Who was the greatest Fictional President?
 

For a brief respite of the "real election, E listed the 10 greatest fictional presidents, which one was the best/would you vote for?

Harrison Ford in Air Force 1

gimme a damn poll and i'll tell you

Poll now listed.

damn thing listed, sorry it took me a bit to get the poll going

Roslin.

President Tom Beck, Deep Impact.

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

I'm with Jeeber. This poll is invalid without Morgan Freeman.

President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) - Independence Day

He flew a fighter plane and saved the world from the Aliens. Enough said.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

You are a piece of work :popcorn:

President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March) in "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."

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

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.

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.

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.

Yup.

Excellent.

I vote: Zaphod Beeblebrox

This post earns a strong WORD.

And damn Detox that Palmer/Obama line killed me.

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

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.

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.

*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

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

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

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.

I want Henry Fonda in Fail Safe.

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

awesome

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

Rube Baker for Secretary of Agriculture.

Tanaka as Ambassador to Japan.

I like it!

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

A Major League 2 reference? Seriously?

Gah...

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

SI

President John Sheridan, Interstellar Alliance.

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

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.

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

SI

What, no love for President Lindberg???