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clarice

(5,504 posts) Thu Jul 14, 2016, 11:25 AM Jul 2016

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

Andy Griffith (lol)
Bill Pullman from Independence Day

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If you could pick a T.V. or movie character to be President...who would it be? A few of mine.... [View all] clarice Jul 2016 OP

Mister Rogers or Josiah Bartlet Auggie Jul 2016 #1

I'd go along with Andy Griffith. rug Jul 2016 #2

Barney ain't so bad....how about Don Knotts as Mister Limpet? MADem Jul 2016 #4

OK. He can be lead negotiator at the next SALT talks. rug Jul 2016 #10

well the obvious answer is... dhill926 Jul 2016 #3

ixnay on the Sheenskay. nt clarice Jul 2016 #6

What's wrong with Martin Sheen? pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #22

PB.....I never watched West Wing....was it a good show? I'm not much on TV anymore.nt clarice Jul 2016 #40

Was a great show, and he was a great progressive president. elleng Jul 2016 #43

President Bartlet! Lots of good stories! lindysalsagal Jul 2016 #60

I loved his first appearance, walking into the room quoting the Bible to the fundies pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #61

You haven't lived... Aristus Jul 2016 #48

I'm assuming you don't mean Greg Stillson. baldguy Jul 2016 #56

There's only one possibility. Prisoner_Number_Six Jul 2016 #5

Mr Spock. (n/t) Iggo Jul 2016 #7

Definitely NOT the one that's running. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 #8

Which one?nt clarice Jul 2016 #9

Pullman would be a good choice red dog 1 Jul 2016 #11

Well, it would be "Never A Dull Moment" with this guy..... MADem Jul 2016 #12

But, but, but... hamsterjill Jul 2016 #13

President Shepherd would be my first choice too. Boomerproud Jul 2016 #37

Best scene! Carolina Jul 2016 #71

Kevin Kline in Mendocino Jul 2016 #14

Good choice. That movie is fun to watch when I want to relax from a hard day on DU :) patricia92243 Jul 2016 #23

Red Reddington of *The Blacklist*... First Speaker Jul 2016 #15

Oooooh. I like that. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2016 #21

William Devane Tom Kitten Jul 2016 #16

He also played the President in Stargate SG1 kentauros Jul 2016 #45

Alan Alda..Hawkeye Pierce.......eom mrmpa Jul 2016 #17

Samuel L. Jackson's Jules from Pulp Fiction Yavin4 Jul 2016 #18

Hey, I think we were typing the same thing at the same time! Laffy Kat Jul 2016 #20

Samuel L. Jackson. Laffy Kat Jul 2016 #19

Mike Brady Enrique Jul 2016 #24

Al Bundy Callmecrazy Jul 2016 #25

He'd have a kick-ass Cabinet pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #27

Mr. Smith.....Mr Smith Goes to Washington.. Stuart G Jul 2016 #26

Phil Connors, Groundhog Day. NNadir Jul 2016 #28

Bullworth nt ohnoyoudidnt Jul 2016 #29

President Camacho pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #30

Probably coming sooner than you think. flying rabbit Jul 2016 #32

He's on the Republican ticket this year jmowreader Jul 2016 #63

power up the office MowCowWhoHow III Jul 2016 #31

Tyrion Lannister from GoT, Moat from Avatar Arazi Jul 2016 #33

I'll second Tyrion pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #34

David Palmer from 24 seanbnewyork4 Jul 2016 #35

One who I would never pick whistler162 Jul 2016 #36

Jed Clampett Va Lefty Jul 2016 #38

Which Andy Griffith character? Andy Taylor? Matlock? Lonesome Rhodes? Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2016 #39

Andy Taylor....with Floyd as VP. nt clarice Jul 2016 #41

Joe, the owner of the diner In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #70

Morgan Freeman as Morgan Freeman. Demoiselle Jul 2016 #42

Homer Simpson n/t doc03 Jul 2016 #44

Abby from NCIS pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #46

That girl drinks way too much coffee! redwitch Jul 2016 #69

President Merkin Muffley kentauros Jul 2016 #47

Hawkeye Pierce - M*A*S*H (TV) lastlib Jul 2016 #49

Mingo from the '60s show Daniel Boone with Boone as VP Jetboy Jul 2016 #50

PRESIDENT from THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. trueblue2007 Jul 2016 #51

Glen Close/Viola Davis lunatica Jul 2016 #52

Kai, the dead assassin from Lexx n/t qnr Jul 2016 #53

Groot!!!! Initech Jul 2016 #54

Billy Mummy jpak Jul 2016 #55

Roseanne Connor (nt) bigwillq Jul 2016 #57

Ned Stark nt Xipe Totec Jul 2016 #58

Alf .... or ashling Jul 2016 #59

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS FROM "VEEP" DUH. betsuni Jul 2016 #62

Colonel Potter from MASH jmowreader Jul 2016 #64

Larry David bixente Jul 2016 #65

You kidding? In a few months we'll have Archie Bunker for real... malthaussen Jul 2016 #66

Come to think of it...Abraham Lincoln has been a character Tom Kitten Jul 2016 #67

Maude MichiganVote Jul 2016 #68