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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Probably still, Sanders? He's getting pretty old, though, so maybe AOC would be a better choice.

[–] turbowafflz 27 points 4 days ago

Yeah I feel like this is the real answer. Maybe sanders could run with AOC as vice president and then step down if his age starts being a problem and let her take over

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 days ago (4 children)
[–] expatriado 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

even if convicted of felony, we know now is not an impediment

[–] breadsmasher 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

fewer felonies than the current president

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That’s a very low bar though. 34, was it?

[–] AngryCommieKender 3 points 3 days ago

96 charges, 34 convictions so far

[–] Today 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How is Luigi? Has anyone heard anything from him recently?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago

They stopped talking about him once they realised how many people were on his side.

[–] PineRune 7 points 4 days ago

Sometimes I wonder if he would actually be a good choice, considering he doesn't have a history in politics. And then I remember how Trump just kinda decided he was gonna be president with no political background.

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[–] Jarix 9 points 3 days ago

Bernie, because i think he would be really really good at training his VP AOC to be president after him

[–] NocturnalMorning 28 points 4 days ago

AOC hands down.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[–] MegaUltraChicken 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Paw Patrol. They seem to have a handle on things. How many shitty human presidents have we had? How many shitty dog presidents? I rest my case.

[–] taiyang 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Like every other episode involves some train crash or other perfectly avoidable catastrophe. Granted, that's maybe their nepo mayors fault (her grandpa was mayor back in the day) but they're still very complicit.

(My daughter is 2, these thoughts are all I have to get me through watching it with her)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] taiyang 2 points 3 days ago

My daughter cheers Go Go Go! When they do that action song during an episode, and part of me wants a parody that just continues that repetition without ever ending until the credits fade to black.

I'm also not too worried about my daughter becoming right wing. She can already tell how uncomfortable I am around cops, lol (but she mostly just loves firefighters and construction workers).

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

If we're talking about real life people, Bernie.

Otherwise, Papyrus from Undertale. I don't think he has a bad bone in his body!

[–] turbowafflz 13 points 4 days ago

Let's make finnster president just because it would be funny and the conservatives' heads would explode. Is she a qualified? No. Is she american? No. Would she even want to be president? Probably not. Would she still be a million times better than the current president? Definitely

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

President of what? We have a prime minister

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

POTUS? Nobody. No single person should hold a position with such power.

[–] 0_0j 4 points 4 days ago

No single person

High 5 maybe?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Bernie Muthafukin Sanders

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Just... let it be a lottery. Couldn't make it much worse.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman as vice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

No. RMS can stay the fuck away. At best, he’d eat things from under our feet.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

The AI from the movie I, Robot. The one that Will Smith destroys. The one that wanted to protect everyone from ourselves.

[–] Kolrami 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think you're thinking of VIKI from I, Robot.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence was the movie where Haley Joel Osment was a robot kid.

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[–] tomi000 5 points 4 days ago

A friend of mine whose decisionmaking I respect a lot. Good balance of logic and empathy. He would be an awesome president and hed hate me for dumping that shitton of responsibility on him. Wouldnt want to be in his shoes. Also id miss him, but its for the best.

[–] Death_Equity 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Me, assuming I have unlimited power to do as I please. I would be assassinated inside of a month, but it would be a wild month. The only president with more executive orders than me would be the person who comes after and undoes all the shit I did.

[–] turbowafflz 15 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Honestly a president that was just crazy but not like evil would be so funny. Paint the whitehouse pink, make the navy wear tophats, replace the $5 bill with a $6 bill, change the national anthem to never gonna give you up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A bit like Vermin Supreme?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I love vermin supreme so much, it's so funny

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

My mother. She would solve everything.

[–] baronvonj 7 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Jon Stewart, Al Franklin, Bill Burr. Any body like that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Jon Stewart has actively said he would never want to do that - which makes him one of the best candidates.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Anyone who whould be a good politician is smart enough to stay out of politics.

[–] baronvonj 5 points 4 days ago

which makes him one of the best candidates.

Exactly

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[–] Shotgun_Alice 4 points 4 days ago

Bernie, all the way. Is it too soon to say I’d take Carter as he is now over trump?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Russ Feingold, or Thom Hartmann

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Fucking nobody.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Apeman42 3 points 4 days ago

Mark Twain. I don't even care if he isn't resurrected in this scenario.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

My mate Tim. He has no political experience, however he has some rad ideas.

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