No.
Having binge-watched “The West Wing” several times it’s without question I’m more capable of handling the task but you guys have just elected Beeblebrox and sort of poisoned the well.
Who really wants to go down in history with a notation on their Who’s Who reading: “Generally considered to have done a better job than Trump”?
This is why I wouldn’t accept. Not that I’d be worried about how I ranked, but I’d probably cost my party seats in 2018, and leave it worse off in 2020. I’m just as unqualified as Donald Trump, if not more.
Yes. Not because I want to be President, but because the nation is in dire need right now.
I would first try the Sanders/Warren/Clinton cabinet approach. If that didn’t work out for me, I’d remove Pence from the Vice-Presidency by any means possible, choose one of the holy trinity as VP, and then resign.
I’d do it in a heartbeat, if only to get a massive course/test available to all students of all ages on How To Check Reliable Resources and What Makes a Reliable Source Reliable? Plus a mandatory 4 years of Urban Legend History and how to spot one. 
Also:
Yes, I’d accept it. I’d say a polite thank you and put it away somewhere safe for a rainy day when I can take it out and play with it.
Of course I’d accept it. I mean I’m not excited about living in Washington for the rest of my term but I’m reasonably confident I could get reelected at the end of my first term. As far as my party goes the libertarians currently have 0 seats so really I couldn’t hurt them in any way.
Really I’d be able to curtail military spending dramatically and have the budget balanced by the end of my first year in office. From there it will mainly be about getting people as much freedom as they can handle while keeping the government strong to prevent the excesses that society is prone to. I think I would be able to enact legislation from both parties and govern from the center pretty effectively.
Maybe it’s too much ego talking but I like to think I’d do a better job than Trump and Buchanan.
Fuck. No. You get all the stress, and everyone blames you for everything. Fuck that shit. You know how they always show the before and after photos of how much the president ages at the beginning of their term, and then at the end? It’s like that.
Question 1: can I resign on day two?
Question 2: do I keep the pension if I do?
I’m not a wise man, but it’s hard to imagine I’d be a worse choice than Trump, merely on the basis of the fact that I know that I am bad for the job.
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If you’d take the job for only $200,000, you’d be screwing yourself out of serious money. The President’s salary alone is $400,000 a year. That excludes his expense account, travel account, and entertainment account.
Of course. Then I hire Hillary Clinton as my Chief of Staff, and turn the reins over to her.
Like the current incumbent, I’m not remotely qualified for the job., Unlike the current incumbent, I am aware of this fact.
So the only temptation here is the opportunity to remove the current incumbent, which is a strong one, but unless I could basically delegate everything to smarter, more qualified people my presidency would be a disaster for the country and would leave me an emotionally-shattered husk. So no.
Plus part of me thinks that the best punishment for electing Trump is letting Trump be president.
If my primary concern was how I’d go down in history, then “He Turned Down The Chance To Replace Trump” maybe wouldn’t be something I can stomach.
I expect I’d probably do better than Trump, Hoover, Buchanan, Jackson, and maybe W. I might show up on some lists of “The Worst Presidents Ever”, but I hope to be the guy they have to think about for a while before including me on the list.
Reread what I wrote: that’s the pension. Point being, given my current lifestyle, I would never have to work again after I left the Oval Office.
No amount of money, power, prestige or public spirit would be sufficient to persuade me to subject myself to the scrutiny given the person in that office. And it’s not just for four years. The Secret Service is in your life forever. Fuck that.
Nice thought, but I prefer not to be punished along with him. Unfortunately, that ain’t gonna happen.
Only if you want them to be. The ex-president is entitled to lifelong SS protection, but is free to decline it. Former president Richard Nixon dismissed his Secret Service detail in 1985.
No, never