# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/41 "2007-11-03T02:56:04Z")
My vote is for **Bobtheoptimist**. Seems like a good idea to have an optimist in charge. ---
**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 3, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/42 "2007-11-03T02:56:46Z")
Any of you guys gonna let us forners vote so we can elect you? 🙂 ---
**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, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/43 "2007-11-03T06:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] And where does Orlando Bloom fit into your platform? 😉 [/QUOTE] I have quite a few positions in mind for him… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/44 "2007-11-03T06:51:45Z")
Posts up to the 40’s and no one mentions Lord Cecil? For shame! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/45 "2007-11-03T07:08:09Z")
I nominate **Autolycus,** just so that we could have a hot Asian chick as the first lady. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/46 "2007-11-03T07:20:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Any of you guys gonna let us forners vote so we can elect you? 🙂 [/QUOTE] I plan on eventually ruling the entire universe, so yeah. Lord Cecil can be in my Cabinet. If he’s running the show he won’t have time to maintain all his secret knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/47 "2007-11-03T10:57:05Z")
If nominated I will not run. If elected I will not serve. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/48 "2007-11-03T12:04:58Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] If nominated I will not run. If elected I will not serve. [/QUOTE] If nominated I will accept any campaign donations. If elected I will spend them on getting re-elected. :rolleyes: ---
**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, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/49 "2007-11-03T13:03:25Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] 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! [/QUOTE] I was thinking Jerry Garcia, but yeah, Santa Claus will do! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/50 "2007-11-03T13:17:47Z")
I also support **Triskadecamus**. **Triskadecamus** / **Liberal** : Kill The Beast! (The Beast being most of the government, and a nod to the fact slogans usually make less sense than _that_.) ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/51 "2007-11-03T13:28:51Z")
Another vote for **WhyNot**. Because I respect the way she conducts herself, even when I disagree with her opinions. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/52 "2007-11-03T13:35:17Z")
[QUOTE=Baffle] My vote is for **Bobotheoptimist**. Seems like a good idea to have an optimist in charge. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but look who _he_ nominated. Insanity isn’t really a selling point to the voters. 😃 ---
**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, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/53 "2007-11-03T13:39:05Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Yeah, but look who _he_ nominated. Insanity isn’t really a selling point to the voters. 😃 [/QUOTE] That and he has mentioned he picked the Optimist part of his user name for the irony of it. Might explain the nomination. 😉 Hmm, a pro-gun moderate republican that might campaign with a battle axe. It would be entertaining at least. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/54 "2007-11-03T13:40:07Z")
I’ll be announcing whether I’ll announce that I’ll announce sometime later on… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/55 "2007-11-03T13:53:26Z")
I hereby declare myself the SDMB Bull Moose Party candidate. I promise reform in Washington, and more Roller Disco in the Middle East. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/56 "2007-11-03T14:20:55Z")
Allow me to think this through. Do I want to be POTUS? The bennies: 1. If I want something, I have an army to get it for me, and a navy to ship it home. 2. If I do something bad, I have an army of lawyers to say that I didn’t, or that it wasn’t really bad, or that as POTUS I am allowed to do bad things. 3. I have nuclear weapons if I get bored. 4. The money isn’t great – but I have access to some nice company-provided homes and the world’s coolest private jet. The downside: 1. The hot chick factor has really gone down since the Kennedy years. 2. There will be gripers and beggers at my door ever damn day. Ok, I’ll take the gig. My immediate goal will be to bring more hot chicks to DC. And I have some thoughts about that. I’ll have an army to get them – I bet no one has connected those dots before. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/57 "2007-11-03T14:29:47Z")
What no votes for Der Trihs? Now there’s a surprise ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/58 "2007-11-03T14:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] just let me know when the debates are [/QUOTE] Right now, slut! You’re going down! _punches open palm_ Please don’t beat me. ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/59 "2007-11-03T14:58:58Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] What no votes for Der Trihs? Now there’s a surprise [/QUOTE] Hmmm, a commander in Chief that would want all his troops dead. That would work well. 😉 ---
**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, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047/60 "2007-11-03T15:19:08Z")
[QUOTE=StuffLikeThatThere] Another vote for **WhyNot**. Because I respect the way she conducts herself, even when I disagree with her opinions. [/QUOTE] Well, I can promise we won’t have any adultery scandals in the White House if I’m POTUS! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-sdmb-member-for-potus/425047.md?page=4)