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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:26 PM
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And if you could pick anyone from fiction for Pres/VP, who would it be?
(but let's stay away from "fantastic" fiction, and stick to the realm of fictional characters who could actually exist; so, no Gandalfs, no Muad'Dibs, no Harry Potters, no Winnie the Poohs, etc.)

I would gladly put my life in the hands of Laura from Battlestar Galactica as president, and vice president would be Jean Luc Picard.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:32 PM
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1. Most should be an improvement. We have Capt. Ahab now.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:34 PM
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3. Captain Ahab? Methinks you think too highly of Fuckstick.
This man is no Ahab. Ahab had a succesful career and a brain.

Maybe more like a lobotomized Ahab. Or perhaps a gangrenous squid testicle.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:00 PM
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11. Ahab was crippled by his obsessions for Moby Dick. Stay the course.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:33 PM
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2. Bartlet/McGarry
:cry:

or maybe, just to keep things interesting... Cregg/Lyman ;)
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:36 PM
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4. Of course, none of know who those people are -
could you elaborate? What books/shows are they from?
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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:41 PM
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7. They're all from NBC's The West Wing
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:26 PM
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14. West Wing
Bartlet is the liberal President played by Martin Sheen. McGarry was his Chief of Staff, played by the late John Spencer.

Cregg is CJ Cregg, originally Bartlet's Press Secretary, now the Chief of Staff, played by Allison Janney. Lyman is Joshua Lyman, Bartlet's Deputy Chief of Staff, played by Bradley Whitford.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:04 PM
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12. Yes- I agree
I loved last night's episode! Way to drag out the eventual Josh/Donna hook-up! (By the way that scene was filmed outside my building. Alan Alda was filming in my lobby last week. He looks great in person!)
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:27 PM
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15. Oh man!
Once again I'm all jealous! I loved last night's episode too, although I could strangle the girl who picked up the freaking key. GRRRR.
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:32 PM
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18. Yep yep.
Any combination of the orginal WWers would do it for me.
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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 02:07 PM
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30. Mmm... President Bartlet! Or President Andrew Shephard--
from The American President.

Interesting bit of trivia--The West Wing's President Josiah Bartlet is named after one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. :)
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:40 PM
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5. Hester Prynne and Nick Carraway
No pandering to religious groups or the extremely wealthy would be a good start.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:41 PM
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6. Here:
President: Jeffrey Sinclair (Babylon 5)
Vice President: G'Kar (Babylon 5, or is this a 'fantastic' character?)
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:41 PM
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8. Drebbin/Nordberg
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:43 PM
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9. Frank Drebbin, from Police Squad?
Come on people, you have to tell where your characters are from. Christ.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 04:57 PM
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10. I would choose President Palmer from 24
Edited on Mon Mar-13-06 05:01 PM by grace0418
Alive, of course, and not married to the crazy lady. And for VP I'd choose Maria from the Sound of Music. She was good, kind, diplomatic (think of when they put the pinecone on her chair), incredibly resourceful as well as conservation-minded (she could sing, create puppet shows, and sew playclothes out of old draperies). Plus she hated the Nazis and clearly understood how to be a real Christian.
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:19 PM
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13. George Washington Heyduke for President!
Hiaasan's Skink for VP. Then we'd get the environmental policy that I want. And a President that I'd want to drink beer with. :D
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Mizmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:28 PM
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16. Malcom X and David Duke
You know, the old Malcom, not the "post-Nation of Islam" nice Malcom.

Yes, that would be quite a duo!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:31 PM
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17. Those guys actually existed, you know.
There really were a Malcom X and a David Duke. In fact, Duke is still alive, if memory serves.
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Mizmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:34 PM
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19. No, you're making that up
I guess I forgot the fictonal part.

Then I guess I'd like to see O'Brian from 1984 and James Bond.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:51 PM
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20. Atticus Finch, Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Edited on Mon Mar-13-06 05:52 PM by Rowdyboy
Senator Jefferson Smith (Henry Fonda-"Mr Smith Goes to Washington")
Col. Sherman Potter-4077 Mash
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 09:40 AM
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21. Fonzie/Flanders
Ned Flanders will help with the religious swing vote.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 09:45 AM
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22. Hawkeye Pierce and BJ Honeycutt!
Both Alan Alda and Mike Farrell are liberals!!!
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KatyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 09:59 AM
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23. How are
Laura from Battlestar Galactica and Jean-Luc not "fantastic" fiction?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 01:42 PM
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26. because they have no superpowers - they're just humans.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 09:59 AM
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24. Josiah Bartlet of course!
and Leo McGarry
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:41 AM
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25. Atticus Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird" for President
and Boston George from "Blow" for Vice President
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 01:54 PM
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27. Jean ValJean/Philip Marlowe. I tried to think of a good female character
But there aren't enough good female characters in literature. At least not in leadership roles.

Jean ValJean has the liberal integrity and spirituality combined with a strong entrepeneurial sense. Philip Marlowe can be the tough attack-dog VP with the cynical idealism and the concern for the underdog.

Not that we don't have a fictional president now...
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 01:57 PM
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28. Charles Logan of "24."
Only president who could possibly be worse than Bush.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 02:04 PM
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29. Jean Valjean & Sarah Williams
I hope people will know who Jean Valjean is.
Sarah Williams is from an obscure movie I like.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127349/quotes
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 02:17 PM
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31. Cordelia Naismith blows all others out of the water.
Edited on Tue Mar-14-06 02:55 PM by Strong Atheist
http://www.nesfa.org/press/Books/Bujold-2.htm
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Ron Mexico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 02:23 PM
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32. Bartlet, for sure. Proven product. (n/t)
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 09:42 AM
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33. Harold/Kumar
1st job, investigate car theft ring lead by NPH.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 10:09 AM
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34. Bill & Ted.
"Be Excellent to Each Other" sounds like a good platform.
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Gatchaman Donating Member (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 10:37 AM
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35. Gaius Baltar
Edited on Wed Mar-15-06 10:38 AM by Gatchaman
Why settle for the lesser evil?

Besides, he governs like Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles. How bad could that be?
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