# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**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 13, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/81 "2008-10-13T17:23:43Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > **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**. You must be feverish, or mean a Chuck Xavier preceding, oh, 2000 or so. The current one would be a telepathic version of George Bush. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/82 "2008-10-13T18:37:42Z")
To keep this to American Citizens that thus qualify under constitutional law, I will nominate **Theodore Roosevelt**. Despite being real, he has appeared as a fictional character many a time now. I believe is he better qualified to bone up on current affairs and correct the many problems we have than any other citizen in the history of the US real or fictional. If that is not acceptable, I will choose Valentine Michael Smith just for the fun of it. Think about it a legal US citizen, fabulously wealthy and incorruptible. He even has some special powers to assist him. I think he deserves a chance to build a team and clean up our current mess. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/83 "2008-10-13T18:47:52Z")
The President from “Independence Day” as played by Bill Pullman. He can fly a jet, doesn’t mind getting in the mix, and knows how to give a speech. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/84 "2008-10-13T18:54:53Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > 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. Not to mention he once associated with the Borg, he even led a cell. We cannot afford that kind of terrorist. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047/85 "2008-10-15T15:39:05Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > An oil man with family values and not too much upstairs…didn’t we already do that one? Jed has little formal education, it’s true; but I don’t think it’s accurate to characterize him as not having too much upstairs. In any case, it’s well established that he is honest and has great integrity. Jed was never figure of fun the way Jethro, or even Granny, was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-you-support-for-president-of-the-u-s/467047.md?page=4)