Who is your favourite *fictional* POTUS?

[Mimosa]

Mine is Jordan Lyman in the 1960s suspense thriller Seven Days in May. It's showing on TCM, Thurday night, btw. :D

About Seven Days in May movie:


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058576/

[DURHAM D]

1. Jeb Bartlett nt

[RamboLiberal]

2. +1 on that

Also Andrew Shepherd played by Michael Douglas in The American President.

And I'll add the kickass Jame Marshall played by Harrison Ford in Air Force One - that's a fun movie (though tough during some scenes) to watch.

And I liked President Palmer on 24.

[muffin1]

30. +2 n/t

[redwitch]

50. me too.

My alternate universe during the Bush years.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Ronald Reagan.

[Ninga]

5. If it weren't so sad, it would be funny. Reagan started the financial free fall. First

fictional president who has a legacy.

:hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

8. I don't think Reagan did that.

He was a clueless sap to begin with, which is why it was so hard to tell that he was becoming increasingly demented.

He was used as a figurehead by the people who actually pushed us over the cliff.

[JoePhilly]

32. I was going to say GW Bush ... because Cheney was actually President.

But Reagan fits the bill too.

[polmaven]

33. LOL!

Very good.

[name not needed]

4. Earth President Richard Nixon

[Arkana]

63. AND THE DORMOUSE SAID...

FEED YOUR HEAD!!!!

I'm meeting you halfway, you smelly hippies!

[Ninga]

6. I long for the day we have a real Jeb Bartlett.........

[kestrel91316]

7. Harrison Ford in Air Force One. Such a hottie!!

[IdaBriggs]

9. Actively *HATE* that movie - SUCH an idiot.

Love Harrison Ford but having the President behave like a freaking John Wayne cowboy got me rooting for the bad guys! Lol!

[kestrel91316]

21. It's a fictional movie. I get a lot of pleasure out of completely suspending

my disbelief and immersing myself in the fantasy. To each his own.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Merkin Muffley. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

17. MEIN FUHRER...

I CAN WALK!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

11. I liked Dave,

Kevin Kline's character. :)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

43. The budget meeting scene was great.

Dave: I don't want to tell some eight-year-old kid he's gotta sleep in the street because we want people to feel better about their *car*. Do *you* want to tell them that?

Secretary of Commerce: {quietly} No sir.
{sits back in his seat and reflects}
Secretary of Commerce: No I sure don't!

[Brother Buzz]

12. Will Lee

Delano!

[eggplant]

13. I liked Michael Douglas in The American President

That is, once he found his freaking spine at the end. Perhaps our learless leader can do the same?

[11 Bravo]

14. Henry Fonda in "Fail Safe" was excellent.

[terrya]

15. President Henry Fonda in "Fail Safe"

Imagine having to order the destruction of New York...the deaths of millions of people.

[11 Bravo]

23. Great minds!

:toast:

[terrya]

24. Indeed!

:toast:

[Mimosa]

46. That was scary.

Plus, Henry Fonda was awesome as the candidate who didn't make it in "The best Man." Remember how Cliff Robertson was a populist right wing demagogue with *something in his closet*?

[Bad Thoughts]

16. Clinton (of X Presidents) eom.

[CitizenLeft]

18. Pres. Jackson Evans / Jeff Bridges (The Contender)

That speech at the end makes me cry every single time I watch it. :)

[BlueIris]

35. I totally love the um, mutual cigar smoking scene out on the lawn.

Hysterical. And very on the nose, considering the climate of the day.

[Mimosa]

47. I never saw it.

Is it ever shown on TV?

[CitizenLeft]

62. it's very rarely on cable. You might have to rent it to see it.

AWESOME movie, though.

[CitizenLeft]

61. me too! - see my sig line!

