# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/21 "2007-11-02T22:10:46Z")
Any of the following three would be great: 1. **lobstermobster** 2. **Left Hand of Dorkness** 3. **The King Of Soup** My three favourite posters (in no particular order). ---
**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:** [November 2, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/22 "2007-11-02T22:17:07Z")
My concern is what of the voting segment that is not into D&D, LoTR, ST, Star Wars\* or Buffy? Will they be treated equally under a Doper Administration? How will Harry Potterphiles be treated? Will Tuesday be Boozeday for all candidates? Will Saturdays always be Caturdays? If Wednesdays are generally accepted as Hump Day, what are Thursdays? \*Dork Squad. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/23 "2007-11-02T22:21:09Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] 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. [/QUOTE] I’ll wait until I see the campaign posters. Especially the one for Boozeday. ---
**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, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/24 "2007-11-02T22:22:57Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] 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. [/QUOTE] You seem to think D&D nerds are all wimps. Well, this D&D nerd does martial arts. I’m not just talking about playing a monk character either. Also, I’d be amused to see someone try to give [this guy](http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2004/universal/riddick/vin-interview.html) a wedgie. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/25 "2007-11-02T23:17:10Z")
I’d like to nominate **Stranger on a Train**. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/26 "2007-11-02T23:25:17Z")
**WhyNot** was the first name on my lips here. Make it vote #3. She’s tough, smart and compassionate, and it don’t get much better than than for leadership. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/27 "2007-11-02T23:27:17Z")
I vote for **Paul in Saudi** , since he seems to follow me around answering all of my dumbarsed questions and keeping me sane. ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/28 "2007-11-02T23:59:57Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] My concern is what of the voting segment that is not into D&D, LoTR, ST, Star Wars\* or Buffy? Will they be treated equally under a Doper Administration? [/quote] I will support the passage of the NDATNIDADLOTRSTSTOB Amendment. (Non-Discrimination Against Those Not Into Dungeons And Dragons etc.) > [@](#): > > How will Harry Potterphiles be treated? I fully support their right to engage in cosplay, especially if they look hot in a schoolgirl outfit. > [@](#): > > Will Tuesday be Boozeday for all candidates? I don’t drink enough to personally engage in Boozeday, but as long as people don’t drive or operate heavy machinery I’m all for it. Exceptions to be made for giant robot fighting, because it’s awesome. > [@](#): > > Will Saturdays always be Caturdays? All days that are not some other day will be Caturdays. I has cheezburger now. > [@](#): > > If Wednesdays are generally accepted as Hump Day, what are Thursdays? Uh, Pregnancy Test Day? ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/29 "2007-11-03T00:17:04Z")
**Bricker** ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/30 "2007-11-03T00:17:57Z")
I nominate **SwampBear** so he can quit working 3rd shift. He’ll have the administration fa-a-a-a-bulous in no time. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/31 "2007-11-03T01:00:24Z")
I will nominate **Elendil’s Heir** , he already posted his intentions anyway and I like his stated policies. Besides, I might be able to could get an assistant Cabinet position if he won. 😉 Jim Here is the links to the thread: [My Presidential campaign - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422344) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/32 "2007-11-03T01:10:02Z")
Eeek! How embarrassing… Um, okay. So that means I need to come up with a platform of some kind, right? Hmmm…how does chocolate work for everyone? 😃 Can I get \*\*Sampiro \*\*as a running mate? I need some help clinching the southern Dopers, I think. [QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] My concern is what of the voting segment that is not into D&D, LoTR, ST, Star Wars\* or Buffy? Will they be treated equally under a Doper Administration? [/QUOTE] Of course! I’ll appoint a Sports, Business and Reality Television cabinet as soon as I’m elected. > [@](#): > > How will Harry Potterphiles be treated? Nekkid pics of Daniel Radcliffe for all who want them! After I get mine. And \*\*Sampiro \*\*gets his. > [@](#): > > Will Tuesday be Boozeday for all candidates? I think that’s an excellent idea. I shall steal it. I mean, implement it as a cross-partisan plan. > [@](#): > > Will Saturdays always be Caturdays? Only if they’re indoor Cats. Unless you live on a farm or in one of them furrin countries where it’s okay to let them out. > [@](#): > > If Wednesdays are generally accepted as Hump Day, what are Thursdays? Shame and Regret Days? Brag and Rejoice Days? Hmm…lemme have my people do some market research and get back to you on that. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/33 "2007-11-03T01:13:28Z")
I nominate **Scylla** , **Sauron** , **Sampiro** , **Cervaise** , and **Master Wang-ka** to be Co-co-co-co-co-presidents. They will each have one day each to tell us stories, and we’ll have two days to discuss their stories before we get brand new stories. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/34 "2007-11-03T01:13:53Z")
I nominate **Triskadecamus**. A bit left, but overall solid. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/35 "2007-11-03T01:26:02Z")
Another vote for **Sampiro**! At last, a candidate whose speeches, although loooong, would always be worth listening to. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/36 "2007-11-03T01:41:45Z")
A warning to potential candidates: I accepted this board’s nomination in 2000, with **Esprix** as running mate. Despite a hard-fought campaign, we didn’t get one stinkin’ vote from any Doper. I second **Tris**. So moral and congenial it’s scary, the right combination of leftist and libertarian, and he looks like Kris Kringle. This is a candidate who can reassure people! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/37 "2007-11-03T01:42:20Z")
I do not so much nominate as offer, upon silent outcry, to crown myself. [del]I[/del] We promise [del]my[/del] our subjects far more male nudity upon television, an end to the nuisance of free elections, incomparably more interesting sex scandals in the highest circles than those now, public executions chosen by imperial reality show, and larger statues of [del]my[/del]ourself than ever would have been thought possible in previous regimes, which is to say they shall make Mt. Rushmore look like a half-bathtub garden madonna. And the things I’ll do to the capitol of Sampiropolis (to be built atop my birthplace and stretch from the Coosa River on one side to the Atlantic on another and the Gulf of Mexico in the south) shall last for a thousand years, or at least until I’m dead. Don’t really care so much about them after my concubines have walked onto my funeral bier. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/38 "2007-11-03T01:54:52Z")
And where does Orlando Bloom fit into your platform? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/39 "2007-11-03T02:00:07Z")
I’m supporting an **Eve** / **lieu** ticket. Platform schmatform, I just want to be entertained. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/40 "2007-11-03T02:46:23Z")
**OpalCat** for Speaker of the House, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047.md?page=3)