Your pick of Star Trek characters for POTUS and cabinet?

[GreenPartyVoter]

I tried this in the Lounge. They wouldn't play. *pout*

[keeplaughing]

1. I hope they play here.

Only on DU do I ever find the brilliantly funny threads that could result from this sort of header. C'mon guys!

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Yes, I think DU is good at this sort of thing. Wit is our strong suit.

[DebJ]

2. Spock for Secretary of State.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. "Live Long and Prosper" makes for a great foreign policy.

[TheDebbieDee]

29. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."........

This makes an even better foreign policy, I think.

Anyway, Spock for President.

Mr. Sulu for Secretary of Defense: You better not call him "Tiny"!

Lt. Uhura for Secretary of State: She knows how to open those hailing frequencies.

Mr. Chekov would be the Secretary of the newly formed Department of Propaganda: He could outlie Bagdahd Bob and Faux News!

Quark for Secretary of the Treasury: If anybody could straighten out the financial mess that *co and the repukes have made, it would be Quark!

I need to think some more on the rest of the Cabinet posts.........

[LeftyMom]

64. Treasury should be Moogie, Quark's mom

She handled the Grand Nagus' latinum, so she's emminently qualified. Also, she'd much more honest than Quark, not that that's a high standard.

[catnhatnh]

3. OK...

...Checkov, young, idealistic, and charismatic in his own right..though given to small delusions of grandeur, he is well grounded in the prime directive....
On Edit: I doubt he is Republican and I didn't mean "speak no evil"....

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. For Prez?

[MissWaverly]

6. I think the Joker, Catwoman, the penguin and Mr. Freeze are

more appropriate, but I will give it a try

for prez, it would have to be: Q
for vice-president it would have to be Quark
for WH press secretary Commander Data
for Secretary of Defense Gul Dukat
for Secretary of State Seven of Nine
for Ambassador to the UN: Mr. Spock

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Our current prez certainly has the hubris of a Q.

[MissWaverly]

18. My thoughts exactly

and just when you think you understand his logic, he's off to
another dimension.

[DebJ]

10. ooh I don't know what I like more, Commander Data for press

secretary or taking the Batman criminals and giving our current cabinet their names...

[MissWaverly]

14. thanks, I'm glad you picked up on that

Of course, you know who would play the Riddler

[NewJeffCT]

9. Capt. Picard for President, Kirk for VP

Leonard "Bones" McCoy for Surgeon General
Deanna Troi for Sec. of State
Worf for Sec. of Defense
Spock for Nat'l Security Advisor
Quark for Sec. of Commerce (ok, he'd never get confirmed)
Riker for Attorney General

I'll have to think about places for 7 of 9, T'Pol, Sisko, etc.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Now I see Data for AG and Kirk for FEMA.. that 911 thing, y k'now. *g*

[NewJeffCT]

16. I just remember Riker

from the episode where he went against Data on trial to show that Data was not human/had a soul.

[NewJeffCT]

17. Scotty for FEMA

He's a miracle worker, after all.

[HawkerHurricane]

12. Kirk for SecDef

Spock for State
McCoy for HHS
Uhura for Education
Sulu for Treasury
Scott for Transportation
Chekov for Homeland Security

[Mr_Spock]

13. I dunno - my emotional buddy McCoy for HHS Secretary?

Is that a cabinet position?

[Kelvin Mace]

15. OK, I'll play

Sarek - President
Picard - VP
Sec of Def - Kirk
Sec of HHS - McCoy
DHS - Worf
Sec of Energy - Scotty
Sec Education - Spock
Chief of Staff - Odo
Sec of State - Sisko
Press Secretary - Harry Mudd
Data - Sec of Treasury
7 of 9 - AG

Hows that for a start?

[MissWaverly]

21. I forgot about Harry Mudd

He should probably take Greenspan's place, but I think that
Press Secretary would be good too. Commander Sisko, good pick
for Secretary of State!

[Democrats_win]

27. Tribbles as bush voters.

[MissWaverly]

30. perfect, remember you can't feed them

[ChairmanAgnostic]

62. precisely.

[Ladyhawk]

41. Naw, redshirts as bush voters.

Tell them to just go into the disintegration...er, voting booth.

[Kelvin Mace]

33. Polite,

intelligent, formidable and not to be trifled with.

[MissWaverly]

55. Commander Sisko, had integrity

I think that's what we are lacking into today's society, people
with a conscience, I remember once they will talking about how
overwhelming the Cardassians were and he said "I will fear no evil."

Very powerful, he had depth

[amerikat]

19. The head on a box in a wheelchair for prez

Captain Pike? The cabinet should be comprised entirely of Tribbles. At least when they get indicted there will always be another to take it's place.

[Charlie Brown]

20. Senator Warf as majority leader n/t

[xultar]

22. Capt Picard - President & Will Ricker Sec of Def & Deanna Troy SoS

Worf - DHS
Scotty - Nasa Administrator
O'Hura - Press Secretary
Bones - General Surgeon
Spock - Chief of Staff
Kirk - FEMA

[johnaries]

23. Wait a minute, are we limited to the Original Series or the entire

Star Trek Universe? Or just the Original and STNG?

[GreenPartyVoter]

38. Whole Universe... shows, movies, books.. the whole shebang. :^D

[petronius]

24. Gowron as Sec. of State

[CatWoman]

25. SPOCK FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!

[brentspeak]

51. "I do not wish to be the President of the United States"

"...but if it should befall me, my operatives will avenge my death. And some of them...are Vulcans."

[Marr]

58. Oops- double post. :)

[Marr]

59. SPOCK IS A FLIP-FLOPPER.

Flip.


Flop.

