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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year 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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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

fewer felonies than the current president

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

96 charges, 34 convictions so far

[–] Today@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] buffysummers@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

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

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

AOC hands down.

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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)

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[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year 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

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

You're right. Corrected.

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No single person

High 5 maybe?

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman as vice.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

President of what? We have a prime minister

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year 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!

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year 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

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A bit like Vermin Supreme?

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago
[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Fucking nobody.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Bernie Muthafukin Sanders

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Cheese for everyone!
If lactose intolerant: peanut butter for everyone else!
If peanut allergy: eggs for everyone else!
If egg allergy: chicken flavored allergen free bars for everyone else!

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

which makes him one of the best candidates.

Exactly

[–] Forester@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bill would piss both sides off so much. I feel like everyone would hate him but things would get better.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago

I would love to hear Burr's "State of the fucking Union" address

[–] psyklax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 4 points 1 year ago

Whoever replies to this comment. If many reply, whoever of them survives after a fight to death.

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

My mother. She would solve everything.

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

President of?

USAmerica?

Stalin
May get fun replies

Someone who doesn't want it, who tries to refuse honestly. That's who deserves power.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov "Lenin."

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