I'd vote for Clint Eastwood. Can you just picture negotiations with China....."Go ahead Punk...make my Day" all while the background music from The Good the Bad and the Ugly plays!

"This is a "44" Magaton, the most powerful nuke in the World, I don't remember if I loaded 5 or 6 in the tubes so you gotta ask yourself...do you feel lucky....well do ya Punk!"

Sylvester Stallone and Arnold are apparently very popular in Iran. Maybe Clint falls into that category too...but it would be interesting if we had a president who was, say, wildly loved in Iran. What if President Stallone said, "Yo, Iranians, you need to overthrow your government!" What are the chances that could end our difficulties with Iran overnight?

Meanwhile, Vice President Jerry Lewis could go over to France and get them to give up cheese.

Andrew

If by fantasy political candidates, you mean that they don't necessarily have to be movie stars, how about Franklin Graham or Luis Palau?

Herb

I'd like to see Jerry Ryan as VP. Seven of Nine. "Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated!"
Also....pleasant to look at as well!

George Carlin.

Can you imagine? The entertainment value alone would be worth the morbid result!

And the zingers he would unload on basically everybody... If we are gonna go for the fantasy bit, this would at least be great fun, if a bit twisted in terms of policy.

How about "Robin Williams"
Goooood Moooorning USA!

Man of the Year while a decent film was kind of dry and did not interject the humor that this man would be capable of in that position!

I love the quote:
"Politicians are like diapers, both should be changed frequently for the same reason"

Whomever wins American Idol.

Even Sanjaya would be better than the current resident.

When I started as Motozak, I promised myself I would not engage in political discusisons here.

This seems to be THE one exception!

Ricky Carmichael..........the GOAT heads to the white house! (He would help push the USA to become the winningest nation in the world in no time...........)

All the little details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Carmichael

I'd thought you'd vote for Tony Hawk for sure! A ramp in everyone's driveway!

The Dude.

Good choice!

Darktemper--

If the GOAT won't run Tony would likely be my next choice.

Although to be perfectly frank I am really not as much of a sk8rd00d nowdays as I was years ago............

Although anyone campaigning on a ramp platform (hee heeee.....) gets my vote. Ramps are still completely useful in BMX, you know!

Hugh Hefner and a cabinet full of Bunnies!

Things would really be hoppin at the ol house for sure.....!

I like it! Casual dress AND a higher IQ than the current regime.

"The Dude" for Pres, Heff as VP...

There'll be nice rugs all over 1600 Pennsylvania Ave!

And just imagine the annual Easter Egg roll on the White House lawn...Wow! All those Bunnies!

Jesse Ventura

Micheal Bloomberg

Martha Stewart

Racheal Ray

Ted Nuggent well maybe not...

Ya....just be careful about the eggs....might be the buzzing kind!!!!! LOL

Herb writes:

If by fantasy political candidates, you mean that they don't necessarily have to be movie stars, how about Franklin Graham or Luis Palau?

You forgot the Taliban and the Ayahtolah.

Mr. Graham and Mr. Palau preach peace and pray for their enemies, following Christ who gave His life for others.

The taliban and various ayatollahs preach the murder of Jews, and all kinds of innocent men women, and children.

Your illogic, bigotry and venom is breathtaking.

Herb

How about "Cheech and Chong".....they make a great pair!
Suddenly the Dorito's lobbyist would gain considerable power!

Darktemper said; "Hugh Hefner and a cabinet full of Bunnies!

Things would really be hoppin at the ol house for sure.....!"

Then they could rent out the Lincoln Bedroom to offset the budget deficit!!!

Michael Bloomberg wouldn't be a fantasy candidate, he'd be a NIGHTMARE candidate.

However, Ted Nugent would get my vote!

Aok,
Wow,better to keep your mouth shut and have people assume you are ignorant.Than to open it and prove you are.
I don't have anyone in particular but I have believed for a long time a true businessman would best suit the country.As opposed to a career politician.

Average_Joe, I agree, because in reality, the government is a business. It takes in money and spends that money.

A good honest businessman would (should) make a good president.

