# Miller for President, 2016. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 21, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329 "2015-10-21T06:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/41 "2015-10-21T22:12:28Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > It’s **Miller** time! Campaign slogan! Also, a vice presidential candidate is needed. Do we go for another mod, or a regular poster? I bet Skald could _run_ the campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/42 "2015-10-21T23:08:10Z")
Yay! Thank you. If that guy had a point I never saw it. It was trolls all the way down as far as I was concerned. I wholeheartedly endorse **Miller** for the post! Now I can finally open up a GD on the climate constant that I wanted to open for some time but was worried about him shitting all over it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/43 "2015-10-21T23:38:37Z")
I have no idea who or what y’all are talking about, but I have noticed a slight warming in the board climate in the past day or so. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/44 "2015-10-22T00:52:33Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I have no idea who or what y’all are talking about, but I have noticed a slight warming in the board climate in the past day or so. You are mistaken, the east coast dopers feel like the board is quite frigid. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/45 "2015-10-22T01:03:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > NOT seconded.\* > > Not because I have any problem with how he executes his moderator avocation. I simply feel that expecting him to run the country AND continue providing the excellent service he does here is unrealistic. > > **Miller** , I salute you, sir. Please don’t ever forsake us. > > \*Except for the magazine subscription. THAT I can get behind. He could run for Vice President. That would leave him plenty of time. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/46 "2015-10-22T01:11:01Z")
Thanks for all the kind words, everyone, but it was **Idle Thoughts** who brought up the subject in the mod loop, and who did all the footwork in digging up the cites for bumping threads. I was just the hatchet man; **Idle** deserves the lion’s share of the credit here. Let’s make him VP. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/47 "2015-10-22T02:00:55Z")
Spoken like a President! I hereby extend the motion to include **Idle Thoughts**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/48 "2015-10-22T02:05:51Z")
Oh, my. I didn’t quite understand what this was about at first. Sure, **Miller** is a good mod, but I didn’t quite understand the deification. Now I do. Thank you, **Miller** , and thank you, too, **Idle Thoughts**. Anyone who has walked around for a long time with a splinter in their foot and finally pulled it out knows the feeling. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/49 "2015-10-22T02:22:25Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > I love me some **Miller**! > > It’s **Miller** time! I’ll drink to that. Of course I’ve been known to drink to almost anything. But I still think he does a great job. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/50 "2015-10-22T02:46:59Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Thanks for all the kind words, everyone, but it was **Idle Thoughts** who brought up the subject in the mod loop, and who did all the footwork in digging up the cites for bumping threads. I was just the hatchet man; **Idle** deserves the lion’s share of the credit here. > > Let’s make him VP. Fair enough. **Idle** , I’ll commit to a cup of coffee and we can see where it takes us. No promises. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/51 "2015-10-22T04:04:42Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Thanks for all the kind words, everyone, but it was **Idle Thoughts** who brought up the subject in the mod loop, and who did all the footwork in digging up the cites for bumping threads. I was just the hatchet man; **Idle** deserves the lion’s share of the credit here. > > Let’s make him VP. Whoa, I **should** had told him that there was going to be punch and pie on the last dope fest! 🙂 He could not come last time. Well that settles it. I’m inviting **Idle Thoughts** for a drink and a meal for our next Dopefest next year!. Be there, Troll Slayer! (Yeah, **Miller** can come too, I’m inviting him too but this will be in Arizona in the spring.) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/52 "2015-10-22T04:15:00Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I was just the hatchet man; **Idle** deserves the lion’s share of the credit here. > > Let’s make him VP. Great idea. **Idle’s** an expert on vice. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/53 "2015-10-22T09:56:19Z")
I too applaud **Miller** , not for any specific recent actions which may have been long overdue and desperately needed, but just because other reasons I’m sure I’ll think of in a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/54 "2015-10-22T14:16:58Z")
NM, I misread the thread title as Hitler for president. Honest. I like Miller. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/55 "2015-10-22T14:35:38Z")
If **Miller** is willing to stand up for it (and a good debate), I’ll throw in an opposing run under my quadrennial “_Damn Good Third Choice_” party. I turned legally eligible for the Presidency by age three years ago. This’ll be my first ‘legal’ run. Tripler I can form a good Cabinet, maintain a good Bureau, and have good taste in choosing nice Armoires. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/56 "2015-10-22T14:56:50Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > If **Miller** is willing to stand up for it (and a good debate), I’ll throw in an opposing run under my quadrennial “_Damn Good Third Choice_” party. > > I turned legally eligible for the Presidency by age three years ago. This’ll be my first ‘legal’ run. > > Tripler > I can form a good Cabinet, maintain a good Bureau, and have good taste in choosing nice Armoires. In this post 9/11 world, where trolls run amok, unfettered and unmolested, what do you bring to the table as a solution to this growing problem. Air strikes? Boots on the ground? Would you use nuclear weapons? You have a tough hill to climb to beat proven masters of the art like Miller and Idle. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/57 "2015-10-22T14:59:54Z")
**Tripler** how are your Trollslaying skills? Failing those, where do you stand on pot and chickens? Beer and Dopers? You have to realize your candidacy is a long-shot… ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/58 "2015-10-22T16:33:00Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > NM, I misread the thread title as Hitler for president. Honest. I like Miller. I’d vote for **Miller** over Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/59 "2015-10-22T16:33:53Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Whoa, I **should** had told him that there was going to be punch and pie on the last dope fest! 🙂 He could not come last time. > > Well that settles it. I’m inviting **Idle Thoughts** for a drink and a meal for our next Dopefest next year!. > > Be there, Troll Slayer! > > (Yeah, **Miller** can come too, I’m inviting him too but this will be in Arizona in the spring.) Well thank ya, kind sir. I wanted like hell to be at the last one, but the thing that actually held me back from attending was mostly just needing a ride, as embarrassing as that is. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329/60 "2015-10-22T17:59:06Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’d vote for **Miller** over Hitler. Do you know who _else_ I’d vote for over Hitler? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-for-president-2016/735329.md?page=4)