I’d vote for Bugs Bunny, but Brian from the Family Guy is good too.
I actually voted for a cartoon character once for class president. When I was at Indiana University, there was a very funny comic that had this character named Implosion Boy. He imagined himself a superhero and would go those meetings with other bad superheros (this was in the days before Mystery Men came out, so it was original at the time). Anyway, the writer actually started a campaign to get Implosion Boy elected. Since I moved campus politics as a useless, pointless waste of time because all the seemed to do is argue about stupid stuff that didn't really matter, I used the write in category and voted for Implosion Boy. I wasn't the only one, but he didn't win.
I think it was inspired by the grandfather in the Shirley Temple movie “The Little Colonel” (at least when I saw that movie long ago it sure looked suspicious).
Best: Prof. Xavier (I have a feeling he could really “work” the Senate)
Worst: Mr Magoo (I don’t care how loveable he is, that idiot will get us killed)
[QUOTE]
Foghorn Leghorn. Just for the comedy value in his press conferences alone.
Wasn’t that character inspired by a real-life politician?
[QUOTE]
According to “Foggy FAQs” (http://onefoggy.tripod.com/flfaqt.html), Foghorn Leghorn was based (partially) on Senator Claghorn, a character (played by Kenny Delmar) in the Fred Allen radio show in the 1940s. The site does not mention whether Claghorn was based on any real-life politician.
Well, I’d be inclined to suggest for one of the funny, “innocent” cartoon characters, like Mickey Mouse…but only if I could get even the briefest glimpses of his face at the moment he’s presented with information about some ghastly event happening somewhere in the world.
“Aw, shucks, folks! That was sure a great inauguration, wasn’t it? Hows about we get down to business? Huh-ha!”
“Well, Mr. President, Keyhole-11 took this footage during it’s pass over the largest of the Tutsi ‘internment camps’…20 minutes ago. The NRO confirms that these ‘flashes’ are from vehicle-mounted flamethrowers. And as you can see by the position of the bodies…”
or…
“Mr. President…Sir? Bugs! The coup leaders will be leaving Moscow within minutes, and we are not confident in our ability to locate them again in the foreseeable future…we need a decision now, sir.”
Mr. Peabody, he can find a solution to any problem and if he screws up he can just hop in his Wayback machine to go back and fix it. Besides a taling dog would throw other world leaders for a loop during negotiations.
For VP: Frylock, as long as Meatwad and Shake aren’t anywhere near him he seems to be a frigging genius capable of great things.
Worst: Elmira, the Dodo, Woody Woodpecker, Grape Ape, any Herculoid, Screwy Squirrel, Speed Buggy, Capt. Caveman
My nomination for worst has to be Daffy Duck: bitter, vindictive, scheming, malevolent, cowardly…his first press conference would undoubtedly end “You realithe thith meanth war!”
Marvin Martian. Sure, he’s an implacable enemy of humanity and keeps aiming his laser death ray thingy at our planet, but that could be because he doesn’t have a stake in the place. I say make him Prez, on the condition that he bring his Death Ray and aim it at the Venusians instead!
Plus, he has a really funny voice and [USC-inspired?] helmet.