# Pick an actor, actress, singer, author, or artist to be the next US president. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937 "2010-06-12T18:18:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Electric\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Electric\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/41 "2010-06-14T10:13:52Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Henry Rollins. I think I’d trust Henry Rollins. I’d vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/42 "2010-06-14T11:15:27Z")
Dave Barry. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/43 "2010-06-14T11:54:07Z")
Howard Stern. He can make stuttering John the press secretary ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/44 "2010-06-14T12:13:52Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Dave Barry. He organizes a “Dave Barry for president” campaign every election, right? ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/45 "2010-06-14T12:40:54Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Howard Stern. **He can make stuttering John the press secretary** Or, even funnier, John the Stutterer. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/46 "2010-06-14T13:06:52Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > Morgan Freeman…cause hes Morgan MUTHA FUCKIN FREEMAN BITCH!!! Agreed. Just imagine the speeches he would make. No matter what they where about, you’d just know things will be allright. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/47 "2010-06-14T15:54:06Z")
Whoever is President, Jon Stewart for press secretary. Because you just know his press conferences would consists of clips of the opposition saying and doing looney things while Jon mugs and wisecracks. And Stephen Colbert for President. Because nobody will mess with him … no telling what he will do. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/48 "2010-06-14T16:57:01Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Henry Rollins. I think I’d trust Henry Rollins. Beaten to the punch. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/49 "2010-06-14T17:05:21Z")
Jesse Ventura. Just because he’d give half the population of America heart attacks. And half the world’s leaders would crap their pants. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/50 "2010-06-14T17:55:09Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Jesse Ventura. Just because he’d give half the population of America heart attacks. And half the world’s leaders would crap their pants. He does have experience as a state governor. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/51 "2010-06-14T19:28:36Z")
Tom Selleck. Because besides the fact that I like his politics, how cool would it be to have Magnum PI as president? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/52 "2010-06-14T19:34:42Z")
Wesley Snipes, because he would be able to intimidate the baddest world leaders into wetting their pants like little girls on a ghost train ride. Especially with Chuck Norris as his VP. ( You couldn’t give Chuck the #1 's job; he’s dangerous enough as is.) ---
**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:** [June 14, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/53 "2010-06-14T19:43:47Z")
Lou Ferrigno. Nobody would dare make hm angry, and you couldn’t beat the comedic value of his speeches (I am so going to hell…) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/54 "2010-06-15T02:50:40Z")
Tim Robbins. The guy who made _Bob Roberts_ just **has** to be POTUS! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937/55 "2010-06-17T03:31:37Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > My pick: Rachel Maddow On tonight’s show, her [last segment was her delivering a presidential speech](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#37744753) - what she wished President Obama had said. And she did it in front of an Oval Office backdrop. One wonders if she reads the Dope? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-an-actor-actress-singer-author-or-artist-to-be-the-next-us-president/542937.md?page=2)