Potential Presidential Follies

[filkertom]

jrittenhouse noticed the budding presidential campaign of General Zod, and of course even though its page hasn't been updated for awhile Cthulhu should be in the running as well.

Then there's Christopher Walken.

So, who would you like as your candidate in '08? Only limitation is, they either can't actually exist. (I realize some people think that Walken exists, given all those public appearances and documentary evidence, but this recently discovered video proves conclusively that he is, in fact, a special effect.) My own vote would be for either John Sheridan or Josiah Bartlet. (Corrected the spelling, there -- sorry!)

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

That was, BTW, an excellent video; there were a number of us commenting a couple years back when it was released.

Not as good as the one for "Praise You" though ;)

[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

> My own vote would be for either John Sheridan or Josh Bartlett.

West Wing fanboy nitpick: It's "Josiah Bartlet." :-)

I've seen "Bartlet in 200x" (x={0,4,8}) bumper stickers and campaign posters since the 2000 election, and "Santos in 2008" ones recently. Countless people here on LiveJournal use pictures of Bartlet with captions such as "This is my President" as their user icons. Personally, here's my take on it: just about anyone who ran with Aaron Sorkin as their speechwriter (Sorkin's drug problems notwithstanding) could in my opinion win the Democratic nomination in a cakewalk, and would have a better-than-decent chance of taking the White House.

But to add to your list:
* King Arthur, as written by Peter David in Knight Life and One Knight Only
* Isaac Jaffee (the managing editor on Sports Night, another Sorkin series)
* Linus Van Pelt

[delayra.livejournal.com]

Linus only counts if we're counting age from conception and not physical age, right?

Huh? Linus is over 50, isn't he?

[capplor.livejournal.com]

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[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

True enough. (Actually, we'd have to consider both; John Sheridan as a character was "conceived" somewhere in the neighborhood of 13-15 years ago, yet his physical age is 43 when he takes command of B5.)

But still, Linus would make a kick-ass President... as long as no one took his blanket away. -_^

[delayra.livejournal.com]

I thought about this long and hard and came to the conclusion that I would need to nominate someone that met the prerequisites for running for office, as well as be capable to run. Also, being a feminist, I refuse to consider gender when thinking about a candidate (a true feminist, that is. Not the popular image of a man-hater, or woman-superiorist, but one that believes in true equality). So, the candidate must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years of age, and have resided in the United States for at least 14 years. This presents us with fewer choices, but I believe I have indeed come up with the answer:

Mary Russell, is a dual-citizen of Great Britain and the United States, was born in the US, and resided in the US for the first 15 years of her life. Born January 2, 1900, she is well above the 35 year old limit by the time 2008 rolls around. If you're unaware of who she is, go to your nearest library or bookseller and ask for the Mary Russell mysteries by Laurie R King

[denali1.livejournal.com]

Bill The Cat

LONG LIVE THE MEADOW PARTY!

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Ack!

[soooo going to have to do a Bill the Cat icon!]

[delayra.livejournal.com]

I've got one somewhere... lessee if I can find it after I wake up

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

For 2008, I think you're going to see entirely different final candidates out there than the ones people tout today. My wife and her mom are both fond of Hillary but think she'd never get elected. Susan also is of the opinion that McCain (who she might have supported before) performed so many submissive sexual acts for the Bush team in 2004 that she could never bring herself to vote for him.

As for me, nobody mentioned floats my boat at all. Period.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Al Bundy

[ravenclaw-eric.livejournal.com]

I want Judge Dredd! When he got to DC and saw how the government ignores and blows off the Constitution, he'd have the whole boiling of them in the Iso-Cubes for the rest of their lives...except maybe Ron Paul.

"The law is the law, and I am the law!"

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Uh, dude, have you ever, like, READ a Judge Dredd comic?

The constitution is pretty much cage-lining in the world of Mega-City 1.

[ravenclaw-eric.livejournal.com]

Yep, I have. When the Judges were subverted by the evil Judge Cal, their first reaction on finding out how far they'd gone wrong was "We don't deserve to be Judges! We must turn ourselves in and face trial!"

