Who was the greatest Fictional President? [Archive]

larrymcg421

11-04-2008, 12:07 PM

Yeah, but he ordered an evacuation way too late, causing the deaths of millions of people. Also, like Bush, he waited way too long to get rid of his awful SecDef.

Dr. Sak

11-04-2008, 12:09 PM

I guess he was suppose to be an alien mind reader.

Alan T

11-04-2008, 12:10 PM

I just watched 'The Contender' again with my wife last night and absolutely love Jeff Bridges as the president there.. I actually liked several of the actors in this movie though.

DeToxRox

11-04-2008, 12:12 PM

David Palmer was a revolutionary. Obama was created based off of David Palmer.

larrymcg421

11-04-2008, 12:16 PM

I guess he was suppose to be an alien mind reader.

Nah, but alien ships over major cities and near major military targets, including the White House, means maybe you should suggest people get away from them. Even he admitted himself that he waited too long. Either way, his SecDef was probably worse than Rumsfeld and should have been gone.

Although, I love that we're debating the actions of a fictional president. It's more fun than the Obama-McCain thread.

Dr. Sak

11-04-2008, 12:18 PM

Nah, but alien ships over major cities and near major military targets, including the White House, means maybe you should suggest people get away from them. Even he admitted himself that he waited too long. Either way, his SecDef was probably worse than Rumsfeld and should have been gone.

You are a piece of work :popcorn:

Vegas Vic

11-04-2008, 12:30 PM

President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March) in "Seven Days in May" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May), perhaps the best political thriller of all-time.

"There's been abroad in this land in recent months a whisper that we have somehow lost our greatness, that we do not have the strength to win without war the struggles for liberty throughout the world. This is slander, because our country is strong, strong enough to be a peacemaker. It is proud, proud enough to be patient. The whisperers and the detractors, the violent men are wrong. We will remain strong and proud, peaceful and patient, and we will see a day when on this earth all men will walk out of the long tunnels of tyranny into the bright sunshine of freedom."

lordscarlet

11-04-2008, 12:31 PM

I almost said Dave Kovic, but Jed Bartlet got my vote.

larrymcg421

11-04-2008, 12:34 PM

Dave Kovic wasn't really President, though. And by all accounts Bill Mitchell was a terrible President. However, it did look like Nance was on his way to being great.

Big Fo

11-04-2008, 12:35 PM

Yeah, but he ordered an evacuation way too late, causing the deaths of millions of people. Also, like Bush, he waited way too long to get rid of his awful SecDef.

Valid points but if Bush had given that speech it would have erased most of the bad feelings caused by his incompetence as President. One of the great speeches in movie history.

kcchief19

11-04-2008, 12:40 PM

Tempted to go with the ass-kicking president James Marshall but I don't know enough about his economic policies, so I have to go with the guy we know the best, Josiah Bartlet.

Crim

11-04-2008, 12:46 PM

President Tom Beck, Deep Impact.

Why? Because it was Morgan freakin' Freeman...

Yup.

Crim

11-04-2008, 12:47 PM

David Palmer was a revolutionary. Obama was created based off of David Palmer.

Excellent.

Surtt

11-04-2008, 01:45 PM

I vote: Zaphod Beeblebrox

Logan

11-04-2008, 01:50 PM

Valid points but if Bush had given that speech it would have erased most of the bad feelings caused by his incompetence as President. One of the great speeches in movie history.

This post earns a strong WORD.

And damn Detox that Palmer/Obama line killed me.

JeeberD

11-04-2008, 01:52 PM

Ooh...what about President Joe Bauers? After all, he's the smartest man in the entire world!

Pyser

11-04-2008, 01:58 PM

dave kovic balanced the budget in ONE NIGHT!

Dr. Sak

11-04-2008, 02:01 PM

dave kovic balanced the budget in ONE NIGHT!

He was my other thought but I'm sure someone here would've found some way he screwed up and compare it to the Bush Administration.

timmynausea

11-04-2008, 02:10 PM

I went for Bartlett, but I was pretty curious to see how Matt Santos would do. I think he is the fictional president that has the most in common with Obama.

sterlingice

11-04-2008, 02:20 PM

dave kovic balanced the budget in ONE NIGHT!

*wistfully* Ah, those were the days. When Ross Perot came on tv and told us how to balance the budget and people actually cared about it.

SI

larrymcg421

11-04-2008, 02:24 PM

He was my other thought but I'm sure someone here would've found some way he screwed up and compare it to the Bush Administration.

Go figure. I was just trying to have some fun with the topic.

Karlifornia

11-04-2008, 02:26 PM

I vote for "W" in the movie "W"

Dr. Sak

11-04-2008, 02:26 PM

Go figure. I was just trying to have some fun with the topic.

Dude relax...don't ever take anything I say serious. I joke 95% of the time. Even when I made the circle jerking comment I was just having fun with you guys.

Senator

11-04-2008, 02:42 PM

I want Henry Fonda in Fail Safe.

Vegas Vic

11-04-2008, 02:44 PM

I want Henry Fonda in Fail Safe.

Excellent choice. He was my runner-up to Fredric March in "Seven Days in May".

BishopMVP

11-04-2008, 02:52 PM

David Palmer was a revolutionary. Obama was created based off of David Palmer.Dennis Haysbert could have run for President in 2004 and beaten Bush and Kerry.

