# Pick your SDMB Member for POTUS! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047 "2007-11-02T19:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/1 "2007-11-02T19:40:39Z")
Because **lobstermobster** [demanded it!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9136709&postcount=20) Here nominate your candidates for President of the United States of America from SDMB members. I guess we’ll do a nominating round first, unless people want to go straight to an open STV or something… Nah, just nominees right now: I nominate **lobstermobster** , since it was his idea, & **BrainGlutton** as our resident political-system junkie. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/2 "2007-11-02T19:50:53Z")
[QUOTE=foolsguinea] I nominate **lobstermobster** , since it was his idea, [/QUOTE] FWIW, **lobstermobster** ain’t a him. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/3 "2007-11-02T19:53:19Z")
Ah, I should have been tipped off by the use of the Old English feminine agent suffix “-ster.” ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/4 "2007-11-02T19:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] FWIW, **lobstermobster** ain’t a him. [/QUOTE] Not even one little bit. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/5 "2007-11-02T19:56:27Z")
just let me know when the debates are ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/6 "2007-11-02T19:58:34Z")
I nominate **WhyNot**. Because it’s time the occupant of the White House had some liberrtarian opinions on marriage arrangements. Also, her campaign slogan is obvoius. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/7 "2007-11-02T20:06:37Z")
I nominate **Hippy Hollow**. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/8 "2007-11-02T20:15:24Z")
I nominate **OpalCat**. Politics is sometimes said to be a juggling act, so let’s send in a juggler! I also nominate **Blaster Master** as GM of the Mafia game I was in. (Feel free to nominate the other Mafia GMs.) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/9 "2007-11-02T20:26:12Z")
Moved from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/10 "2007-11-02T20:44:49Z")
I would hereby like to officially confirm that I am assembling a blue ribbon panel to evaluate the feasibility of forming an exploratory committee to assess the possibility of myself pursuing an as yet undecided upper position in the United States Government. I will open the floor to questions at this time. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/11 "2007-11-02T20:48:20Z")
I nominate **silenus** , even though he’s in California. School teacher, Hawaiian shirts, shiny head… It’s time for a change. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/12 "2007-11-02T20:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun] I would hereby like to officially confirm that I am assembling a blue ribbon panel to evaluate the feasibility of forming an exploratory committee to assess the possibility of myself pursuing an as yet undecided upper position in the United States Government. I will open the floor to questions at this time. [/QUOTE] I’ve got a question – WTF are you talking about? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/13 "2007-11-02T20:54:10Z")
**Liberal** or maybe **John Mace**. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/14 "2007-11-02T20:57:08Z")
I nominate myself. Coins will be changed to say, “In Vecna We Trust,” pie will be brought, and Sunday will be renamed D&D Day. Other RPGs may be allowed if I feel like it. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/15 "2007-11-02T20:58:43Z")
[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun] I would hereby like to officially confirm that I am assembling a blue ribbon panel to evaluate the feasibility of forming an exploratory committee to assess the possibility of myself pursuing an as yet undecided upper position in the United States Government. I will open the floor to questions at this time. [/QUOTE] I opened a floor once. Termites, smelled like cabbage. Small hands. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/16 "2007-11-02T21:02:57Z")
Under a Lobster administration, there would be a task force for the sole purpose of giving wedgies to D&D nerds. And Tuesday would be renamed Boozeday. However, this is not the time for such things. I will wait until debates. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/17 "2007-11-02T21:47:47Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] And Tuesday would be renamed Boozeday. [/QUOTE] Reminds me of… > [@](#): > > We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday > In a bar that faces a giant car wash \ > > I like a good beer buzz early in the morning > And Billy likes to peel the labels > From his bottles of Bud > He shreds them on the bar ETA: I hope this doesn’t break the copyright rules of the board, last time I posted more than a stanza I got the mod smack down :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/18 "2007-11-02T21:49:17Z")
I’d vote for **John Mace**. We agree on damn near everything. It’d be like me being president, except without the stress. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/19 "2007-11-02T21:54:08Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] I opened a floor once. Termites, smelled like cabbage. Small hands. [/QUOTE] My advisers have counseled me not comment on this startlingly accurate descriprion of the esteemed members in our fourth estate. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/20 "2007-11-02T21:57:18Z")
\*\*WhyNot \*\*gets another vote from me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047.md?page=2)