In my opinion, there should be NO SUCH THING as a career politician. 2 terms and you are out. No matter what position you are in from local City Council members to the President. 2 terms then out. No exceptions.

Jeffrey "Dude" Lebowski, President
Brandt, Vice President
Walter Sobchack, Secretary of Defense
Jesus Quintana , Secretary of Education
Maude Lebowski, Secretary of the Treasury
The Stranger, Press Secretary

Assuming the two Lebowskis are related, that cant happen, there is a lwa against a President appointing a close relative as a cabinet officer.
Which is why Bill Clinton couldnt appoint Hillary as the Attorney General.

The law was passed after Robert Kennedy served as AG.

I GOT IT!!!!!!

Let's put the "Donald" in charge.
We would get a new reality show called "The War Room"!
Still should have Hef as the Whitehouse Entertainment Director though!

Great thread!

How about the Olsen twins? Two child stars, all grown up and with plenty of recognition. It works in Poland.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050613/w061316.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5573989

more choices towards the business world end:

Phil Knight

One of the Ferttitia brothers (Station Casinos, UFC, Pride, Green Valley Ranch, and Red Rocks Resort.

One of the Maloof brothers (Palms Casino, Sacremento Kings)

Steve Jobs

Howard Stern

Herb spewed ignorance>>>>
Your illogic, bigotry and venom is breathtaking.

As is yours sometimes....

Classic Trixter Trash N' Bash™.

Whereas I provide an accurate and supportable description of demonstrable behaviour, from you it's no facts. No evidence. Simply more ham-fisted name-calling.

You have nothing.
But what's new?

Herb

Thanks for filling us with your NOTHING Herb.

".......from you it's no facts. No evidence. Simply more ham-fisted name-calling.

You have nothing.
But what's new?"

Pot, meet Black Kettle.

President Fred Rogers
Vice President Captain Kangaroo
Speaker of the House my sister

Thanks Motozak....

HEY! Slammin' me too....

HA HA HA

That's cool....

Not you Trix.........

My Trash N' Bash™ was intended as a counterattack (more like a "get back what thou giveth") for just those certain others 'round here who seemingly like to keep noise levels high while keeping overall signal throughput levels rather low!! ;o)

(Do you or have you, per chance, work/ed with audio hardware??)

I do apologise Trix--didn't mean harm, not to you anyways..........
I shoulda paid more attention to how close I was cutting before pasting. 11:45AM, on a Sabado (without coffee at that) is still like the middle of the night for me............

(Should have dropped the bit about ".......from you it's no facts. No evidence blah blah blah.")

Rule of thumb: NEVER post in a discussion forum a half-hour after you wake up!! Obviously it can have unintended consequences.

(That, and I think I really do need to avoid going to Mc Menamin's for a good while. Damn Terminator!!)

Hey! Not so fast! I was hoping to see you tomorrow at McM's!

OK...let's try this again and try an avoid any "HAMMING" up the thread!!!!!! Ya Herbie...i'm talkin smack about you! Although with a little help from AOK and Trix!
Take it outside would you....start your own dang thread and do battle there!!!!

I know the perfect name for it:

"Dogpile on Herb"

Moto...
No harm NO foul!
I don't take ANYTHING personal on here.....
It's just a message board for crying out loud.

Jim Spagg.

Happy Doodles for President!

"Assuming the two Lebowskis are related, that cant happen, there is a lwa against a President appointing a close relative as a cabinet officer."

Remember that JFK appointed his brother Bobby as attorney general, sir. Much to the chagrin of LBJ I might add.

"Assuming the two Lebowskis are related, that cant happen, there is a lwa against a President appointing a close relative as a cabinet officer."

It can on this thread....remember the title....anything goes!!!!

Let's put Jesse Ventura as prez and Randy (Macho Man) Savage VP! Slim Jim would be the primary campaign contributer!

Would need to change the name of the peace talks to "Smack Down China" or something to that nature!

OH YAH! Almost forgot.....The Undertaker as Secretary of Defense!

