# What inanimate object do you support for president? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526 "2008-01-29T23:10:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/41 "2008-01-30T19:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] If it has a weakness as a candidate, it’s that I don’t think America is ready for a genderless President. [/QUOTE] Well, given that it has no feet, I think your candidate has to have a lot of support. Regardless of its gender (or lack of it) though, the problem is that if there’s a lot of public pressure, we just don’t know which way your candidate would lean. And if push came to shove, I think we could well see the Presidency fall. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/42 "2008-01-30T19:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Well, given that it has no feet, I think your candidate has to have a lot of support. Regardless of its gender (or lack of it) though, the problem is that if there’s a lot of public pressure, we just don’t know which way your candidate would lean. And if push came to shove, I think we could well see the Presidency fall. [/QUOTE] Ah, but that’s where your wrong. _My_ President will always stand tall in the face of adversity, because… well, because his legs are bolted to the floor. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/43 "2008-01-30T19:48:36Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] _My_ President will always stand tall in the face of adversity, because… well, because his legs are bolted to the floor. [/QUOTE] Well, that’s a relief. I have to believe things would be significantly less stable if we were to put him on a pedestal. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/44 "2008-01-30T20:04:37Z")
The AMC Pacer. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/45 "2008-01-30T22:11:21Z")
Okay, I reconsidered. I am also switching my vote to **blondebear’s** glass head. I had one once and it was awesome! We stuffed mini white Christmas lights into it and had hours o’ fun. Go Glass Head!! ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/46 "2008-01-30T22:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=jackdavinci] Judge Fudge! Do animated anthropomorphic versions of inanimate objects count? [/QUOTE] He doesn’t have time to run, he’s far too busy being delicious… ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/47 "2008-01-30T22:29:15Z")
I nominate my Radio Shack Illuma-Storm plasma globe, it has a way of electrifying the campaign process, and it distracts the more…easily amused… with a fancy light show, vice president would be an Ionic Breeze air cleaner, a true guaranteed way to get the “clean air” bill passed ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/48 "2008-01-30T22:39:10Z")
Back in 2001, I was in a little movie called [Slick Lilly vs. The Grand Canyon](http://www.amazon.com/Slick-Lily-vs-Grand-Canyon/dp/B000BD98D6) about the hard-fought presidential race between a stargazer lilly and the Grand Canyon. Here’s the [trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NZ-aqxT6Ls). I was always for the Lilly, mostly because I liked his running mate, which was a humidifier. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/49 "2008-01-30T22:51:54Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Happy Fun Ball. [/QUOTE] You can’t re-elect the current president, he’s already had his two terms. By way of proof: 1. The Taliban taunted him. 2. Saddam taunted him. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/50 "2008-01-30T23:02:42Z")
I’m undecided, except that I won’t be voting for my summer shoes–they’re flip-floppers. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/51 "2008-01-30T23:35:23Z")
I can’t believe no one has said this yet… I think we should just grab some douche for the job. Nobody would notice the difference, and at least it won’t shy away from sensitive areas. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/52 "2008-01-30T23:38:46Z")
[QUOTE=Jayn\_Newell] I think we should just grab some douche for the job. Nobody would notice the difference, and at least it won’t shy away from sensitive areas. [/QUOTE] Nah, we tried that already. Several times. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/53 "2008-01-31T00:16:37Z")
I nominate the Actinide series. Because like all politicians they’re constantly changing, despised by most people who are worried about proliferation of them, while strongly advocated by a few, and incredibly dense, all at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/54 "2008-01-31T00:23:13Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Well, that’s a relief. I have to believe things would be significantly less stable if we were to put him on a pedestal. [/QUOTE] No, unlike our current President, he will stand strong in the face of a hurricane. Also, looks very nice in earth tones. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/55 "2008-01-31T12:52:18Z")
[QUOTE=Jayn\_Newell] I think we should just grab some douche for the job. Nobody would notice the difference, and at least it won’t shy away from sensitive areas. [/QUOTE] That’d be fine, so long as it’s not some watered down version. Let’s get one full of piss and vinegar that’s willing to bend to insure the success of all the parties involved. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/56 "2008-01-31T14:54:48Z")
I nominate 5 lbs. of wet liver. It would sharper than any of the current candidates… and has more charisma. . ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/57 "2008-01-31T15:17:54Z")
It has to be 35 years old. An _early_ AMC Pacer works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/58 "2008-01-31T16:20:26Z")
Upon reflection, I would like to nominate a well-laundered sweater, simply because I think it’d be a good fit. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/59 "2008-01-31T19:07:02Z")
[QUOTE=meek] I nominate 5 lbs. of wet liver. It would **be** sharper than any of the current candidates… and \*\*would have \*\* more charisma. . [/QUOTE] I nos engrish reel gud. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-do-you-support-for-president/435526/60 "2008-01-31T19:50:19Z")
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