# From Mayor Pete to President Pete: It's gonna happen **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 20, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-mayor-pete-to-president-pete-its-gonna-happen/968276 "2022-07-20T19:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 60
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-mayor-pete-to-president-pete-its-gonna-happen/968276/60 "2022-08-04T14:17:45Z")
I’d be down for that. ETA: _ahem_ we got a full ticket set up! > [@Jon Stewart for president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-for-president/967669): > > Jon Stewart for president? I know the criticisms to this idea already: We don’t need another TV personality with no political experience in the White House. We don’t need a political virgin running their first campaign for the highest office in the land; get some experience at lower offices first Someone with as long a history in the entertainment world as Stewart has too many potential skeletons (drugs, women, controversial statements, etc.). But, [read this article from Politico.](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/08/jon-stewart-2024-democrats-00044146) It… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-mayor-pete-to-president-pete-its-gonna-happen/968276)._