[Psudo]

If you could vote for anyone (besides yourself) on these forums for President of the United States, who would you vote for and why? Pretend everyone is legally eligible and no one is "throwing away your vote."

I'd probably vote for Zipperfish, since we don't disagree too much about any specific point and he has a dedication to empirical evidence that I quite like.

[BartSimpson]

Yeah, I'd probably be okay with Zip in the White House. I may not agree with him on everything but I believe he'd be pretty fair to everyone.

[martin14]

I'd vote for Bart Simpson................


and then sit back with a bag of popcorn and watch the fireworks.

[Tricks]

Hwacker!

[BartSimpson]

martin14 wrote:

I'd vote for Bart Simpson................


and then sit back with a bag of popcorn and watch the fireworks.

If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.






Screw being noble. It'd be a gas, I'm sure! First thing I'd do as President is go trolling at the Pentagon and make a bunch of guys with stars salute me!

Second thing would be making a trip to Area 51 to find out just what the hell those guys do there.

Third thing, I'd invite Putin to have a go at it with me in a cage match. Loser buys drinks afterwards....for the other guy's country.

Fourth, I'd open the US-Canada border and close and militarize the US-Mexico border. High time we had some common sense in that particular arena.

Balanced budget Amendment to the US Constitution.

Revocation of Geneva Convention rights for terrorists.

I'd create the Simpson Doctrine: Any acts of piracy against US flagged shipping will be considered an act of war against the United States of America. No exceptions. And no mercy to those who violate that policy.

I'd demand an Amendment to the Constitution requiring that all laws passed by Congress also be binding upon Congress.

Gun control as it has been known for 60 years would basically be over.

Flat tax on all personal income from any source, no deductions, no exceptions. Likewise, a flat tax on gross corporate/business earnings, no deductions, no exceptions.

Equal Protection under the law (the 14th Amendment) would have new meaning as affirmative action programs and minority preferences would be outlawed. Likewise, anyone found to be discriminating against otherwise qualified people due to race or etc. would face severe criminal penalties. It's time to move past racial politics.

The USA is going back to the Moon and we're planting the flag and strip mining the place. Then it's on to Mars.

No more oil from countries that sponsor anti-American activities. Period. If that means the US can't import one single drop of oil then so be it.

The UN will be invited to move out of the USA. See ya!

No representation without taxation. Meaning that only those people affected by a tax will be allowed to vote on it. For instance, property taxes would be voted on by property owners, income taxes would be approved by people who pay income taxes, capital gains taxes would be approved by people subject to those taxes, and etc. The days of a majority taxing a minority would be over.


Finally, birthright citizenship will come to an end for everyone, not just the children of illegal immigrants. To obtain citizenship one must serve four years in uniform or eight years in unpaid volunteer work. Only citizens will be allowed to vote. No exceptions.

[bootlegga]

Psudo wrote:

If you could vote for anyone (besides yourself) on these forums for President of the United States, who would you vote for and why? Pretend everyone is legally eligible and no one is "throwing away your vote."

I'd probably vote for Zipperfish, since we don't disagree too much about any specific point and he has a dedication to empirical evidence that I quite like.

I think Zip would be pretty fair, but given that Congress would probably be run by Bart, Martin, and all the other right wingers here, he probably couldn't accomplish anything!

[Psudo]

Bart, that cage match thing seems rather suicidal. That Putin guy seems like he can handle himself. However, televise it as pay-per-view and you could pay off a few years of both countries' deficits.

Also, no platform plank done about airport security reform? I'm a little surprised.

[BartSimpson]

Psudo wrote:

Bart, that cage match thing seems rather suicidal. That Putin guy seems like he can handle himself.

I can hold my own.

Psudo wrote:

However, televise it as pay-per-view and you could pay off a few years of both countries' deficits.

I agree!

Psudo wrote:

Also, no platform plank done about airport security reform? I'm a little surprised.

This would be in my gun control reform package. Anyone with a valid carry permit and a special qualification for carrying aboard a plane would be able to carry on board a plane. I figure on average that will arm about 10% of the average airline passengers and terrorists would be taking their chances.

With regards to terrorists I'd do to them what General Pershing did to them in the Phillipines: You wrap them in pig skin and bury them. Dead or alive. Then you do the same to their families.

It's brutal, uncivilized, and effective.

And if there are no terrorist attacks during my Presidency then it would not be done at all.

[Dragon-Dancer]

BartSimpson wrote:

This would be in my gun control reform package. Anyone with a valid carry permit and a special qualification for carrying aboard a plane would be able to carry on board a plane. I figure on average that will arm about 10% of the average airline passengers and terrorists would be taking their chances.

They sure would... so would anyone else on the plane with all those firearms inside a pressurized cylinder at altitude. How many civies accidentally shoot themselves every year? More than you think.

[BartSimpson]

Dragon-Dancer wrote:

How many civies accidentally shoot themselves every year? More than you think.

The question is: How many carry permit holders shoot themselves in a year? Add to this anyone permitted to carry on a plane would need to take the same training as an air marshal and I believe this would be safe.

As it is, arming pilots has been a very successful program. Extending that success to properly vetted civilians would not be much different.

[commanderkai]

Psudo. Always level headed, and I mean always. Brilliant writer, well informed on most issues, under the Radar sense of humor. Conservative, but not extremely so.

[Thanos]

I'd vote for Manifest Destiny just to keep the laughs going. It'd be identical to what would happen if Rick Perry or Michele Bachmann wins next November but with MD at least I could go "hey, I know that asshole from teh intarwebz".

[DrCaleb]

commanderkai wrote:

Psudo. Always level headed, and I mean always. Brilliant writer, well informed on most issues, under the Radar sense of humor. Conservative, but not extremely so.

Agreed. Lemmy too.

[SprCForr]

Calbeck.

[martin14]

Benoit !