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catherine
7-10-17, 1:24pm
So here's an article on the possibility of Stephen Colbert running against Trump in 2020.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/25/opinions/colbert-president-2020-trump-obeidallah-opinion/index.html

The unintended consequence of pop culture and multimedia is that now entertainers are the best candidates for office because of name recognition and Q score.

Is this the future of politics? :(

So if the 2020 election winds up being Trump v Colbert, who gets your vote? (Please, God, grant us some viable 3rd party candidates.)
gimmethesimplelife
7-10-17, 1:31pm
I'll take comedians potentially running for President in 2020 for $100, Catherine LOL. Seriously, I'll take a comedian over the current clown as what is happening in/with the US government these days is not at all funny. Rob
bae
7-10-17, 1:31pm
I'd vote "mime".
Tybee
7-10-17, 1:35pm
I tend to like Colbert, and his sister is in politics and can give him pointers, and he is from a great state, so I'd probably vote for him.
DH wants a chance to vote for Al Franken.
JaneV2.0
7-10-17, 1:57pm
I have the greatest respect for Stephen Colbert, and it wouldn't be the first, (or second, or third) time an entertainer ran for office; I'd certainly consider him. I'd vote for Al Franken, as well. .
bae
7-10-17, 2:13pm
... and it wouldn't be the first, (or second, or third) time an entertainer ran for office;


Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jessie Ventura
Ronald Reagan
Clint Eastwood
Sonny Bono
Donald Trump
Jerry Springer
Shirley Temple
...
JaneV2.0
7-10-17, 2:29pm
You forgot Gopher, or whoever that guy from Loveboat was.
I would say most you listed did at least an adequate job.
Tybee
7-10-17, 3:00pm
I thought that was Fred Thompson. Wasn't he on the Loveboat, or was it something else?
Tybee
7-10-17, 3:02pm
I'm thinking if PT Barnum were alive today, he'd be our next president.
Now that they have gotten rid of the circus.
herbgeek
7-10-17, 3:47pm
I thought that was Fred Thompson. Wasn't he on the Loveboat, or was it something else?

The guy on Love Boat was Fred Grandy (aka Gopher) who became a congressman.
Fred Thompson was on Law and Order.
BikingLady
7-10-17, 3:56pm
2020, oh so faraway.
JaneV2.0
7-10-17, 4:08pm
Much of politics is theater.
iris lilies
7-10-17, 4:27pm
The guy on Love Boat was Fred Grandy (aka Gopher) who became a congressman.
Fred Thompson was on Law and Order.
Fred Grandy carpet bagged his way to Congress, deciding that he "lived" in Iowa.

edited to add: oh, ow I feel bad. I read up o. Him via
Wikki and he was born in Iowa and lived there through young adulthood. He went to Exeter and later Harvard. Ok, I take it back.
Tybee
7-10-17, 4:41pm
Fred Grandy carpet bagged his way to Congress, deciding that he "lived" in Iowa.

edited to add: oh, ow I feel bad. I read up o. Him via
Wikki and he was born in Iowa and lived there through young adulthood. He went to Exeter and later Harvard. Ok, I take it back.

Gopher went to Exeter and Harvard? now that's rich!
ToomuchStuff
7-11-17, 3:48am
Colbert already had one Presidential campaign and even discussed having Putin as "vice president". So someone probably watched that series of shows and thought, I could do that, and here we are.>8)
creaker
7-11-17, 12:52pm
That's a nasty swipe at clowns - clowns train to do what they do, what they do is intentional and meant to entertain. And the best ones are talented. That doesn't describe Trump at all, he doesn't deserve the title of clown anymore than he deserves the title of President.

Given a choice between the two, though, I'd definitely say the comedian is infinitely more qualified.
JaneV2.0
7-11-17, 3:51pm
A lot of people are terrified of clowns, so there's that.
Williamsmith
7-11-17, 5:04pm
That's a nasty swipe at clowns - clowns train to do what they do, what they do is intentional and meant to entertain. And the best ones are talented. That doesn't describe Trump at all, he doesn't deserve the title of clown anymore than he deserves the title of President.

Given a choice between the two, though, I'd definitely say the comedian is infinitely more qualified.

And yet, there he is President! And what explains this? Is half the country clowning around? I clown't explain it? Or maybe when choosing between a clown and a joker.....we choose the one who tastes funny.
IshbelRobertson
7-11-17, 5:16pm
A lot of people are terrified of clowns, so there's that.

Add me to that number. Luckily I am not an American, so have no horse in this race!
Rogar
7-11-17, 7:09pm
Maybe in the not so distant future we will have artificial intelligence as president. Could be an improvement.