# What fictional characters would you support for president of the U.S.? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047 "2008-10-08T19:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/41 "2008-10-09T13:23:35Z")
I think Homer Sinpson would be a step forward;) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/42 "2008-10-09T13:28:53Z")
Admiral Greer, as portrayed by James Earl Jones in the Tom Clancy movies. Imagine the “state of the union” addresses. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/43 "2008-10-09T13:36:32Z")
Cthulhu (great [campaign slogan)](http://www.cthulhu.com). Ain’t nobody gonna mess with America with the big C at the helm. And there’d be a lot less snark from reporters at press conferences. Not an American, you say? Heck, if the Chinese can create new birth certificates for underage gymnasts, we can conjure up the proper papers for Cthulhu. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/44 "2008-10-09T13:38:40Z")
Scrooge McDuck of course. With his five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantasticatrillion dollars and sixteen cents he can solve the failure of capitalism from his own pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/45 "2008-10-09T13:59:59Z")
Because I think she will balance security needs with a recognition of the importance of personal liberty, I vote for Harriet the Spy. Especially if Janey is her science advisor, she’ll blow up the world if things get out of hand. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/46 "2008-10-09T15:59:04Z")
Nathan Summers - the one who ran Providence and Rumekistan, not one of the other ones. He has executive experience, has the knowledge to solve the energy crisis, and isn’t evil. Cable for President '08! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/47 "2008-10-09T16:12:57Z")
John Galt ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/48 "2008-10-09T16:28:14Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I’ve got a t-shirt supporting the Vorkosigan-Naismith ticket. I WANT IT 😃 i came into this thread to suggest Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, he’ll hate the job, but he’ll do it damn well. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/49 "2008-10-09T16:38:08Z")
It seems it is Vorkosigan vs Finch in the SDMBFCFP (SDMB Fictional Characters For President) Race. Now, to what party would each of them belong? I have not read To kill a mockingbird (nor seen the movie) but Miles would be a Democrat, so perhaps Finch would be a (Principled, not NeoConish) Republican? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/50 "2008-10-09T16:40:23Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > John Galt As long as I don’t have to sit and listen to his inaugural address. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/51 "2008-10-09T16:59:37Z")
Jed Clampett. He’s kind-hearted, wise, independently wealthy (but doesn’t really love money), and believes in family core-values. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/52 "2008-10-09T17:03:30Z")
The president as played by Harrison Ford in _Air Force One_ ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/53 "2008-10-09T17:39:43Z")
He managed the gas mines on Bespa, so he has administrative experience. He’s smoove, photogenic, and charasmatic as all get out. I think he could entertain foreign heads of state, and the escapehe pulled proves that he has strategic instincts and can think fast on his feet. Of course, that would make Han Solo the VP, and put Chewie on the Secret Service detail. Of course, none of them are Americans, being from a long time ago in a galaxy far away. How about Kal-El? As a foundling under the age of 5, adopted by American parents, he qualifies as an american citizen, although I’m not sure about the natural-born part. The comic books say he’s super-smart, and he can fly back in time when necessary. Plus he’s immune to assasination attempts as long as the Secret Service screens everything for kryptonite. I’m sure that Luthor’s campaign would smear him as an illegal alien and try to poison him. There would probably be a “swift kryptonians for Truth, Justice and the American way” group involved. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/54 "2008-10-09T17:54:42Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Michael Corleone. Ewwww. Might as well say Frank Burns, Larry Linville, not Robert Duvall. And respectfully, he didn’t know when not to use force in the end. He had Fredo killed, and it destroyed his soul. He should have forgiven and sent Fredo to Italy for the safety of everyone. > > My picks: > > Gandalf/Galadriel '12 Mithrandir wouldn’t take the job; it would be too much entanglemnt in mortal affairs. Plus, his great moral and military wisdom didn’t translate into economic knowledge; hell, he thought Frodo’s mithril shirt was more valuable than the whole of the shire. As for Galadriel, I think her extremeely extended life span might result in an unpalatable difference in priorities. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/55 "2008-10-09T18:00:10Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > So, you are saying that you want four more years? Just the type of response I’d expect from a Michael Myers/Leatherface supporter…:rolleyes: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/56 "2008-10-09T18:02:11Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Cthulhu (great [campaign slogan)](http://www.cthulhu.com). Ain’t nobody gonna mess with America with the big C at the helm. And there’d be a lot less snark from reporters at press conferences. > > Not an American, you say? Heck, if the Chinese can create new birth certificates for underage gymnasts, we can conjure up the proper papers for Cthulhu. Documents are unnecessary. Are _you_ going to ask him for his papers? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/57 "2008-10-09T19:04:47Z")
I nominate Col. John “Hannibal” Smith of the A-team. He has military experience, a cool collected demeanor and a kick ass cabinet. Faceman can handle the press, “Howling Mad” Murdock will run the smear machine and “B.A.” Baracus can handle Secretary of Defense “I pitty the foo who harbors terrorists!”. Catching Bin Laden will take 30 minutes and will involve a brand new armored vehicle and no casualties whereby with cigar in mouth he will declare, “I love it when a plan comes together.” The economy will take a bit longer and may require a ‘special episode’. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/58 "2008-10-09T19:06:48Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Jed Clampett. He’s kind-hearted, wise, independently wealthy (but doesn’t really love money), and believes in family core-values. An oil man with family values and not too much upstairs…didn’t we already do that one? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/59 "2008-10-09T19:13:59Z")
> [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](#): > > I think Homer Sinpson would be a step forward;) [Bush is Homer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284567&highlight=grimes). I like Atticus Finch. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/60 "2008-10-09T20:04:02Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I nominate Col. John “Hannibal” Smith of the A-team. He has military experience, a cool collected demeanor and a kick ass cabinet. Faceman can handle the press, “Howling Mad” Murdock will run the smear machine and “B.A.” Baracus can handle Secretary of Defense “I pitty the foo who harbors terrorists!”. > > Catching Bin Laden will take 30 minutes and will involve a brand new armored vehicle and \*\*no casualties \*\*whereby with cigar in mouth he will declare, “I love it when a plan comes together.” > > The economy will take a bit longer and may require a ‘special episode’. Jerkish nitpick: you mean no FATALITIES. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047.md?page=4)