The Man with No Name.” weedooweedooweeeee … waaWAAAHhhwaah … ---
**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:** [June 15, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/55 "2010-06-15T23:43:05Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Skeletor. Oh, wait we already had him as V.P. Dude, Al Gore is going through a public divorce. Why do are you kicking him while he’s down? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/56 "2010-06-15T23:57:56Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > . . . John Galt . . . They tried to make him take over, and it didn’t work. Besides, there’s someone who is more qualified . . . which would make Galt “First Spouse.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/57 "2010-06-16T04:06:06Z")
Hagbard Celine! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/58 "2010-06-16T04:08:02Z")
Hal Jordan. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/59 "2010-06-16T04:45:49Z")
Come on! No other votes for Sir Harry Flashman? He’d be perfect. Manipulative; devious; selfish; charismatic; and look at the fun all the interns would have in the Oval Office. ---
**Author:** ![Sinisterniik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Sinisterniik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinisterniik)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/60 "2010-06-16T05:12:11Z")
How about Gandalf The White? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121.md?page=4)