DeToxRox

11-04-2008, 02:53 PM

Dennis Haysbert could have run for President in 2004 and beaten Bush and Kerry.

I don't know though. His stance on religion might've hurt him. Is the world really ready for Jobu?

larrymcg421

11-04-2008, 02:56 PM

I don't know though. His stance on religion might've hurt him. Is the world really ready for Jobu?

Well at one of the debates, he'd say, "Fuck you Jobu. I do it myself" which would score him alot of points. Also, he'd probably have Harris as his VP to pander to the Christians.

PackerFanatic

11-04-2008, 03:08 PM

I saw the thread, and didn't even have to think about it. David Palmer all the way.

Logan

11-04-2008, 03:23 PM

Nah, I'm a huge Palmer fan, but he loses points for marrying that malignant c.u.n.t. and allowing her power.

DeToxRox

11-04-2008, 03:29 PM

Well at one of the debates, he'd say, "Fuck you Jobu. I do it myself" which would score him alot of points. Also, he'd probably have Harris as his VP to pander to the Christians.

Well played. Plus Roger Dorn seems like a good Secretary of the Treasury.

Crim

11-04-2008, 03:33 PM

I vote for "W" in the movie "W"

awesome

Crim

11-04-2008, 03:34 PM

Dude relax...don't ever take anything I say serious. I joke 95% of the time. Even when I made the circle jerking comment I was just having fun with you guys.

Dammit, and here I am with my pants around my ankles...

Logan

11-04-2008, 03:39 PM

Well played. Plus Roger Dorn seems like a good Secretary of the Treasury.

Rube Baker for Secretary of Agriculture.

Tanaka as Ambassador to Japan.

I like it!

DanGarion

11-04-2008, 03:40 PM

David Palmer's brother wasn't too bad either.

JeeberD

11-04-2008, 03:41 PM

Rube Baker for Secretary of Agriculture.

Tanaka as Ambassador to Japan.

I like it!

A Major League 2 reference? Seriously?

Gah...

sterlingice

11-04-2008, 03:41 PM

Dude relax...don't ever take anything I say serious. I joke 95% of the time. Even when I made the circle jerking comment I was just having fun with you guys.

Of course- that's why it was the only attack comment in a fake/non-political thread. :rolleyes:

SI

Coffee Warlord

11-04-2008, 03:43 PM

President John Sheridan, Interstellar Alliance.

I mean, c'mon. He had a Vorlon in his head.

Dr. Sak

11-04-2008, 03:48 PM

Of course- that's why it was the only attack comment in a fake/non-political thread. :rolleyes:

SI

Thank you being the voice of reason...without you I'd never know how to think.

And if you go back you will see that I was not the first one to mention any past presidency and his inadequacies. But I see you are one of those with "selective" reading skills.

sterlingice

11-04-2008, 03:56 PM

And if you go back you will see that I was not the first one to mention any past presidency and his inadequacies

My bad. I did miss that. That's what I get for starting halfways through a thread :redface:

SI

Mustang

11-04-2008, 04:09 PM

What, no love for President Lindberg???

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/fifthelement25.jpg

Dr. Sak

11-04-2008, 04:20 PM

My bad. I did miss that. That's what I get for starting halfways through a thread :redface:

SI

No problem! I've been the victim of that too.

JediKooter

11-04-2008, 04:38 PM

Richard Nixon's head from Futurama.

Logan

11-04-2008, 04:53 PM

President Skroob!

http://content9.flixster.com/photo/51/52/90/5152903_tml.jpg

larrymcg421

11-04-2008, 05:01 PM

My earlier comment wasn't meant as a political insult. I was just trying to be funny. After all, I thought conservatives hated Bush and especially Rumsfeld by now.

Back to the topic at hand, one of my favorite fictional presidential speeches was Jack Stanton's speech at the closed factory.

sterlingice

11-04-2008, 08:34 PM

Richard Nixon's head from Futurama.

Screw Nixon's head, how about his new shiny body http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y268/sterlingice/random/nixonsback.png

SI

flounder

11-04-2008, 09:00 PM

The list begins and ends with President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.

Vegas Vic

11-04-2008, 09:24 PM

Two of the best scenes from "Seven Days in May", with Fredric March as President Jordan Lyman:

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JediKooter

11-04-2008, 09:58 PM

Screw Nixon's head, how about his new shiny body http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y268/sterlingice/random/nixonsback.png

SI

YES!

Hedonismbot for Vice President!!

Groundhog

11-04-2008, 10:08 PM

Sarah Palin.

M GO BLUE!!!

11-04-2008, 10:12 PM

David Palmer.

He was a tv president at a time when reality gave absolutely little to have any faith in. His character was one you had to admire and the contrast between fiction and reality was great. Sure he had that wife, but she was hot (oh, any of us here would and we all know it)

As for what Detox said: He is right. Five years ago if any one of us was told that there would be a black president in 20 years we would have questioned it. For 2008 we would have laughed our asses off. What in the time since has changed? Not much, other than the times are a bit more desperate. We had a wildly popular tv show that presented a great representation of what a president could or should be. That had to open a few people to the possibility of a black man as president who would have previously discounted it. (But Obama is no David Palmer... nobody could be!)