# Pre-Poll: Pick the next President
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 4, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469 "2011-08-04T15:17:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/21 "2011-08-04T17:05:43Z")
> [@ecoaster](#):
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> Geoffrey Canada or Van Jones
A second vote for Mr. Canada.
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### Author:  [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/22 "2011-08-04T17:18:27Z")
Rachel Maddow is a neat choice, as long as in this scenario I don’t have to rely on getting a majority vote for her. I can’t see an open lesbian (who’s probably an atheist, though that’s just my guess) garnering sufficient votes to be the first female president.
I’d push for Colbert or Jon Stewart. Don’t make me choose, I love them both equally. Although since Colbert has actually already been to political functions on several occasions, he’s probably the better choice.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/23 "2011-08-04T17:31:21Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> Rachel Maddow is a neat choice, as long as in this scenario I don’t have to rely on getting a majority vote for her. I can’t see an open lesbian (who’s probably an atheist, though that’s just my guess) garnering sufficient votes to be the first female president.
You get the only vote in this election.
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/24 "2011-08-04T17:33:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> You two can hash it out in the primaries…if either of you make it, that is. 😃
The problem there is that I think it is incredibly unlikely **Dio** and I would be running as candidates in the same party, thus we’d never meet prior to the general election.
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### Author:  [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/25 "2011-08-04T17:36:50Z")
Bill Clinton.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/26 "2011-08-04T17:46:27Z")
Samuel L. Jackson or Christopher Walken.
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### Author:  [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/27 "2011-08-04T17:56:28Z")
> [@Knorf](#):
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> [Bill the Cat](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LY1eTRkymVI/Te1_821p6CI/AAAAAAAAEkg/PGyKAa51ukE/s1600/bill-the-cat-bloom-conty-pictures.jpg).
Only if they promise to send Opus out for snacks and make him the VP candidate again!
Damn, I wish I could find my 1984 “Don’t Blame Me…I Voted for Bill ‘n’ Opus” tee.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/28 "2011-08-04T18:50:25Z")
Atticus Finch
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### Author:  [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/29 "2011-08-04T19:25:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Bill the Cat is out-we all know he was born in Cuba.
Lies! Fibs! I have the long-form birth certificate to prove it!
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I guess if I have to give a sincere answer, I’d go with Hillary Clinton.
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### Author:  [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/30 "2011-08-04T22:24:35Z")
Can I pick myself? Just for a while. I could probably collect a few fat Prez paychecks before they managed to impeach me for incompetence.
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### Author:  [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/31 "2011-08-04T22:33:52Z")
None of the above.
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### Author:  [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/32 "2011-08-05T00:23:03Z")
My friend Brad.
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### Author:  [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/33 "2011-08-05T01:48:50Z")
George Will.
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### Author:  [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/34 "2011-08-05T02:13:06Z")
Allen West
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/35 "2011-08-05T04:18:10Z")
Tied for first so far-2 votes for Geoffrey Canada and 2 votes for Rachel Maddow.
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### Author:  [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/36 "2011-08-05T04:20:03Z")
John Stewart. But I admit I don’t know where he was born
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/37 "2011-08-05T04:25:39Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> John Stewart. But I admit I don’t know where he was born
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962), is a U.S.Adian.
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### Author:  [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/38 "2011-08-05T04:27:44Z")
Wesley Clark, a true American hero. While I didn’t agree with many of his positions, his personal integrity is unimpeachable.
Bri2k
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### Author:  [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/39 "2011-08-05T04:28:00Z")
Inanimate Carbon Rod/Wiggum '12
Pick a winner!
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### Author:  [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469/40 "2011-08-05T04:33:51Z")
Underdog
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