# Does Running for President Make Any Sense? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [July 3, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-running-for-president-make-any-sense/724139 "2015-07-03T14:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![qazwart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-running-for-president-make-any-sense/724139/1 "2015-07-03T14:41:41Z")
[Linky](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3236/does-running-for-president-make-any-sense) Of course it does! You know the nation’s problems. You know what’s needed. Only you can save this country and steer it off the dangerous path it’s on to the path of all that’s right and good. After all, God Himself told you this this very morning. You are the national savior. You must prevent those who plot against this country from seizing the presidency and using that power to realize their nefarious deeds. Only you can do that! Only you have the ability. You are the chosen one. It is your destiny to be POTUS! Fulfill your destiny! That, and you’ll be swimming in both money and babes for years to come. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-running-for-president-make-any-sense/724139/2 "2015-07-03T17:13:10Z")
Did someone say that, or is that what they _all_ say? ---
**Author:** ![stevewaclo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@stevewaclo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stevewaclo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-running-for-president-make-any-sense/724139/3 "2015-07-03T22:42:33Z")
OK Cecil, another of your customarily erudite, well thought-out answers, but I must object to the cat in a microwave analogy :mad:. Just when I thought “more ways to skin…” was losing favor, you had to go and use an updated, and equally offensive, choice of words. Enough! May I suggest “an IS fighter in the microwave” ? Of course he/she would need to be trimmed to fit… Or how about “a box of popcorn in a blast furnace”, for those offended by the thought of carving _anyone_ into little pieces. And speaking of potential Republican candidates, can someone…anyone, explain how Donal Trump managed to become so wealthy? I’m nearly as loud-mouthed, offensive and uninformed as he, but have yet to hit it big.☹ ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-running-for-president-make-any-sense/724139/4 "2015-07-03T23:06:38Z")
> [@stevewaclo](#): > > And speaking of potential Republican candidates, can someone…anyone, explain how Donal Trump managed to become so wealthy? I’m nearly as loud-mouthed, offensive and uninformed as he, but have yet to hit it big.☹ His father was rich. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-running-for-president-make-any-sense/724139/5 "2015-07-04T03:14:08Z")
> [@stevewaclo](#): > > And speaking of potential Republican candidates, can someone…anyone, explain how Donal Trump managed to become so wealthy? I’m nearly as loud-mouthed, offensive and uninformed as he, but have yet to hit it big.☹ > [@glowacks](#): > > His father was rich. Oh, so he pulled himself up by his bootstraps ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-running-for-president-make-any-sense/724139/6 "2015-07-04T14:17:50Z")
> [@qazwart](#): > > Of course it does! You know the nation’s problems. You know what’s needed. Only you can save this country and steer it off the dangerous path it’s on to the path of all that’s right and good. > > After all, God Himself told you this this very morning. You are the national savior. You must prevent those who plot against this country from seizing the presidency and using that power to realize their nefarious deeds. Only you can do that! Only you have the ability. You are the chosen one. It is your destiny to be POTUS! Fulfill your destiny! By gum … YOU’RE RIGHT … We need a President in these times who knows exactly how much room we need to swing a cat. But I’m stumped, what the hell is an [FEC Candidate Identification Number](http://www.fec.gov/pdf/forms/fecfrm2.pdf) {PDF} ? Do I just copy the number off my God Card, or do I need to dig out the paperwork from when Satan was assigning numbers?