The point is that Judge Dredd enforces the laws _that exist where he is working._ He didn't write the laws of Mega-City One, and if he was enforcing the US Constitution, as I've said, almost all our current encumbrances would be in the Iso-Cubes till Nehru jackets were back in fashion.

[catlin.livejournal.com]

Strawberry Short cake. She was all about girl power, back in the seventies.

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Cpt Malcom Richards... aka Mal. He'd get the job done. [and he's a more honest crook than the current ones].

Failing that, Odin. At least he has some wisdom.

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

Odin wasn't born in the US, though. I'd go for Josiah Bartlet.


Or Robert Anton Wilson.

Odin born in the US.

[sifractusfortis.livejournal.com]

Mmm, now, that depends. I think the Neil Gaiman "American Gods" Odin would meet the birth and residency requirements.

Re: Odin born in the US.

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

But would you really be comfortable with him in the Oval Office?

Re: Odin born in the US.

[scriviner.livejournal.com]

Well, come on, can he really be that much worse? At least he was a competent manipulator.

Re: Odin born in the US.

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but even worse in the willing to kill off all his supporters department.

Re: Odin born in the US.

[scriviner.livejournal.com]

And even that in its own way is refreshing alternative to simply alienating your supporters. After all, once they're dead they're not going to work for the opposition... especially since he already had a deal with the opposition to begin with.

Hmm.

The more I think about it, the more viable this sounds.

[popefelix.livejournal.com]

The Tick for Pres, and Arthur (of course) as VP.

[mononwalker.livejournal.com]

His platform on crime: Stop being bad!

Presidential candidate.

[sifractusfortis.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I'm looking for a good combination of force, compassion, just a touch of ruthlessness, and general coolness.

Ignoring the fact that he's not born here, had he been:

Brandon di Tigana in 2008!

Him or Underdog.

Incidentally...

[sifractusfortis.livejournal.com]

Tom:

Thanks for posting the link to that Fatboy Slim video. I had forgotten how wonderfully whimsical it is.

I think -- and I might be misremembering here -- that Christopher Walken started out in musical theater, and has some formal dance training.

On the other hand, he's not a special effect; he's merely a hyper-advanced humanoid robot from the future. I mean, LOOK at those neck movements. That ain't RIGHT.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

We need someone with little enough connection to the political establishment that they could really change things, and yet able, one way or another, to get Congress to actually follow their agenda. Mariesa van Huyten (from Michael Flynn's Firestar) might be a start. She's rich enough to finance her own campaign, and works with politicians of all stripes to advance her goal. But to get the real iconoclast we need to fix this country, we need someone with real personal power to make things happen, but the kind of attitude that will keep her from messing with things except when they really need to be messed with. Someone so powerful she has no need to amass more power or exercise power just to boost her own ego. To find this person, I have to violate the rule about being a natural-born citizen -- but if she were convinced she had to do the job (she doesn't *want* it!), she wouldn't be stopped by her foreign origin.

Tanya Huff's Magdalene.

Not seriously

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

(To quote a couple of buttons I own)

Vorkosigan/Naismith -- the real split ticket!

Harrington/Alexander -- put some Honor back in the White House

[lapislaz.livejournal.com]

Well, except for the fact that he'd run like hell if we nominated him - Woodrow Wilson Smith.

[cthulhulovesme.livejournal.com]

I'd second you, but my sweetie would get cranky. Ia! Ia!

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't Maureen be a better choice?

[lapislaz.livejournal.com]

You may have something there - certainly Mama Maureen could make those asshats in Congress pay attention. And probably without a blaster, which is what Woodie would be tempted to use.

[scriviner.livejournal.com]

My personal recommendation is The Incredible Hulk. He would run on the the "SMASH!" platform.

VOTE HULK IN 2008! OR HULK SMASH!

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Do dead guys count? I really would have given serious consideration to Zappa if he'd ever actually tried.

Bartlett. I'd absolutely vote for Bartlett. Or Leo.