HA

I think this should be in 3 catagories, historical Americans.
in that catagory I nominate Ben franklin with Robert E. Lee as VP.

then current or recently deceased, say in last 20 years.
I nominate Blackman and Robin, IE General Chappie James, first black 4 star, and Bgen Robin Olds. When Olds was commander and James vice commander of 8th TFW, they were calleed "Blackman and Robin".

Lastly current folks that could actually be elected.

I nominate Gen Norman Schwattzkopf(sp) and Pat Schroeder,

Trix:

We're cool then???

What I wonder is this:
Radio Info has a board called "Take It Outside" where users can basically sling mud, flame and generally argue to their heart's content. I wonder why Dan doesn't start a board like that here? Considering some of the arguments several un-named users have gotten into in this side of the forum especially, I have noticed!!


*Thinks above statements over very carefully*
Ignore that above--it was a dumb suggestion. From what I have noticed a dedicated forum for that could get incredibly ugly incredibly quick!!

Back on topic, my ballot:
Prez: Ricky Carmichael (Fox #4/Fox F.I.M. #1)
Vice Prez: Tony Hawk
Speaker: Dave Mirra
Secretary: Sarah Whitmore (THQ #192, I think...)
Senator: Travis Pastriana
Supreme Court Justice: Robert "Bucky" Lassek

We've had a coupla thread like that.

Trixter and Mc, went at it once. It was great fun actually. (Think it was Mc...)

I've frequented places like that and have these observations:

-if it's an open forum venue, (as in the two major post aggragators we have here) the noise ratio is pretty high, and stuff bleeds into all areas,

(This is generally bad. The forum culture can mitigate this, but.... it still has a high bad potential.)

-if one is promoting quality discussion (as is done here), having a venue like that is counter productive,

-if the place to do this is by request only, and not public, the results are really great.

-these kinds of things work best in a no-holds barred kind of scenario. Absolutely nothing is off the table, but it what happens there stays there.

(by request provides the administrator the ability to inform those making their requests of this condition. This can be backed by a fairly harsh rule that applies to public posts)

Personally, I'm against this. I do favor it for religion and politics though, depending on the forum focus. A well known classic gaming forum does this (by request only) and the results are fantastic. People getting into that stuff are made aware of the by request venue, then tend to keep it off the greater forum. See AtariAge for an excellent example of this in action. Wonderful community in general.

There are alternatives!

If people are interested, there is IRC chat, and other chat systems that serve this purpose nicely. When venting, it's not a bad idea to not archive the posts! People need to get it out, and it needs to stay out.

My .02

"Trixter and Mc, went at it once. It was great fun actually. (Think it was Mc...)"

I remember well that one..........I was still a "sub-lurker" when that happened. (Between A_Zone and Motozak stints.)

Internet Movie Database (at least last time I used it, circa mid-2006) had *two* dedicated forums for this. "The Sandbox", a "free-form" forum where users could post off-topic stuff, test messages, and it did get quite political at times, and "The Soapbox" which was like the Sandbox but *way* uglier.

Just FYI, I rarely used the former and practically never used the latter!!

The "Soapbox"....sounds like a place Wayne could call home as he was on one most of the time preaching in here!

You guys remember the night Wayne and Pete went to town....boy howdy that was UGLY!

H Ross Perot!
Little Big Ears would have probably done a decent job!

On USENET we had .advocacy catagories... generally liked those. Got my arse kicked regularly back then though!

I vaguely remember Usenet--used to get quite a kick out of news://rec.collecting.8-track-tapes back in my tape heyday. (It was before 2004, when I finally bought my CD recorder.)

Don't remember the .advocacy area tho.....wasn't really paying too much attention to politics and civil rights back then, at least not while I was still doing the Usenet thing at Egreen. "Muzak Cowboy" used to irritate other Eighttrackers regularly with his odd "Words Of Wisdom".

O my God, those were the days. (Are there even any Usenet things operating any more??)

But then, there was also MaugNet....................................

USENET is up and running. Noise level is really high though. Most of the great communities have migrated to boards, like this one.

It's still really great for binaries though!