# What fictional character would you want as POTUS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988 "2018-08-02T16:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/81 "2018-08-07T02:46:42Z")
Kenneth Yamaoka. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/82 "2018-08-07T03:35:09Z")
Assuming Trantor is a natural successor to the US, I would choose my namesake. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/83 "2018-08-07T03:40:50Z")
[Sleazy P. Martini](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUgse0B2xHo)! I already have the T-shirt “Sleazy enough to be President” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/84 "2018-08-07T04:15:21Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Ehh, can’t really count on him maintaining substantial consistency from one challenge to the next, y’know. Sometimes rigid, sometimes fluid, sometimes dense… Super. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/85 "2018-08-07T10:24:59Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > Exactly what I was thinking about when I thought of NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Think about him being in charge… [snip]…Annual State of the Union address will take about two minutes. 1. 2 minutes of talk, 3 minutes of Significant Looks. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/86 "2018-08-07T12:21:26Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > 1. > > 2 minutes of talk, 3 minutes of Significant Looks. Hey, if he’s not talking then he’s not lying to you and he clearly couldn’t care less about the sound bite. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/87 "2018-08-10T00:10:54Z")
Given nothing else to work with but insight, Johnny Smith managed to save the world. But, one, imagine he’d had the full resources of the White House; and, two, imagine the State Of The Union address being … _delivered_ … by Christopher _Walken_. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/88 "2018-08-10T01:36:50Z")
[President Frankenstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(Death_Race)). ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/89 "2018-08-10T19:13:25Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Robocop. Might be a few too many issues with a cyborg as President, how about when he was still only Alex Murphy? But then that raises the question of how different he was after the life-experience of becoming Robocop. > [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I would want a super genius who has a pro-social agenda. Who that would be, I don’t know. > > Adrian Veidt (I consider him pro-social) Veidt’s heart is definitely in the right place _(the comic shows this much better than the movie, where he had Generic Bad Guy written all over him)_ but I’m not sure how comfortable I would be with a President who is willing to make such extreme sacrifices for the greater good. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > She was eight years old in 1987, so she is 43. I’m fairly sure someone born in 1979 isn’t 43 years old in 2018. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/90 "2018-08-10T19:32:43Z")
Kirk won’t even be born for another 200+ years. And at that point in time, the USA doesn’t even exist any more (I don’t believe). But hm…budgetary constraints and the desire for action usually make it so that people who show up in film and TV, at most, only command a dozen or so people. The only exception to that is, in general, the President himself - at which point you’re having to look to see if any of them were still in their first term. The only non-President that I can think of who wasn’t evil, wasn’t incompetent, and commanded a fairly large organization and is set in modern day America is Nathan Stark from Eureka. And even if he wasn’t vapor, he’d not really be my lead contender if we were comparing to real humans. I feel like if you’re going to dip into fiction, it’s to try and find some amazing representative of humanity, and Stark has some notable flaws. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/91 "2018-08-11T07:05:20Z")
> [@Atomic\_Alex](#): > > I’m fairly sure someone born in 1979 isn’t 43 years old in 2018. 😉 16/64 = 1/4 because you cancel the 6s, see? The math is wrong, but the conclusion is right. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/92 "2018-08-11T16:33:13Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > 16/64 = 1/4 because you cancel the 6s, see? > > The math is wrong, but the conclusion is right. Ah I see, thanks, maths was always a weak point for me So I guess that makes me…ummm…67…or 13…now I’m not sure… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/93 "2018-08-11T18:31:13Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What, 21 posts and nobody else has nominated Atticus Finch yet? He’s even got political experience. My thought within a nanosecond of reading the thread title. Guess I’ll have to go with Jack Bauer then. He’s got a bit of torture in his background, but he had to do it or else _Tens of thousands of people would die!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/94 "2018-08-12T05:22:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > My thought within a nanosecond of reading the thread title. > > Guess I’ll have to go with Jack Bauer then. He’s got a bit of torture in his background, but he had to do it or else _Tens of thousands of people would die!!!_ There’d be lots of action involved with any Kim Jong Un meeting too. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/95 "2018-08-12T15:51:07Z")
Dang, I wish Hermione Granger were eligible! Ditto Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan. So I’ll have to go with Katniss Everdeen - assuming that District 12 is really Maryland/West Virginia/Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/96 "2018-08-13T03:18:16Z")
captain america he has military and leadership experince. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/97 "2018-08-13T13:51:38Z")
[Lisa Simpson-see I would have been ninja’ed several times…] ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/98 "2018-08-13T14:06:55Z")
> [@bionic\_man](#): > > captain america he has military and leadership experince. I believe there was a comic book in which he became President. He didn’t have the Secret Service, since he believed he could take care of himself. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/99 "2018-08-13T14:51:39Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Hmm… indeed, I do NOT see a requirement that the candidate be human! (Which saves us from having to define “human”). [The Master(retired) looks at the issue.](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2343/could-a-member-of-an-extraterrestrial-species-be-u-s-president/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988/100 "2018-08-13T15:55:32Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I believe there was a comic book in which he became President. He didn’t have the Secret Service, since he believed he could take care of himself. If we’re thinking of the same comic, Cap still has the Secret Service; it’s just that he overpowers a would-be assassin, at the swearing-in ceremony, before anyone else can effectively react — which of course prompts one of his guards to immediately make a _quip_ along those lines, but IIRC it doesn’t actually become policy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-would-you-want-as-potus/818988.md?page=6)