# If the US President dumped ice water on his head for ALS awareness..... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005 "2014-08-20T15:30:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005/21 "2014-08-20T20:28:27Z")
It seems to me that this sort of thing is precisely why we have a Vice-President. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005/22 "2014-08-20T20:33:00Z")
[G.W. Bush did one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DepakUSDtQE) and believe it or not, it’s actually pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005/23 "2014-08-20T20:33:39Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Other than the fact that donations to the [ALS Association](http://www.alsa.org/news/media/press-releases/ice-bucket-challenge-082014.html) are at an all-time high, yeah, you’re right. It’s not really doing jackshit. :rolleyes: The group is also fully aware that they will probably get very few of those donors to donate again or to learn about their cause, sadly. Short-term fads may also hurt their causes in that these slacktivists may think the problem is “solved” now, or at least passé. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005/24 "2014-08-21T01:53:06Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > [G.W. Bush did one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DepakUSDtQE) and believe it or not, it’s actually pretty good. It almost makes me like the guy again. Actually I have lots of respect for the camaraderie the ex-presidents have with each other. Does anyone think Bill Clinton will do it? How about Hillary? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005/25 "2014-08-21T02:04:37Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > It almost makes me like the guy again. Actually I have lots of respect for the camaraderie the ex-presidents have with each other. Does anyone think Bill Clinton will do it? How about Hillary? I can’t imagine Bill wouldn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005/26 "2014-08-21T03:06:24Z")
Obama did Between Two Ferns. Somehow I don’t think this would look less dignified than that. And that’s coming from someone who enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005/27 "2014-08-21T15:43:53Z")
I don’t know if Bill Clinton would do it with having a bad heart and all. He might just donate instead. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005/28 "2014-08-21T16:14:21Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > The group is also fully aware that they will probably get very few of those donors to donate again or to learn about their cause, sadly. Short-term fads may also hurt their causes in that these slacktivists may think the problem is “solved” now, or at least passé. They’re up to 41 million in less than a month. They made 29 million total last year. Even if all these people are just one-time donors, I don’t see how they is a bad thing. Yeah, the donations will probably go back down to normal last year (although I expect it will be a little higher from the small percentage that keeps donating) but when the options are A) 2013 - 29 million, 2014- 29 million, 2015- 29 million or B) 2013 - 29 million, 2014 - 80 million, 2015 - 29 million I think the ALSA would prefer option B. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005.md?page=1)