# 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:** 4
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/61 "2008-10-09T20:16:07Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Jerkish nitpick: you mean no FATALITIES. ‘Casualties’ works. [The Free Dictionary](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Casualties) ca·su·al·ty (kzh-l-t) n. pl. ca·su·al·ties 1. An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life. 2. One injured or killed in an accident: a train wreck with many casualties. \*\*3. One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy. \*\* ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/62 "2008-10-09T20:24:15Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > ‘Casualties’ works. > > [The Free Dictionary](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Casualties) > > ca·su·al·ty (kzh-l-t) > n. pl. ca·su·al·ties > > 1. An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life. > 2. One injured or killed in an accident: a train wreck with many casualties. > \*\*3. One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy. > \*\* I was BEING A JERK. Don’t bother me with facts. Facts are for women, Democrats, & Frenchmen. Anywhistle, a cursory examination of some current dictionaries close out hand supports your position better than mine, so I’ll drop it. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/63 "2008-10-09T20:32:56Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Just the type of response I’d expect from a Michael Myers/Leatherface supporter… Say what you will, but Myers politics of only killing lots of people once a year makes me feel a lot safer. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/64 "2008-10-09T20:35:35Z")
Jack Ryan. Don’t agree with his stances on about half the issues, but I trust the guy. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/65 "2008-10-09T22:39:45Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I have not read To kill a mockingbird (nor seen the movie) Stop. Get off the internet. Read. Like, right now! No votes so far for Lazarus Long? Posh, says I! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/66 "2008-10-10T03:04:54Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I was BEING A JERK. Don’t bother me with facts. Facts are for women, Democrats, & Frenchmen. You’re awesome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/67 "2008-10-10T03:17:41Z")
Captain Jean Luc Picard. For once the perennial argument against him can work for him. Data for veep? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/68 "2008-10-10T05:36:44Z")
> [@MerryMagdalen](#): > > I’d like to see a Ventinari/Vimes ticket; I’m just not sure who should be at the top. Vimes would probably get the vote, but Vetinari would be doing the work. Vimes running against Carrot for President, now… that’s just a fanfic waiting to happen. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/69 "2008-10-10T13:47:06Z")
> [@](#): > > by **Skald the Rhymer** > As for Galadriel, I think her extremeely extended life span might result in an unpalatable difference in priorities. Nonsense! She would take good care of her pets! ---
**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 10, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/70 "2008-10-10T13:51:03Z")
Montgomery Burns. We could really use his trillon dollar bill right now ---
**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 10, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/71 "2008-10-10T13:52:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Montgomery Burns. We could really use his trillon dollar bill right now It’s in Castro’s hands now, and somehow i doubt he would be willing to give it to the U.S., don’t now why, is just a feeling i got. ---
**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 10, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/72 "2008-10-10T15:45:53Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > Stop. Get off the internet. Read. Like, right now! > > No votes so far for Lazarus Long? Posh, says I! Lazarus wouldn’t do it. In both \*Metheselah’s Children \*& _Time Enough For Love_, he goes out of his way to avoid leadership responsibilities, and I can see no reason to expect anything different. Now Ira Weatheral might, but he’s not a democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/73 "2008-10-10T16:21:46Z")
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. C’mon, everybody knows it’s gonna go down that way eventually anyway, so we might as well stop teeter-tottering around and get it over with. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/74 "2008-10-10T23:59:33Z")
_Penfold_ – Just to prove not even he could do worse than the current resident of the White House. ---
**Author:** ![paffinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@paffinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paffinity)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/75 "2008-10-11T01:11:55Z")
Jubal Harshaw seems to have the wit and the sense of humor that our current candidates lack. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/76 "2008-10-11T02:40:26Z")
Suzumiya Haruhi/Nagato Yuki Have a problem with the budget or the war (or anything really)? Just restructure reality to write the problem out of existence! Granted we’d have to coax her into doing it subconsciously, considering we can’t let her know about her godlike powers lest she get bored and completely destroy and remake reality to entertain herself… Yuki because she’s LIVING DATA. Anything on a cyber-level that happens Yuki can take care of. I suppose we can work Mikuru (the Time Traveler) and Itsuki (an ESPer) somewhere in the cabinet/Secret Service or something, they could be useful for obvious reasons. Oh, they’re not US citizens? Haruhi can take care of that… or we could just have Yuki manipulate all computerized data regarding their identities and no one would be the wiser. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/77 "2008-10-12T16:09:32Z")
Jeff Spicoli. 1. He’d lay down some cool rules to keep us from being bogus. 2. Hey, America, let’s party! greatshakes ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/78 "2008-10-12T19:24:16Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Captain Jean Luc Picard. For once the perennial argument against him can work for him. Data for veep? I have the greatest respect for Captain Picard’s honorable service to the United Federation of Planets - but a man with irumodic syndrome has no place in the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/79 "2008-10-12T19:55:17Z")
**Santa Claus**. Interstate falling into disrepair? Ho ho ho, it’s fixed! Feed the poor? Ho ho ho, here’s a sandwich. After him, Professor X. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/80 "2008-10-13T14:56:36Z")
Definitely a Kruppe / Vetinari ticket, with Iscaral Pust as Minister of Defence, Karsa Orlong as the Justiciary [branch], Moist von Lipwig as the Treasurer and Sam Vimes as the head of the Legislative. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047.md?page=5)