If the electorate grows a moral compass, perhaps. Hillary Clinton far outshone all of them, and she lost, because the US electorate is dominated by moral degenerates who just so happen to have the right geographic distribution.
He’d certainly challenge Orange Hitler for the white supremacist vote.
Not in the primaries but against any Republican for sure. The biggest accomplishment of any Democrat elected to any post is keeping a Republican out of it.
With Lt Dan as Secretary of Defense, Joe Miller as Attorney General, and Buzz Lightyear as Director of NASA.
I’d really, really rather not vote for Tom Hanks. However if it came down to him or one of the Republcians who tried to cover up Trumps criminal treason (or Trump himself) I’d pick Hanks.
However if Hanks was as deranged as Trump (which he isn’t but hypothetical) I’d vote third party.
I know right? So much for the Lib part of the name.
Tom Hanks seems like a delightful guy, but I believe I’ve had quite enough of Presidents who assume office with no political experience whatever.
Draft Al Franken!
Cite?
Which, of course, is why we need the wall. Two, really. To contain the inmates and protect the rest of the world. A bit, at least.
Aren’t you a guy who has repeatedly referred to Hillary Clinton as a felon, despite her never having been charged with anything?
Yeah, I know. A cheap shot on her weight. I probably agree with her on most things, but I think we’ve had enough obscenely wealthy business types in the White House. Let her stick to her media empire and use her influence for good there. For once I agree with Shodan, the presidency is not an entry level position nor one for an apprentice.
What are Tom Hanks’ positions on anything? I think he’s a nice guy and he’s skilled at avoiding controversial public statements or opinions that might interfere with his mainstream movie star appeal to a cross section of audiences. That doesn’t qualify him for public office, though. I wanna see the man’s political soul.
I think we haven’t see the prototypical candidate yet. I don’t think any of the leadership within the Democratic party inspire any sort of hope for winning over the country in 2020. The country doesn’t want another Barack Obama and it sure as hell won’t want another Donald Trump by the time the next election rolls around. We’re done with legacy presidents so you can write off the Bush and Clinton clans. Democrats probably need a bombastic ideological demagogue to emerge from the shadows and take the country by storm, but it needs a candidate who can promote progressive economics without getting ensnared in demographic traps. Whoever it is needs to appeal to the white auto mechanic in the Rust Belt as much as he or she appeals to the Ivy League scholar in Cambridge or hyphenated Americans in Brooklyn.
Exactly, precisely this. I’ve tried to explain it to people this way: I have never coached football. Ever. If I went to the New England Patriots and said that I want Bill Belichick’s job (the head coach of the team, for those not familiar), they would very reasonably regard that as ludicrous. If I tried to explain that my total lack of experience and knowledge would be an asset, they would have security escort me off the premises.
And, yet, somehow 62 million or so people decided to make a summer intern into a CEO.
I’ve always had the impression that white supremacists don’t tend to be fond of Jews, even if they describe themselves as “not particularly religious.”
And Sheriff Woody as the Director of the FBI.
At least she actually DID build a highly-successful business from nothing (unlike Loose Lips, who inherited wealth and hasn’t done much to increase it during his many business failures).
From what little I’ve been able to glean, Tom Hanks is a center-left Democrat with great communications skills and aw-shucks charm. He has a brain and is not Donald Trump, which are both definite assets. He lacks political experience, though, which I hope he would acquire by running for something else and serving for at least a few years before he made a run for the White House.
I thought for sure George Clooney would make a run of it.
No, not Hanks. I mean, he seems like a nice guy and I probably agree with him on a lot of issues, but on the other hand I’m a nice guy and I agree with myself on every issue, and I would also be a terrible president because I have about as much experience governing as Tom Hanks does. At least I’ve managed people, which I don’t know he has.
Not excited about having a celebrity president, unless it is someone who has done the pre-work. I would give Al Franken a lot of consideration; he’s the closest I can think of. If the Republicans ran someone like Schwarzenegger (if he were eligible), that would not be completely insane. But Hanks, Clooney, Oprah - none of them know how to govern. Like Shodan said, it’s not an entry-level position.
Of course, any of them, even the foreign-born former weightlifter, would be a better choice than Trump.
… and before you know it it’ll be Zaphod Beeblebrox as POTUS.
You got like 50 states, isn’t that about the best training ground for your bench?
Doesn’t the mantra “Scratch any Governor and you’ll get a Presidential candidate” apply any longer?
I’m not sure that “elected celebrity” is any better as model for Head of State than hereditary monarch … it’s probably worse.
I like Tom Hanks. I like both Tom and Rita a lot. But I worry he’d be in over his head.