Favorite Fictional President

[philosophie_en_rose]

[terrya]

1. President Henry Fonda in "Fail Safe"

He was decent and honorable throughout a horrible crisis.

[yellowdogintexas]

12. yep, and they took him straight from the novel too

I remember how blown away I was with that character when I read the book, I think I was about 14 or so when I read it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. And nuked New York City

Musta been in his second term.

[terrya]

28. I'm sure he was probably impeached.

But we DID have that unfortunate thing about accidently nuking Moscow.

Plus, the First Lady was in New York when he gave that order.

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. So was that hot chick dancing on the sidewalk

I just realized the film made no mention of the Yankees or Mets being in town. Man, if he nuked Mickey Mantle or Hot Rod Kanehl, I'da been pissed. :grr:

[philosophie_en_rose]

2. Someone voted for Camacho?

:rofl:

[BeachBaby]

3. I can't remember his character name.....

but Morgan Freeman played the POTUS in "Deep Impact". By the time I got done watching the movie, I was ready to draft Mr. Freeman to run in the next election. :)

[kentauros]

7. I agree and had to look it up on imdb.com

President Tom Beck :D

[SidneyCarton]

21. Agreed.

[siligut]

22. Me three.

[racaulk]

39. He was the first one I thought of. He was great in that movie!

[Crazy Dave]

4. John Ritter - President Chet Roosevelt (Americathon-1979)

A movie that was based in the future, our time now and what was supposed to be funny predictions have just about all come true.

Running out of oil

China being a global superpower

The collapse of the USSR

More...

[Richardo]

5. Merkin Muffley

"Dmitri? Dmitri, can you turn down the music a little? That's fine."

[FloridaJudy]

25. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room".

:rofl:

[kentauros]

41. Here ya go!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=29czSGSPE7k&feature=related

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. President Geena Davis in Commander in Chief.

It gave me hope for a little while.

[trueblue2007]

27. Do you have something AGAINST Women?? GEENA DAVIS!!

I'm not even gonna vote. This isn't a good poll.


GEENA DAVIS --- COMMANDER IN CHIEF. Now she was a GREAT president!

[CreekDog]

8. that guy that bowed down to General Zod

we really don't deserve any better. :rofl:

[terrya]

11. President E.G. Marshall?

He should have been deposed just for the bad toupee he was wearing.

[trusty elf]

9. Smirkus Maximus?

as a target he's my favorite

[Pierre.Suave]

10. Me

In my dreamworld, I am President.

[charlie and algernon]

13. My favorite Bartlet quote

Man: Governor Bartlet, when you were a member of Congress, you voted against the New England Dairy Farming Compact. That vote hurt me sir. I'm a businessman. That vote hurt me to the tune of maybe, 10 cents a gallon. I voted for you three times for Congress. I voted for you twice for Governor. And I'm here sir, and I'd like to ask you for an explanation.
Bartlet: Yeah, I screwed you on that one.
Man: I'm sorry?
Bartlet: I screwed you. You got hosed.
Man: Sir, I...
Bartlet: And not just you. A lot of my constituents. I put the hammer to farms in Concord, Salem, Laconia, and Elem. You guys got rogered but good. Today, for the first time in history, one in five Americans living in poverty are children. One in five children live in the most abject, dangerous, hopeless, backbreaking, gut wrenching, poverty, one in five, and they're children. If fidelity to freedom and democracy is the code of our civic religion then surely, the code of our humanity is faithful service to that unwritten commandment that says 'We shall give our children better than we ourselves had.' I voted against the bill 'cause I didn't want it to be hard for people to buy milk. I stopped some money from flowing into your pocket. If that angers you, if you resent me, I completely respect that. But if you expect anything different from the President of the United States, I suggest you vote for somebody else. Thanks very much. Hope you enjoyed the chicken

[fizzgig]

29. that was such a fantastic show

one of the best ever, hands down

one of my favorite scenes was when he dressed down the dr. laura-type character and then, just to add insult to injury, sam took her crab puff :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

14. Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

[whistler162]

15. You forgot Prez Rickard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prez_Rickard

[PassingFair]

16. The most realistic:

Donald Pleasence in "Escape from New York.

[newmajority]

17. President Bruce Springsteen (D - Bloom County)

(sorry, I can't find a copy of the old Bloom County strip where this is mentioned)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. I voted Camacho.

Shit. I know shit's bad right now, with all that starving bullshit, and the dust storms, and we are running out of french fries and burrito coverings. But he's got a solution.

Plus, he's got a hell of a cabinet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5HmpPXqCbA

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. President Tom Beck

http://us.vdc.imdb.com/title/tt0120647/

[Lilith Velkor]

20. President James Dale

"Two out of three ain't bad."

[HERVEPA]

23. President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove")

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room"

[ceile]

26. Dave. n/t

[TCJ70]

30. Other...Harrison Ford - Air Force One...

...Anyone? Anyone? heh

[MrCoffee]

31. President Greg Stillson - The Dead Zone

"You cowardly bastard! You're not the voice of the people, I am the voice of the people! The people speak through me, not you!"

[jobycom]

32. Well, since you are sticking with American presidents, Thomas J Whitmore.

I was going to go with Zaphod Beeblebrox.

You got like a president who jumps in a fighter jet to blow evil aliens out of the sky. As opposed to one who jumps in a fighter jet to make a speech with a sock down his pants.

[KamaAina]

33. Vera Allwen in Ecotopia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotopia#Plot_summary

The book is set in a 1999 future (25 years in the future, seen from 1974) and consists of the diary entries and reports of William Weston, a reporter who is the first American proper to investigate Ecotopia, a newly formed country that broke from the USA in 1980. This country consists more or less of the territory of the former states of Oregon and Washington, plus Northern California. The book is a combination of narrative from his diary and reports he sent to his publication, the Times-Post.

Together with Weston, who at the beginning is curious about, but not particularly sympathetic to, Ecotopia, we learn about the ecotopian train system, life style, war sports, politics (the president is a woman, Vera Allwen), gender relations, sexual freedom, energy production, agriculture, education, and so on. Ecotopian citizens are characterized as free-thinking, creative and energetic, but also socially responsible and often inclined to work in team configurations. In the end, Weston becomes an Ecotopian himself.

[UrbScotty]

34. George W. Bush

I mean, Cheney's making the decisions.

[haele]

35. President James Dale - Mars Attacks

'Cause 2 branches out of 3 left ain't all that bad...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116996/


Haele

[bikebloke]

36. President Bill

In the Washington City Paper comic years ago. Not Bill Clinton Bill.

[Kerrytravelers]

37. Zaphod Beeblebrox

President of the Galaxy, baby.



And he can mix a mean drink.

[sarge43]

40. Laura Roslin

Not my favorite (Bartlet's the one), but she deserves a mention.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

42. President Palmer from 24, but President Logan was great in a bad way.