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If you had to pick an actor to be president...

Morgan Freeman
 
I'm going to have to give it to Daniel Tosh. I like his "I hate poor people" shtick, and love the idea of a politician who plays it straight with their own base.

And yes, he was, in fact, an actor. He was in Brickleberry, and played the role of "Daniel Tosh, if Daniel Tosh was a bear cub named Malloy."
 
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Dwayne Johnson. I've read that he's interested in politics and I've always admired people who are very strong and talented but very kind and considerate with people at the same time.
 
If I'm honest, I'd rather not have an actor in any elected or appointed public office.

Actors are people who are particularly skilled, professional at, well, acting, at routinely convincing others to suspend disbelief. That is, they are adept at portraying personas that aren't their own and drawing audiences into feeling what they're portraying, regardless of whether its truly the actor's mindset, character, etc. Acting takes lying to a whole new level. It's not just uttering words that aren't true; it's presenting an entire person and personality that isn't one's own.

Of all the things I would have a political or public office holder be very bad at doing, acting is among the top three things.

That's not to say I wouldn't vote for an actor, but is any actor whom I'd willfully want to see be POTUS? No. Just plain ol' no. I'd sooner suggest fictional characters that actors have portrayed as "individuals" whom I'd like to see as POTUS.
 
Tommy Lee Jones. Unless of course you were only joking in your OP.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
This is just for fun. Don’t take it seriously. If you don’t like or understand hypothetical questions just go away, there is a reason nobody invited you to their parties in high school. ;)

Let’s pretend the next President of the United States must be selected from a pool of living actors and actresses. Retired ones are allowed. They must be natural born Americans at least 35 years old. And no, politicians who have had cameos don’t count so just because Hillary has been on Murphy Brown or Biden has been on VEEP does not make them eligible. Only professional actors/actresses may be considered.

I came up with the OP so I am going to take the easy one: Tom Hanks.

Your turn, go.
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Ant actor who tends to favor wickedness over righteousness should be automatically disqualified. Of the remaining few only those with good sense, a level head and knowledge of governing should be considered eligible for consideration.
 
Jimmy Stewart..... he made one hell of a US Senator in MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON.

Of course, he has the handicap of being deceased - but that is minor compared to the handicaps Trump has.
 
americanwoman said:
No surprise a strong female hasn't been chosen yet.

Queen Latifah.
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Was wondering how long it would take to break the glass ceiling in this thread.

Bridget Moynahan*

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Skeptic Bob said:
Awesome man but sorry brother, don’t forget the rules: Living actors and actresses only. Unless you didn’t know, in which case, sorry for your loss.
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I know he is gone. He was one of my all time favorites.
 
PIPEWRENCH said:
I forgot about that one. Ouch!

I loved him in his early movies. But I think I will change my vote. I want Patrick Swayze in road house. That is how you clean up America.
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He's dead jim.
 
Do you want to know real fear how about the View for SCOTUS.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
This is just for fun. Don’t take it seriously. If you don’t like or understand hypothetical questions just go away, there is a reason nobody invited you to their parties in high school. ;)

Let’s pretend the next President of the United States must be selected from a pool of living actors and actresses. Retired ones are allowed. They must be natural born Americans at least 35 years old. And no, politicians who have had cameos don’t count so just because Hillary has been on Murphy Brown or Biden has been on VEEP does not make them eligible. Only professional actors/actresses may be considered.

I came up with the OP so I am going to take the easy one: Tom Hanks.

Your turn, go.
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Kevin Hart (vp the rock or vice versa), Bill Burr, Chris Rock or Lewis Black

a littler less joking

Sigourney Weaver
Kal Penn
Bradley Cooper
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Has anyone even seen Spacey since #metoo took him down?
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Yeah, #metoo, or its real name: Kompromat. Odd, how many that supported Clinton suddenly got Kompromat'ed. Spacey, Weinstein, even Hoffman...

And you all joined the boo crowd, on command from the POS in the Kremlin. Well done, free people.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
This is just for fun. Don’t take it seriously. If you don’t like or understand hypothetical questions just go away, there is a reason nobody invited you to their parties in high school. ;)

Let’s pretend the next President of the United States must be selected from a pool of living actors and actresses. Retired ones are allowed. They must be natural born Americans at least 35 years old. And no, politicians who have had cameos don’t count so just because Hillary has been on Murphy Brown or Biden has been on VEEP does not make them eligible. Only professional actors/actresses may be considered.

I came up with the OP so I am going to take the easy one: Tom Hanks.

Your turn, go.
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Way too liberal for me. I would go with Gary Sinese. But if we go with typical characters played by the actor/actress, I would vote for Clint Eastwood or John Wayne.
 
Kobie said:
Oh, brother.
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Not kidding, mate. I really am not. You have no idea how much it pisses me off, that you're all so fvcking easy to manipulate.

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If we're gonna what-if, an Iranian-American woman sounds about right for this season.

Shohreh Aghdashloo
Her character on Expanse, she'd need to character act that throughout the presidency.

 
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