# Who COULD run this country? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705 "2016-06-29T14:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/41 "2016-06-30T20:08:01Z")
Anyone actively seeking the job should be automatically disqualified. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/42 "2016-06-30T21:53:18Z")
Chuck Norris šŸ˜‰ And just to annoy the antigun crowd; Wayne LaPierre šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/43 "2016-06-30T22:56:22Z")
[Jack Dangermond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dangermond) The founder and owner of ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) Few people outside of the GIS community will know who he is. I just saw his plenary speech at a conference for 17,000 or so GIS professionals. He is passionate, humble and is used to building things from the ground up, collaborating, or working with what he has. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/44 "2016-06-30T23:57:37Z")
[Malala Yousafzai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai) or [Tenzin Gyatso.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama) - So wave the naturalization law. Whaddya got to loose? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/45 "2016-07-01T01:24:21Z")
Marcus Aurelius. Or [Cincinnatus](http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=baldwin&book=fifty&story=cincinnatus). iā€™ve often thought this: > [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Anyone actively seeking the job should be automatically disqualified. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/46 "2016-07-01T01:56:23Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > You assume the President runs this country; Iā€™m not so sure about that. Yep. Wrong question to ask. The president is in charge of the executive branch of the government. Thatā€™ s it. No one ā€œruns the countryā€. Thatā€™s a feature, not a bug. If you want to see what happens when someone ā€œruns the countryā€, go visit North Korea. If you want to use a business analogy, the president is the COO (Chief Operating Officer) of the government. We really donā€™t have a a CEO, but if we did it would Congress, collectively. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/47 "2016-07-01T02:13:31Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Malala Yousafzai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai) or [Tenzin Gyatso.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama) > > - So wave the naturalization law. Whaddya got to loose? Fantastic answers. Within the same vein: [Ai Weiwei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei) [Shirley Temple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple) [Pet Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock) [Creamed Corn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creamed_corn) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/48 "2016-07-01T06:45:20Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > How about Joe Biden? I think heā€™d be excellent. Personally, and speaking as a Democrat, Iā€™m not entirely confident I could even pick Biden out of a lineup. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/49 "2016-07-05T17:43:49Z")
I thought John Kasich looked like a good candidate, and I lean Democrat. I could have voted for him over Hillary but there is no way I can vote for Trump. > [@spamforbrains](#): > > You donā€™t actually think the elected buffoons run the country do you? Itā€™s the citizens and the endless numbers of bureaucrats that run it. The politicians just posture and provide fodder for anger/talk. The Affordable Health Care Act would have gone nowhere without Obama ramming it through. Whether you think thatā€™s good or bad, the point is that even though Congress had to pass it, it happened because of the presidentā€™s influence. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705/50 "2016-07-05T17:54:39Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > I thought John Kasich looked like a good candidate, and I lean Democrat. I could have voted for him over Hillary but there is no way I can vote for Trump. Having lived under Kasich, the only way I would have voted for him was if Trump had ran as a Democrat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705.md?page=2)