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Stephen Retired

(190 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:58 PM Jan 2015

Had you the power, which non-pol would be POTUS two years from now?

I'm for Colbert, but I've tried to think of other (generally-liberal) people. I've probably missed some obvious choices, but you can blame the Jameson for that!

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	Stephen Colbert
	2 (13%)
	Jon Stewart
	0 (0%)
	Bill Maher
	0 (0%)
	Oprah Winfrey
	1 (7%)
	Jeremy Scahill
	1 (7%)
	Glenn Greenwald
	0 (0%)
	Rachel Maddow
	7 (47%)
	Neil deGrasse Tyson
	3 (20%)
	James Hansen
	0 (0%)
	Other (please specify)
	1 (7%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Had you the power, which non-pol would be POTUS two years from now? (Original Post) Stephen Retired Jan 2015 OP

Wes Clark elleng Jan 2015 #1

Didn't he already run briefly? Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #15

Yes, elleng Jan 2015 #16

You mispelled James Hansen. joshcryer Jan 2015 #2

Did naught! Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #6

In your poll it's "James Hensen"! joshcryer Jan 2015 #7

I LOVE THE MUPPETS, OKAY??? Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #12

These cats: shenmue Jan 2015 #3

i would vote for them trueblue2007 Jan 2015 #9

I'm voting for the cats. Jamastiene Jan 2015 #24

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Rachel because she's so darned well-rounded Ineeda Jan 2015 #5

George Clooney n/t taught_me_patience Jan 2015 #8

Clooney as VP under Rachel Maddow! bettyellen Jan 2015 #19

Richard Trumka. JaneyVee Jan 2015 #10

I went with Bill Maher. He gets pretty pissed sometimes and lays down the law. BlueJazz Jan 2015 #11

Thomas Hartmann Sancho Jan 2015 #13

Which non-athlete would you have quarterback the superbowl? Recursion Jan 2015 #14

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Cory Booker Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #20

George Washington, Zachary Taylor, U.S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Dwight Eisenhower Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #26

I wouldn't trust most of those people to run a bake sale, let alone the executive branch Spider Jerusalem Jan 2015 #17

As opposed to the dedicated professionals we have now? Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #23

Angela Davis lovemydog Jan 2015 #21

Will Pitt First Speaker Jan 2015 #22

Susan Sarandon or Joan Baez Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #25

Michio Kaku TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #27

elleng

(130,861 posts)

1. Wes Clark

Reply to Stephen Retired (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:59 PM

Jan 2015

Stephen Retired

(190 posts)

15. Didn't he already run briefly?

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:41 AM

Jan 2015

I think it was 2008 (though it might have been 2004).

elleng

(130,861 posts)

16. Yes,

Reply to Stephen Retired (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:44 AM

Jan 2015

a bunch of us drafted him in 2004, but it's not a major part of him even tho he would have been and should have been elected.

joshcryer

(62,269 posts)

2. You mispelled James Hansen.

Reply to Stephen Retired (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:01 AM

Jan 2015

Nice poll!

Stephen Retired

(190 posts)

6. Did naught!

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:12 AM

Jan 2015

James Hansen.

joshcryer

(62,269 posts)

7. In your poll it's "James Hensen"!

Reply to Stephen Retired (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:13 AM

Jan 2015

I think he'd be awesome to avert climate change.

Stephen Retired

(190 posts)

12. I LOVE THE MUPPETS, OKAY???

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:20 AM

Jan 2015

Actually, I've corrected my mistake.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

3. These cats:

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:03 AM

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trueblue2007

(17,203 posts)

9. i would vote for them

Reply to shenmue (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:14 AM

Jan 2015

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)

24. I'm voting for the cats.

Reply to shenmue (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 02:46 AM

Jan 2015

That is all I need to know. They are cats. I can't think of anything I don't love about cats, including their attitude. I can see the Republicans trying to backtalk a cat. They would be too afraid to do that, actually. I, for one, welcome our feline overlords. I'd love to see it.

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Ineeda

(3,626 posts)

5. Rachel because she's so darned well-rounded

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:11 AM

Jan 2015

and well-informed. Also, she's a woman and a lesbian. If she were a person of color, she'd hit all the marks! This would force all the RWNJs into looney bins. Win-win. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a brilliant, progressive scientist but might be limited in scope to be POTUS.

taught_me_patience

(5,477 posts)

8. George Clooney n/t

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:13 AM

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bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

19. Clooney as VP under Rachel Maddow!

Reply to taught_me_patience (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 01:21 AM

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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

10. Richard Trumka.

Reply to Stephen Retired (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:14 AM

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BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

11. I went with Bill Maher. He gets pretty pissed sometimes and lays down the law.

Reply to Stephen Retired (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:17 AM

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Wouldn't take any crap from anybody.

Sancho

(9,067 posts)

13. Thomas Hartmann

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:22 AM

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Recursion

(56,582 posts)

14. Which non-athlete would you have quarterback the superbowl?

Reply to Stephen Retired (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:26 AM

Jan 2015

it's a political job; being right isn't what makes an effective President (lots of DU doesn't seem to grasp this... I call it the Sorkin Complex).

If "lobbyist" doesn't count as a politician, maybe Chad Griffin.

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Stephen Retired

(190 posts)

20. Cory Booker

Reply to Recursion (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 01:24 AM

Jan 2015

He could rescue his team from a 20-point halftime deficit!

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

26. George Washington, Zachary Taylor, U.S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Dwight Eisenhower

Reply to Recursion (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 03:05 AM

Jan 2015

All non-politicians.

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

17. I wouldn't trust most of those people to run a bake sale, let alone the executive branch

Reply to Stephen Retired (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:50 AM

Jan 2015

"comedian" and "public intellectual" and "TV personality" seem like fundamentally different skillsets to those required in high-level politics.

Stephen Retired

(190 posts)

23. As opposed to the dedicated professionals we have now?

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #17)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 02:31 AM

Jan 2015

I voted for Obama twice, and I don't regret it. The subversive suggestion of this thread is that maybe, just maybe, we could benefit from an iconoclastic President who takes a dim view of our current set-up.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)

21. Angela Davis

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 01:26 AM

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First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

22. Will Pitt

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 01:28 AM

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Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

25. Susan Sarandon or Joan Baez

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 02:59 AM

Jan 2015

"History has tried to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of government couldn't be wise." Mark Twain

TheKentuckian

(25,023 posts)

27. Michio Kaku

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 07:56 AM

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