# Make a famous person President! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788 "2006-11-01T21:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/21 "2006-11-02T18:12:36Z")
No one’s said _Martin Sheen_ yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/22 "2006-11-02T18:35:11Z")
Harrison Ford would do nicely. I’d also vote for Elizabeth Hurley, but I don’t think they’d be willing to change the rules for her to run. Failing that, I’d vote for Denise Richards. Or Halle Berry. ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/23 "2006-11-02T18:45:25Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] Or Halle Berry. [/QUOTE] Halle Berry, but only the Halle Berry who starred in Monsters Ball. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/24 "2006-11-02T19:40:27Z")
I’d vote for Ted Nugent. It’s interesting that so many celebs could probably get elected, but choose not to run. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/25 "2006-11-02T21:33:46Z")
If he were American, how about Alan Rickman? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/26 "2006-11-02T21:55:43Z")
What, no one’s said **Tom Hanks** yet? ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/27 "2006-11-02T21:56:43Z")
[QUOTE=John Corrado] What, no one’s said **Tom Hanks** yet? [/QUOTE] Didn’t he moon the president a few years back? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/28 "2006-11-02T22:06:06Z")
Kinky Friedman. At least we’d know what we are getting. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/29 "2006-11-02T22:08:47Z")
Keith Olbermann! Or else Jon Stewart with Stephen Colbert as his VP. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/30 "2006-11-02T22:45:52Z")
[QUOTE=GrizzRich] No one’s said _Martin Sheen_ yet? [/QUOTE] Alan Alda. He’d have been my pick even before _The West Wing_. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/31 "2006-11-03T00:52:08Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] He would be perfect since he already knows how to distort facts for his own purposes. [/QUOTE] Sure, but Moore would still be amateur hour after the last six years. 🙂 “Son, why are you wasting your time distorting _facts_ when you can outright lie like I did?” ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/32 "2006-11-03T02:45:17Z")
Robert Duvall! He’s our man! If he can’t do it nobody can! ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/33 "2006-11-03T04:52:30Z")
Ron Jeremy! [QUOTE=FormerMarineGuy] …why can’t Paris Hilton…? [/QUOTE] She’s not old enough. Thirty-five years is the minimum age to be elected POTUS, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/34 "2006-11-03T05:26:43Z")
Whew! What a relief! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/35 "2006-11-03T05:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Kinky Friedman. At least we’d know what we are getting. [/QUOTE] Yep, a Jewish cowboy. I’m about to vote for him for governor. One we get to the next level, it’s up to all of us. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/36 "2006-11-03T05:40:36Z")
I’d totally vote for [Dennis Haysbert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Haysbert) if it turned out in real life he had even a lick of common sense. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788/37 "2006-11-03T07:22:31Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] If he were American, how about Alan Rickman? [/QUOTE] Sorry , I like Christmas and merciful beheadings Declan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-famous-person-president/378788.md?page=1)