What non politician would you like to see as President. I think George Clooney or

[applegrove]

Warren Beatty would be good. Bill Maher too.

[becca da bakkah]

1. Mike Malloy!

I'd love to hear him say, "Oh bat squeeze" to the rethugs!

[undeterred]

2. Maher is a misogynist asshole.

[JTFrog]

7. A libertarian misogynistic asshole to be exact.

He'd be downright dangerous.

Just sayin....

[baldguy]

3. Rachael Maddow

Thom Hartman
Melissa Harris-Perry
Chris Hayes
Jonathan Turley

[riderinthestorm]

11. +1 on Maddow and Hartmann, and add in Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich

(who wrote Nickeled and Dimed, and who really knows her poverty issues), and of course, why not? Gloria Steinem

[limpyhobbler]

4. probably Carrot Top would be good, or Bob Dylan

Just kidding, I'll say Naomi Klein. She's Canadian though so it might not work out. I think she might have dual citizenship or something, so maybe.

[quakerboy]

5. A few picks

My instinct would be to draw from the entertainment world, as the names are already known to people. With the benefits and drawbacks inherent to that.

I would love to hear C. Walken give a state of the union address

Steven Colbert would be an intriguing figure as a president. Whether he stayed in character or not, it would make for interesting times.

Tina Fey. She seems smart enough to handle it, and then some. Plus the RW would be happy because they would think it was Palin.

Viggo Mortenson... Strider for president!

With longer consideration, I would probably turn to more local or less known figures.

[Kali]

6. hahahah!

you go, girl!

[Angry Dragon]

8. Zeus

[kentauros]

9. Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen)

Also Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline)

[Initech]

12. Stephen Colbert!!!

[rbnyc]

13. + 1 (nt)

[hunter]

14. Madonna.

Leonard Nimoy could be her Vice President and Official White House photographer, NSFW.

Pope Benedict would melt into a little puddle, and fundamentalist terrorists of all stripes around the world would be rendered impotent.

[KamaAina]

15. Bruce Springsteen, Susan Sarandon

I'd be ready and willing to serve in either's Cabinet. Especially the latter.

[charlie and algernon]

16. Martin Sheen of course

And he has to hire Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme as his speechwriters.

[Noodleboy13]

17. Chris Rock

Followed closely by Morgan Freeman. I mean really, can you imagine a Morgan Freeman State of the Union address?


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Noodleboy

[quakerboy]

19. Right up there with my Walken State of the Union idea

I knew I was forgetting someone for my list, and it was Morgan Freeman.

[Jakes Progress]

18. Martin Sheen's cabinet would have

Rachel Maddow as VP. Matt Damon as Sec. of Ed. Chris Rock as Sec. of Health and Human Services. Paul Krugman in Treasury. Al Franken as AG. Clooney could be Sec. of State.

Boy!