[HawkerHurricane]

26. I'd like to point out...

that under the current constitution, many of the Star Trek personnel are ineligible for President/VP.

Kirk: ELigible, born in Iowa.
Spock: Ineligible, born on Vulcan. May not even be a U.S. citizen.
McCoy: Eligible, born in Georgia.
Sulu: Eligible, born in California (San Fransisco).
Uhura: Ineligible, born in Kenya (United States of Africa)
Scott: Ineligible, born in Scotland
Chekov: Ineligible, born in Russia (Moscow).

Picard: Ineligible, born in France.
Riker: Eligible, born in Alaska.
Worf: Inelegible, not born on Earth.
Data: Ineligible, not born naturally.
Troi: Ineligible, born on Betazed.
Dr. Crusher: I don't know.
Wesley Crusher: Ineligible, underage.

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. Good point. Have to keep this reality based.

[The Jacobin]

28. Sisko for President

The best commander in the ST Universe. I'd follow him anywere.

[OrlandoGator]

42. I was going to nominate him for Secretary of Defense.

n/t

[reprehensor]

31. POTUS: Kirk, (of course)...

Veep: Harry Mudd
Sec. of State: Yeoman Rand
Sec. of Defense: Khan
Attorney General: Spock
Press Secretary: McCoy

[CatWoman]

34. nah -- it will be impeachment all over again

Kirk has a bigger dick control problem than the Clenis

[reprehensor]

53. But... he's... not... married.

You... people... don't understand...

[GreenPartyVoter]

54. *L.....O....L*

[Marr]

57. Kirk would get in WAY too much trouble, and I wouldn't trust him with

nukes.

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

32. You didn't say which Star Trek characters...

President: Abraham Lincoln (he was in an episode)

VP: Either Data or Al Gore.

Sec Treasury: any Ferengi (who would notice the difference)

Sec Def: Q

Sec HHS: Khan (he looks after his own)

Sec DHS: Daystrom's M-5 computer.

Sec Transportation: Scotty (Duh!)

Sec Energy: Zephram Cochran

Sec Education: "The Teacher" from the episode "Spock's Brain"

Chief of Staff: Spock's Brain

Sec State: Vger (well, at least it travelled)

Press Secretary: the crystalline entity that described humans as "ugly bags of mostly water" (it's a step up from Scotty)

Edit: spelling

[woodsprite]

35. I just put my son to bed and read "Yertle the Turtle",

I was thinking when I was reading the Yertle is *. Mack is our democracy.

[DefenseLawyer]

36. Don't nominate that one poor bastard you never saw before

that goes down to the planet with Captain Kirk, he's a dead man!

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. The obligatory red shirt guy?

[DefenseLawyer]

45. That's him!

The William Henry Harrison of the enterprise

[intheflow]

37. The All-Woman Leadership

Captain Janeway - President
Dr. Beverly Crusher - VP

Deanne Troi - Labor Secretary
Uhuru - Secretary of State
Lwaxana Troi - Secretary of Education
Seven of Nine - Secretary of the Treasury
Tasha Yar - Secretary of Defense
B'Elanna Torres - Secretary of the Interior
Dr. Christine Chapel - Surgeon General (You don't think she stayed a nurse her whole life, do you?)

[GreenPartyVoter]

44. Don't forget Dr. Kate Pulaski and Keiko O'Brien

[intheflow]

47. You're right.

Keiko O'Brien - Secretary of Agriculture
Pulaski should be Surgeon General. Chapel can be Director of Health and Human Services.

[Tactical Progressive]

43. Dick Cheney in a red shirt (and pants, just to be sure) on a landing party

I know that's the opposite of what you asked, but I figure this is kind of an open-ended topic.

How about this: Trelaine for President. Oh wait, we already have that.

[donheld]

46. Leonard H. 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Dr. Beverly Crusher - Surgeon General

[renegade000]

48. worf for press secretary

Reporter: "The president's opponents have offered much criticism of the actions of the administration as of late, how does the president and his staff plan to deal with this?"



Worf: "Their criticism is irrelevent because the president's critics are worthless cowards with no honor. They shall be felled by the batleths of our party's brave warriors."



Worf: "Next question!"

[Marr]

60. LMFAO- that would make a hilarious SNL skit.

Reporter: "Some people are saying that the president is playing wag-the-dog with-"

Worf: TARG.

Reporter: What?

Worf: TARG, you sniveling coward! Your puny earth "dogs" present no challenge to this president and such a match is an INSULT TO HIS HONOR. He will wag the TARG or nothing, fool!

Reporter: I...

Worf: NEXT QUESTION!

[kansasblue]

49. Seven of Nine for Pres

[adarling]

50. Captain Janeway for Supreme Court

Kirk for President
Picard for Vice
Sisko for Secretary of State
Worf Secretary of Defense
Riker Secretary of state

I am a big dork, but i love it

[GreenPartyVoter]

52. Hey I'm

one too, then. *g*

[Marr]

56. Sisko for President, Bones for VP.

[Liberal_Dog]

61. I Nominate Garak To Head The CIA

As a former Cardassian spymaster, he would be well qualified.

[mattclearing]

63. My Star Trek Administration:

President: ....................Will Riker (Totally electable)
Vice President: ...............Data (Completely loyal and unambitious)
SecDef: .......................Kirk (Duh)
Energy:........................Scotty (giving it all he's got)
Dept. of Transportation: ......O'Brien
State: ........................Deanna Troi (Hello, a empath)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: .Sisko
Surgeon Gen: ..................Bones
HHS: ..........................Crusher
Homeland Security: ............Worf
Attorney General:..............Spock
Labor:.........................LaForge
Education:.....................Picard