If you could pick a T.V. or movie character to be President...who would it be? A few of mine....

[clarice]

Andy Griffith (lol)
Bill Pullman from Independence Day

[Auggie]

1. Mister Rogers or Josiah Bartlet

[rug]

2. I'd go along with Andy Griffith.

But I'd bolt to Jill Stein if he picked Barney Fife as VP.

[MADem]

4. Barney ain't so bad....how about Don Knotts as Mister Limpet?

He could take on Law of the Sea issues as part of his Vice Presidential portfolio!!!

Or, he could take on gun control as The Shakiest Gun in the West!


While he's at it, he could add dental care to the ACA!!!

[rug]

10. OK. He can be lead negotiator at the next SALT talks.

[dhill926]

3. well the obvious answer is...

Martin Sheen....

[clarice]

6. ixnay on the Sheenskay. nt

[pinboy3niner]

22. What's wrong with Martin Sheen?

You didn't like President Bartlet in The West Wing?

[clarice]

40. PB.....I never watched West Wing....was it a good show? I'm not much on TV anymore.nt

[elleng]

43. Was a great show, and he was a great progressive president.

[lindysalsagal]

60. President Bartlet! Lots of good stories!

[pinboy3niner]

61. I loved his first appearance, walking into the room quoting the Bible to the fundies

That was an unforgettable moment.

[Aristus]

48. You haven't lived...

[baldguy]

56. I'm assuming you don't mean Greg Stillson.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

5. There's only one possibility.

Powdered Toast Man!

[Iggo]

7. Mr Spock. (n/t)

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Definitely NOT the one that's running. nt

[clarice]

9. Which one?nt

[red dog 1]

11. Pullman would be a good choice

As would Martin Sheen.

How about Homer Simpson?
Like Trump, he's not too bright; but unlike Trump, his heart is in the right place.

[MADem]

12. Well, it would be "Never A Dull Moment" with this guy.....

[hamsterjill]

13. But, but, but...

Andrew Shepherd, of course!!!!

"My name is Andrew Shepherd, and I AM President of the United States."

[Boomerproud]

37. President Shepherd would be my first choice too.

Can Sydney Ellen Wade be the First Lady? What a team they would make.

[Carolina]

71. Best scene!

Loved Michael Douglas in that movie and that scene was icing on the cake

[Mendocino]

14. Kevin Kline in

Dave

[patricia92243]

23. Good choice. That movie is fun to watch when I want to relax from a hard day on DU :)

[First Speaker]

15. Red Reddington of *The Blacklist*...

...since he's omniscient, and knows everybody in the world, and always knows the right wrong thing to do...he'll be just fine...

[Laffy Kat]

21. Oooooh. I like that. nt

[Tom Kitten]

16. William Devane

He played JFK in "The Missiles of October" a TV movie I saw when I was a kid in 1974 and ever since I always think of him as that guy who played Kennedy. He also was president in Stargate SG1.

[kentauros]

45. He also played the President in Stargate SG1

[mrmpa]

17. Alan Alda..Hawkeye Pierce.......eom

[Yavin4]

18. Samuel L. Jackson's Jules from Pulp Fiction

"Say what again, Paul Ryan. Say what again. I dare you. I d double dare you."

[Laffy Kat]

20. Hey, I think we were typing the same thing at the same time!

Great minds...

[Laffy Kat]

19. Samuel L. Jackson.

With Quentin Tarantino as Vice.

[Enrique]

24. Mike Brady

[Callmecrazy]

25. Al Bundy

[pinboy3niner]

27. He'd have a kick-ass Cabinet

[Stuart G]

26. Mr. Smith.....Mr Smith Goes to Washington..

One of my favorite films of all time.........

[NNadir]

28. Phil Connors, Groundhog Day.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

29. Bullworth nt

[pinboy3niner]

30. President Camacho

[flying rabbit]

32. Probably coming sooner than you think.

Haulin ass, gettin paid.

[jmowreader]

63. He's on the Republican ticket this year

[MowCowWhoHow III]

31. power up the office

[Arazi]

33. Tyrion Lannister from GoT, Moat from Avatar

A grown up Hermione Granger (her instincts as a child are great combined with her intelligence)

Erin Brockovich

Aragorn from LOTR or Gandalf

TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

Way too many to mention...

[pinboy3niner]

34. I'll second Tyrion

Intelligent, thoughtful, big punch in a deceptively small package.

[seanbnewyork4]

35. David Palmer from 24

Played by Dennis Haysbert. Such a cool character.

[whistler162]

36. One who I would never pick

would be that guy who sold Twenty Mule Team Borax back in the 50's.

Martin Sheen of course.

[Va Lefty]

38. Jed Clampett

[Gidney N Cloyd]

39. Which Andy Griffith character? Andy Taylor? Matlock? Lonesome Rhodes?

[clarice]

41. Andy Taylor....with Floyd as VP. nt

[In_The_Wind]

70. Joe, the owner of the diner

[Demoiselle]

42. Morgan Freeman as Morgan Freeman.

Calm. Measured. With a very subtle sense of humor.
Hey, he's played God. President would be a cinch.

[doc03]

44. Homer Simpson n/t

[pinboy3niner]

46. Abby from NCIS

Gibbs gets all the credit but she's the badass in the basement who really gets it done. (With a little help from Caf-Pow.)

[redwitch]

69. That girl drinks way too much coffee!

I love Abby!

[kentauros]

47. President Merkin Muffley

Also Henry Fonda as "The President" in Failsafe





Jason McCullough (James Garner) From "Support Your Local Sheriff!"

[lastlib]

49. Hawkeye Pierce - M*A*S*H (TV)

[Jetboy]

50. Mingo from the '60s show Daniel Boone with Boone as VP

and Johnny Appleseed as Secretary of Peace.

[trueblue2007]

51. PRESIDENT from THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

"Andrew Shephard"

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[lunatica]

52. Glen Close/Viola Davis

[qnr]

53. Kai, the dead assassin from Lexx n/t

[Initech]

54. Groot!!!!

Think about it - the answer to every question ever asked would be "I am Groot", and every SOTU and address to Congress would be "I am Groot".

[jpak]

55. Billy Mummy

[bigwillq]

57. Roseanne Connor (nt)

[Xipe Totec]

58. Ned Stark nt

[ashling]

59. Alf .... or

John Lithgow from 3d Rock ... oh, oh:

Liam Neessom as Rob Roy



No ... I've got it Dumbledore


... this is fun

[betsuni]

62. THE CORRECT ANSWER IS JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS FROM "VEEP" DUH.

[jmowreader]

64. Colonel Potter from MASH

At the Army's Primary Leadership Development Course, I learned two very important lessons.

One of them was, "leadership is the art of getting people to want to do what they wouldn't want to otherwise." By that standard, Colonel Potter was a great leader. Imagine what he could do with the Congress.

(The other thing I learned was, "never use Lime-A-Way to strip a linoleum floor.&quot

[bixente]

65. Larry David

I reckon he'd be pretty, pretty, pretty good. Agree with him on most things on Curb.

[malthaussen]

66. You kidding? In a few months we'll have Archie Bunker for real...

... only more radical.

-- Mal

[Tom Kitten]

67. Come to think of it...Abraham Lincoln has been a character

in hundreds of films & TV shows.
I think Abraham Lincoln would make a good president.

[MichiganVote]

68. Maude