:)

[Harry Monroe]

19. Russel P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) in "My Fellow Americans"

[Proud Liberal Dem]

22. LOL I love that movie!

Plus, President Douglas was from Indiana.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

20. President Whitmore ("Independence Day")

What other President would be willing to suit up and actually fly a fighter plane in what was essentially a "suicide mission against malevolent aliens in massive space ships whom have annihilated most of the planet? :shrug:

Runner up would be President Kang!!!! All hail President Kang!!! :rofl:

[terrya]

26. I prefer President Wilson from "2012"

Danny Glover was the epitome of calm strength and compassion. Staying in Washington, rather than escaping to one of the arks and surviving, tending to the injured...before the massive tidal wave crashes into the White House.

[frylock]

25. president dwayne elizondo mountain dew herbert camacho

[boppers]

53. No, his successor! Joe Bauers (aka Not Sure)! eom

[CakeGrrl]

27. President Beck - "Deep Impact"

That's the kind of guy I want to break it to us that meteors are about to destroy the Earth.

:D

[ellenfl]

28. josiah bartlett eom

[baldguy]

29. Lex Luthor

[proteus_lives]

42. Don't forget Red Son Luthor.

[BlueIris]

31. David Palmer.

All the way.

[Rebubula]

34. Yup...

...whenever I see the All State commercials, I always say 'Good Afternoon, Mr. President.'

[ChazII]

51. Another David Palmer fan here. n/t

[Shrek]

55. +1

:thumbsup:

Excellent choice.

[onenote]

36. Peter Sellers or John Belushi

Sellers as Chauncey Gardiner or as Merkin Muffley.

Belushi as President Blutarsky (okay, he didn't actually play him as president, but Blutarsky ultimately became president)

[jillan]

37. Without a doubt - Andrew Shepard! Especially at the end when he grew a spine.

(Michael Douglas, An American President)

[Empowerer]

39. GMTA! :-)

Definitely the best!

[Empowerer]

38. Andrew Shephard - The American President

[Frisbee]

40. Dave, hands down!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106673/

[GoldMedals4U]

41. Dave

I'm glad I'm not the only one who said "Dave". I loved that movie.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

44. Here's one no one will remember:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/43319/cat/1835

[styersc]

45. Pres. Dale: Jack Nicholson.

Mars Attacks!!!!

[Alexander]

48. President Thomas "Tug" Benson from Hot Shots: Part Deux

I mean, he personally fought and won against Saddam Hussein.

War. It's fantastic!

[Lindsey]

49. Andrew Shepard- but I haven't started my West Wing marathon

and people who I really admire go on and on about Bartlett..:shrug:

[bluescribbler]

52. Another vote for Josiah Bartlett

Although, I kind of liked Chet Roosevelt, from Americathon. Of course, I was on mushrooms when I watched that movie.:hide:

[Axrendale]

54. Another easy vote for Jed Bartlett

My collection of West Wing DVDs remains my primary source of consoling myself whenever I become depressed about the state of politics in the country today.

[The Straight Story]

56. Leslie Neilsen, in scary movie 3 (nt)

[burning rain]

57. Barack Obama, as he ran for office in 2008.

That guy was a fighting liberal, truly a well-drawn and compelling character.

[grumgrum]

59. First thing that came to my mind too

[charlie and algernon]

58. Another vote for President Bartlet

"More than any time in recent history, America's destiny is not of our own choosing. We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedom and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil. Yet the true measure of a people's strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arrive. Forty-four people were killed a couple of hours ago at Kennison State University. Three swimmers from the men's team were killed and two others are in critical condition, when, after having heard the explosion from their practice facility, they ran into the fire to help get people out. Ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. This is a time for American heroes. We will do what is hard. We will achieve what is great. This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars. God bless their memory, God bless you and God bless the United States of America. Thank you."

[otohara]

60. Dan Aykroyd

as Jimmy Carter

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4131/saturday-night-live-ask-president-carter

[DFW]

64. Either Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact or Jed Bartlett in West Wing

Unfair to have to choose, as Freeman's Tim Beck was a brief movie role, where Martin Sheen's Bartlett lasted for years.

[Hawkowl]

65. Martin Sheen

Played JFK in a film about the Cuban missile crisis.

[Recursion]

66. Merkin Muffley

Or maybe the unnamed, unseen President in "Wag the Dog"