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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#156151: Nov 17th 2016 at 10:45:43 AM

I would go so far as to say people in this thread are more qualified because many of us have actually had to work for a living and understand basic concepts like the value of a dollar.

Or alternatively, even the more sheltered people (like me) aren't so blindly egotistical and stupid that we'd treat the consolidation of the Executive branch like a fucking reality tv show.

"I can't wait to see who our finalists are!"

Are you kidding me?????

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#156152: Nov 17th 2016 at 10:49:27 AM

Seriously, if given the chance, I would appoint almost any one of the people in this thread over Trump in a second.

Not because we wouldn't be horrendously incompetent, because we would, no question. But so is Trump. And most of the people who frequent these threads have the notable advantage over Trump of not being really, really racist and ignorant.

Given the choice between a incompetent, disgustingly racist, thin-skinned ignoramus, and someone who's just plain incompetent, I choose the lesser of two incompetences.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#156153: Nov 17th 2016 at 10:52:29 AM

I think the average poster here is more informed than Trump so doing a better job might not be hard.

TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#156154: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:00:28 AM

[up][up]

Okay. Can I bring Estonia?

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#156155: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:01:09 AM

I dunno, not being a US citizen (without losing my existing Malaysian citizenship) kind of dampens my chance of being eligible.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#156156: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:02:13 AM

Hell, I am a US citizen and I'm not even eligible.

I could be on the Cabinet, but I can't run for President.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#156157: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:02:38 AM

You should vote for me. I'm really good at Democracy 3! I got more than 80% popularity in America...before I was assassinated by liberals who were the one demographic that didn't like me.

Leviticus 19:34
randomdude4 Since: May, 2011
#156158: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:03:01 AM

Can I be President? I mean, I'm only 21, but if some orange-faced jackass can get the job, so should I [lol]

[down]I know haha

edited 17th Nov '16 11:25:37 AM by randomdude4

"Can't make an omelette without breaking some children." -Bur
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#156159: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:09:30 AM

[up]Sorry dude. POTUS has an age limit - 35.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#156160: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:12:46 AM

Most of the people here would probably be like "I don't know how this thing works. I'm going to go ask someone who does."

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#156161: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:15:10 AM

I'm a bit under that age limit myself. Knowing me ten years ago vs me now, I would say the limit is worth keeping around. Someone in their 20s just won't have had enough life experience.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#156162: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:15:28 AM

I'm probably the worst public speaker out there and I'd probably make a better president than Trump but I'm female so ._.

Oh yeah and the age thing.

edited 17th Nov '16 11:15:45 AM by AlleyOop

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#156163: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:16:50 AM

Trump has set the bar so, so low.

A dead gorilla would be a better POTUS than Trump.

Disgusted, but not surprised
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#156164: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:18:17 AM

It illustrates my point that so far, there has literally not been a single person responding to my post that I would not prefer to Trump - age, citizenship, or nation of birth be damned.

Even me. I don't have a particularly high opinion of myself, I'm way below the minimum age requirement, and I'd be a horrendously ignorant and incompetent President - but at least you wouldn't see me packing my damn cabinet with neo-Nazis.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#156165: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:20:02 AM

Were I eligible (I'd need to be a natural born US citizen, which, as you may notice from my avatar, I'm not) my first act would be appoint someone more qualified as my VP (Hillary, Biden, Kaine... there's a long list) and my second one would be to resign.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#156166: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:29:00 AM

Most of the people here would probably be like "I don't know how this thing works. I'm going to go ask someone who does."

A better attitude than Trump's.

You can't learn anything if you can't admit that you don't know.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#156167: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:38:03 AM

I'm not trying to come across as bragging, but my layman's knowledge of economics and foreign affairs alone would make me about ten times more qualified than Trump, never mind that I've got no relevant experience. But yeah, the first thing to do would be to get qualified people to lead me through all the stuff I don't know. Preferably before I win the election.

edited 17th Nov '16 11:38:41 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#156168: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:50:25 AM

Dunno if I could be President. I'm black and I talk too real for white America, lol.

New Survey coming this weekend!
blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#156169: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:51:01 AM

So did Obama.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#156171: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:54:42 AM

Fox confirmed as secret Obama. tongue

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#156172: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:58:47 AM

Were I eligible and managed to win the presidency, first thing I'm going to do is find a way to make Obama and/or Bill Clinton my (un)official advisors so they can walk me through the job. I think they'd know better than anyone else I could name who to pick as other qualified advisors, cabinet members, etc.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#156173: Nov 17th 2016 at 12:00:25 PM

Or I pull a Frank Underwood and become President, have MY VP resign, appoint Hillary as my New VP, wait a month, then resign making her the first female President

New Survey coming this weekend!
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#156174: Nov 17th 2016 at 12:02:48 PM

So the whole reality of a Trump presidency kind of hit me again this week, today specifically and I was in New York City wondering why traffic was unusually bad. then I saw some cops with military body armor and assault rifles and I put two and two together.

Donald is once again demonstrating and why everybody in New York thinks he's an asshole.

Wall Street is going to be pissed with him if fifth Avenue keeps getting shut down.

edited 17th Nov '16 12:03:42 PM by CaptainCapsase

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#156175: Nov 17th 2016 at 12:04:36 PM

So apparently, Trump is the most disliked president elect in recent history. Public opinion of him has improved a little since the initial election results, but he's still only at 42% approval and 55% disapproval.

The second most unpopular president-elect since Bill Clinton was Dubya, who had a 59% approval rating and 36% disapproval.


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