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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks 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 55 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

fewer felonies than the current president

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Today@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] buffysummers@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks 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 27 points 2 weeks ago

AOC hands down.

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks 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

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 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 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 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)

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
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[–] Red5@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

They are cops

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

No single person

High 5 maybe?

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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.

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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago

President of what? We have a prime minister

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman as vice.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)
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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

President of?

USAmerica?

Stalin
May get fun replies

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks 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 14 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A bit like Vermin Supreme?

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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks 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!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov "Lenin."

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 14 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

which makes him one of the best candidates.

Exactly

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago
[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Ibrahim Traore

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Bernie Muthafukin Sanders

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking nobody.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] psyklax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

My mother. She would solve everything.

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