WTDWTF U.S. Presidential Campaign

antiquarian

Continuing the discussion from Poll: If PJH is willing and able, would you hide him behind an ellipsis?:

I cannot think of any TDWTF'er I'd trust enough to vote for, although there are some that would do at least as well as some people who have been elected.

Vote for me! If elected, I promise that I will do the following, and nothing else:

Declare the federal government bankrupt and dissolve it
Retire to Hawai'i.

loopback0

@blakeyrat for President

Jaloopa

If elected, I pledge to laugh at you for electing someone who's never even been to the USA as president of the USA

mott555

If elected, I will abolish our current tax system and replace it with one which taxes all foreigners living abroad.

loopback0

@thegoryone said:

Stupid people, and @blakeyrat

These are not exclusive categories.

Onyx

Vote me president! You choose me, I make Mandatory Fun Day on TV! Will star Christopher Walken reads C# documentation.

I speak good English, yes? Yes!

JazzyJosh

Don't vote for me because I'm not yet eligible!

HardwareGeek

@JazzyJosh said:

Don't vote for me because I'm not yet eligible!

I wonder how many people on here would be constitutionally eligible:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

accalia

natural citizen: check
14 years resident: check
35 years old: which one of us? Accalia or the IRL accalia?

actually that last question probably unchecks 1 and 2 as well....

Jaloopa

You're a fairly unnatural citizen as well

accalia

@Jaloopa said:

citizen

thanks.

it is my hope that one day we will elect a fox to the position of POTUS (we've already elected a donkey to governor once.... although the courts made them revote without the ass in the race.)

Polygeekery

Hmmmm, is there a test for mental illness? I am pretty sure the fox shtick would raise some eyebrows on that one... ;-)

accalia

@Polygeekery said:

Hmmmm, is there a test for mental illness?

if there was i'm fairly confident that multiple representitives in congress, from both sides of the aisle would be disqualified.

besides if the public is cool with it and i know when to shut it off (like when visiting with the queen) then why not?

Polygeekery

@accalia said:

if there was i'm fairly confident that multiple representitives in congress, from both sides of the aisle would be disqualified.

Touchə...

HardwareGeek

@Polygeekery said:

is there a test for mental illness?

There is not for election. Depending on the severity of the illness, it might fall within the purview of Clause 6:

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, ...

boomzilla

@Jaloopa said:

If elected, I pledge to laugh at you for electing someone who's never even been to the USA as president of the USA

If you'll keep it that way, it might be a pretty good deal for us.

boomzilla

@accalia said:

if there was i'm fairly confident that multiple representitives in congress, from both sides of the aisle would be disqualified.

This already happened:

accalia

well obviously he should resign. he's a tiger FFS!

tigers, unlike foxes cannot be trusted at all!

granted foxes can't be muc trusted either but at least we can be trusted as far as you can throw us.

boomzilla

@accalia said:

well obviously he should resign. he's a tiger FFS!

Yes, happened in 2011.

David Wu - Wikipedia

abarker

@Jaloopa said:

If elected, I pledge to laugh at you for electing someone who's never even been to the USA as president of the USA

Damn it, why'd you have to say something‽ Now it's on the internet, which means your opponents will find it and out you! Now you can't run!

abarker

@HardwareGeek said:

I wonder how many people on here would be constitutionally eligible:
>No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

Hmm:

Natural citzen: check
Resident for 14 years: check
≥ 35 years of age: check back with me for the 2020 elections

chubertdev

@abarker said:

Hmm:

Natural citzen: check
Resident for 14 years: check
≥ 35 years of age: check <small><small>back with me for the 2020 elections

Looks like we'll be going head to head.

abarker

@chubertdev said:

Looks like we'll be going head to head.

Or ... We could be running mates! We could start The Party of WTF!

RaceProUK

@accalia said:

granted foxes can't be muc trusted either but at least we can be trusted as far as you can throw us.

If it's all about how far we can be thrown, then surely I'm more trustworthy?

Now, to solve the issue of being a near-as-makes-no-difference 30yo native Brit, and then we can have a hedgehog POTUS!
Free mealworms for all!*

*Offer may be withdrawn before being sworn into office. Because that's what politicians do: make ludicrous promises to get elected, then break every one of them before being sworn in!

accalia

@RaceProUK said:

If it's all about how far we can be thrown, then surely I'm more trustworthy?

well it's not all of it, but it is a big factor. ;-)

FrostCat

@RaceProUK said:

Free mealworms for all!

ludicrous promises

that's a ludicrous promise, but not for the reason you thought.

accalia

..... i can't resist anymore.....

FrostCat

While that was funny, the picture loaded really slowly, and after the "I can't resist" buildup, it wasn't as funny as I was anticipating.

accalia

spaceballs, it'll grow on you

FrostCat

I know what it was, I've seen it, I just had my expectations heightened and then deflated.

Kind of like what might happen if someone ~~eja--never mind~~zoinked.

RaceProUK

@accalia said:

spaceballs, it'll grow on you

At which point a visit to your local GP is in order ;)
I love Spaceballs BTW; just couldn't resist the joke
May the Schwartz be with you

chubertdev

@abarker said:

Or ... We could be running mates! We could start The Party of WTF!

Worse Than Failure™, but better than the other guys!

Onyx

@chubertdev said:

Worse Than Failure™, but better than the other guys!

Where do I send teh codez?

Gąska

Whenever I see "presidential campaign", I imagine a president single-handedly commanding his army, trying to conquer the world.

aliceif

I'd vote for this tiger:
http://folk.uib.no/ebe053/hobbes.jpeg

accalia

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so would i

HardwareGeek

@abarker said:

We could be running mates! We could start The Party of WTF!

Do either of you have a daughter? To be the WTF candidate for President, you have to have a daughter.

chubertdev

Does my dog count?

HardwareGeek

Hmm, we might be able to work with that. Is she sick?

chubertdev

She gets sick quickly. She likes to eat grass, and puke two minutes later. Although that removes the mystery.

abarker

@HardwareGeek said:

Do either of you have a daughter? To be the WTF candidate for President, you have to have a daughter.

I have three daughters.

FrostCat

@abarker said:

I have three daughters.

I hope you're stocking up on shotgun ammo.

RaceProUK

You're overqualified ;)

ben_lubar

@morbiuswilters should be @moderator of the @debates.

abarker

@FrostCat said:

I hope you're stocking up on shotgun ammo.

12-gauge. ;)

HardwareGeek

@abarker said:

I have three daughters.

Ok, you can head the ticket. @chubertdev, maybe you can work on the daughter thing between now and the election, because the Vice President has to be ready to step up if something should happen to the President.