# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**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 16, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/61 "2010-06-16T10:37:40Z")
> [@Sinisterniik](#): > > How about Gandalf The White? Not allowed by the rules of his order. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/62 "2010-06-16T17:33:36Z")
I nominate Faramir. (The original Faramir, from the books, and not one from any Peter Jackson movies.) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/63 "2010-06-16T18:27:15Z")
General Zod is already in the process. He will get my vote! > **[【徹底調査】過払い金請求に強い司法書士・弁護士の口コミ・評判](https://www.zod2008.com/)** > > Just another WordPress site ---
**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 16, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/64 "2010-06-16T18:53:18Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > 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. Meh. A compromise candidate, between supporters of Dick Cheney & those of Bill Clinton. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/65 "2010-06-16T19:22:08Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > 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. “The man was a menace.” “Seventeen (17) separate temporal violations - the biggest file on record.” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/66 "2010-06-17T02:34:43Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > I can’t believe I forgot Opus ‘n’ Bill. Don’t blame me - I voted for Bill and Opus in the last election. (I have a t-shirt that says this) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/67 "2010-06-17T03:33:11Z")
R. Daneel Olivaw ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/68 "2010-06-17T03:40:07Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > [Andrew Shepherd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_President). Yeah, he was cool. ---
**Author:** ![Sinisterniik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Sinisterniik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinisterniik)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/69 "2010-06-17T03:43:32Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Not allowed by the rules of his order. Then how about Tom Bombadil for a dark horse candidate? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/70 "2010-06-17T06:31:29Z")
Duh, it’s even in his name: [Prez](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prez_%28DC_Comics%29). With Vice President Gordon Freeman. No embarrassing soundbites! ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/71 "2010-06-17T07:20:42Z")
Hamilton Burger (the district attorney who always lost to Perry Mason). Since most Presidents in my lifetime have been Burgers, we wouldn’t notice any change. Since Aaron Pierce never made it to President on “24” (if Wayne Palmer could become POTUS, anyone could), let’s make him President in ours. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/72 "2010-06-17T10:57:14Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Duh, it’s even in his name: [Prez](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prez_%28DC_Comics%29). Yep. Seems like the obvious choice. Another choice: [Phillipe](http://achewood.com/index.php?date=01292004) (but only if Todd is NOT his running mate). ---
**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 17, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/73 "2010-06-17T21:40:50Z")
Alfred E Neuman—the Tea Party needs a candidate… ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121/74 "2010-06-18T02:04:13Z")
If we had Lisa Simpson that would include Bart Simpson as Secretary of the Treasury, that might come in handy. “What happened China? You use to be cool.” “China still cool, you pay later!” I can’t imagine Zapp Brannigan doing any worse than Bush in the foreign policy department. “What is it that makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterpoint-pick-a-fictional-character-to-be-president/543121.md?page=3)