# Who would you pick to be President? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 22, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502 "2023-03-22T15:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/101 "2023-03-25T02:05:36Z")
Well, he’s kinda famous. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/102 "2023-03-25T02:18:22Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Justin Amash He was the U.S. representative for Michigan’s 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2021. Wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, and was for bringing all he troops back from Syria. He was a Republican, then Independent, then Libertarian. Founded The Liberty Caucus, anti-abortion, pro-Pot, and was a right wing thorn in the Republican Party’s backside for most of his term. Oh, yeah-He ran for Speaker of the House…and got zero votes. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/103 "2023-03-25T02:30:26Z")
Nothing wrong with that, from my stand point. Then again, I am not your typical Doper… ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/104 "2023-03-25T06:25:09Z")
I realise that I am days behind in this thread, so feel free to skip over this. I live in a different country and don’t watch TV, so have never watched Jon Stewart before. That was a masterful take-down. Truely impressive. Thank you for sharing it ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/105 "2023-03-25T16:15:17Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > If I could bring someone back from the dead to be president, my pick is Carl Sagan. Climate change would be a top priority (as it should be). Space exploration would also be high on the list. Science in general would be at the forefront. He was also a great humanitarian, and one of the best communicators we’ve ever had. If that’s what you’re looking for, why not Neil deGrasse Tyson then? All the same qualities, plus he’s alive. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/106 "2023-03-25T16:27:30Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > If that’s what you’re looking for, why not Neil deGrasse Tyson then? All the same qualities, plus he’s alive. And (Lord) Chuck Nice as VP! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/107 "2023-03-25T16:40:40Z")
Because after reducing the national debt, I’d get a kick out of Sagan saying, _“we’re now only **b** illions and **b** illions of dollars in debt.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/108 "2023-03-25T16:57:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Want to explain at all who that is? If the person is not famous, please don’t just post a name. In case my vote for Wavy Gravy falls into this category, he is a social activist, former Yippie, founder of the Hog Farm, helped organize “breakfast in bed for 400,000” at Woodstock, founder of Camp Winnarainbow, and more. In 1980, he helped organize the campaign for “Nobody for President.” After all, Nobody would be a shoo-in, since “Nobody’s Perfect”, “Nobody Keeps All Promises”, “Nobody Should Have That Much Power”, and “Who’s in Washington right now working to make the world a safer place? Nobody!” Furthermore, “Nobody makes apple pie better than Mom. And Nobody will love you when you’re down and out.” ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/109 "2023-03-25T19:00:53Z")
Ben Shapiro, smartest man in America. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/110 "2023-03-25T21:07:09Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > What the heck, I’ll vote for myself! I won’t vote for myself – I do NOT want that job. Actually, I don’t think I’d vote for anyone who does want the job, which rules out most politicians. So I’m thinking I’d name a Navy officer I served with (but whose name I won’t post here because I’m not sure he’d appreciate it). ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/111 "2023-03-26T02:30:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I won’t vote for myself – I do NOT want that job. Ditto. and I don’t think being a good person is really that helpful a qualification. You need to be able to twist arms and get stuff done. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/112 "2023-03-26T02:47:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I won’t vote for myself – I do NOT want that job. Based on a quote upthread, > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Douglas Adams has a line that is closer. > > > “To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” you are eminently qualified. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/113 "2023-03-26T02:59:16Z")
Not so fast. What is Kurt Vonnegut is right? > _“Only nut cases want to be president_. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.” ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/114 "2023-03-27T11:16:41Z")
You can’t automatically assume - though it is true in many cases - that wanting to be president means wanting to rule. In my case, it would be wanting to be in a position where I could do the most good. I believe Obama was such a president and, from what I’ve read about Jimmy Carter, I believe he was such a president, also. I’d never pick someone who doesn’t want the job any more than a company would hire a person who doesn’t want the job position that they need filled. A person with that mindset simply can’t be a leader because he doesn’t give a damn. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/115 "2023-03-29T00:27:19Z")
> [@chela](#): > > I’d vote for the guy who wrote that article Abdul El Sayed That dude is brilliant. He was my first choice in Michigan’s democratic primary in 2018. Whitmer is great, but El Sayed is just brilliant. I hope he runs for something again. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/116 "2023-03-29T05:15:14Z")
Christopher Lloyd ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/117 "2023-03-29T23:26:25Z")
Uhhhhhh: > **[Christopher Lloyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd)** > > Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and on television since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990) and Jim Ignatowski in the comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), for which he won two Emmy Awards. > Lloyd came to public attention in Northeastern theater productions during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning Drama Desk and Obie awards for his work. He... > **[Christopher Lloyd - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515941/)** > > Christopher Lloyd. Producer: Modern Family. Christopher Lloyd was born on 18 June 1960 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Modern Family (2009), Frasier (1993) and Flushed Away (2006). He has been married to Arleen... One? The other? Both (co-presidency)? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/118 "2023-03-29T23:41:02Z")
Think on it a while. There is a perfect response to my post. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/119 "2023-03-29T23:54:22Z")
Here’s a huge hint: [Back to the Future (5/10) Movie CLIP - I'm From the Future (1985) HD - YouTube](https://youtu.be/SR5BfQ4rEqQ?t=123) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502/120 "2023-03-30T00:58:53Z")
I get to pick someone? Anyone? I think I’ll take a gamble on [Juliette Kayyem](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Kayyem) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502.md?page=7)