Favorite Fictional President

[Catchawave]

Poll question: Favorite Fictional President

I think we need a little Fun Break in GD-Politics. And yes, it's my poll and my favorites, but left room for Other :) Also, any one of these "characters" are Hollywood vetted, scripted and cute, and would still make a better President than our real {{gag}} life one.

Have fun, it's Saturday Night :hi:

[BlueJazz]

1. Hell..I'd take "Ed, the Talking Horse" over what we have now.

:)

[Bjornsdotter]

22. Lol

That's the funniest thing I've read all day!

Thanks for the chuckle :toast:

Cheers

[baldguy]

2. Laura Roslin?

[Catchawave]

11. Sorry, who?

[baldguy]

16. .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Roslin

[Crunchy Frog]

19. Yeah, her too. n/t

[Proud MD Liberal]

3. "My name is Andrew Shepherd, and I am the President"

I love watching the end of that movie - the rant about the ACLU/Gun Control is just as true today as it was when the film came out. IMO, Sorkin at his finest - though it is a little strange to see Martin Sheen as Chief of Staff.

Thanks.

[Catchawave]

12. imdb is my friend, my favorite Shepherd line:

"Leon, somewhere in Libya right now, a janitor's working the night shift at Libyan Intelligence headquarters. He's going about doing his job... because he has no idea, in about an hour he's going to die in a massive explosion. He's just going about his job, because he has no idea that about an hour ago I gave an order to have him killed. You've just seen me do the least presidential thing I do."

[Debs]

44. America aint easy

ITs advanced citizenship. Still I gotta go with Jed

[KarenS]

4. President David Palmer on 24

the actor is Dennis Haysbert.

[Catchawave]

8. Good one !

:hi:

[wyldwolf]

14. he was da man! (and he ain't dead!)

shhhh...

[Clinton_Co_Regulator]

24. Yay Prez Palmer!

We'd be in good hands with him.

[rep the dems]

27. Ah!!! I feel terrible for forgetting about him!

He was by far the best President in 24 history.

[WCGreen]

5. I remember in the movie Ford had a line that made me yell out

he's a democrat....

And I was smack in the middle of the bosom of republican suburbia...

[Catchawave]

17. Hollywood does have a liberal bias....

Can you imagine Dubya in that situation...:rofl:

[WCGreen]

20. He'd be tossng people to Gary Oldman faster than you can

say Impeachment...

[Blue_In_AK]

6. I never watched The West Wing...

(shoot me now), so out of the ones I'm familiar with here, I picked Dave. I really loved that movie.

[Catchawave]

9. I became a West Wing fan in the last season....

so not gonna shoot you. Dave was one of my favorites too. Actually Head of State was my surprise feel good/lol favorite of all of them!

[marmar]

7. Damon Wayans as Homey the Clown, "In Living Color" season 2.....

Homey had a dream that he became president.

[Catchawave]

21. Love the Homey, but don't remember that segment....

Bet it was funny!

Homey would certainly be a better President than W, imho.

[Clevenger]

10. Jack Nicholson as President James Dale in "Mars Attacks!" n/t

[Wcross]

13. I'll second that! n/t

[MH1]

15. That was my first pick too!

That movie was great.

[Catchawave]

32. Never saw that movie..

but Jack always makes my top ten lists!

[Crunchy Frog]

18. I liked the one in Independence Day.

I haven't seen most of these other ones. I also like President Merkin Muffley from Dr. Strangelove.

[left is right]

23. Morgan Freeman

in Deep Impact
(I'm doped up on cold medicine so the name of the Movie may be wrong, but it was the one about the astroid with Frodo in it.)

[Bucky]

39. Bah, Morgan Freeman was a sucky president. He totally hid the truth from the people

Obviously a sneaky, militaristic, Nixonesque president. No thank you.

[dsc]

25. Makensie Allen was quite good

though my favorite would likely be Bartlet.

[Jack Rabbit]

26. President Merkin Muffley

Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove.


Photo: Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove


ON EDIT

Added audio. Click on the picture,

[rep the dems]

28. I was most familiar with Bartlett so I said him.

Would have been cool to see how good Santos was.

[BenDavid]

29. Did you forget President

David Palmer from the series 24? Yes, and he would be my first choice and Andrew Shepard second....Oh, and by the way, to all 24 fans, the 6th season begins Sunday night at 7 central 8 eastern....And one other thought. Sherry Palmer, Condi Rice, same person? Don't know! You be the judge....

[wyldwolf]

33. The Following Takes Place Between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.

[Shrek]

35. Another vote for President Palmer n/t

[blitzen]

30. Chauncey Gardner!!! Dumber than Bush, but far better Prez

[MrSlayer]

31. Donald Pleasance "Escape from New York"

You're the Duke! You're the Duke!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. Ross Perot on the "Eek! The Cat" cartoon.

[hippiechick]

36. Mackenzie Allen

http://abc.go.com/primetime/commanderinchief/cast/Geena_Davis.html


:hi:

[lpbk2713]

37. Henry Fonda in Failsafe

IIRC he has played the prez in other films.

[Catchawave]

38. Wiki list of Fictional Presidents....

I had no idea how many I missed :D This is a fun list too....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_Presidents

from the site:

Since the office of President of the United States is somewhat hallowed, fiction writers often choose to 'invent' a president in their stories to prevent a real one from being possibly insulted, to avoid having their stories become 'outdated' over time, for dramatic license, or to provide literary flexibility.

Presidents are listed in alphabetical order by the first letter in their last name.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Unnamed presidents
Real people
See also
External links


Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[Bukowski Fan]

40. The obvious answer is Jed Bartlett

But I'm giving my vote to Mays Gilliam.

A. We're both from DC
B. It's about time for a black President (even though I'm not an Obama fan)
C. Guy is to f'in funny!

"You ask for a pension, they give you a pen. Now what the hell am I supposed to do with a damn pen? I should just stab you in the neck with this pen."

[Catchawave]

43. Great movie !

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Mays Gilliam: Where are we on this running mate thing?
Debra Lassiter: I've been making calls. Nobody wants to run with you.
Mays Gilliam: Well, who'd you call?
Debra Lassiter: Everybody.
Mays Gilliam: Did you call Hammer?
Debra Lassiter: No, I did not call Hammer.
Mays Gilliam: Well, then you didn't call everybody.

:rofl:

[LeftishBrit]

41. Bush. Because I wish he was fictional!

[Bullet1987]

42. David Palmer from 24...