Stephen Fry for President!

[Boneasse]

All right, maybe not President, but Prime Minister then. Though I could turn this thread into a medium in which to explain just how awesome Stephen Fry is, I'm not going to.

Instead I'm going to ask you, Escapists, this;

If you could choose any celebrity to be the Prime Minister, Dictator, President, Chancellor, King or Queen, of the country you live in, who would you choose? And why?

As you can probably gather I would choose Stephen Fry. Even though I am from Denmark, I would like to see him become the Prime Minister here.

Why? Well, even though I said earlier that I'd not turn this into a thread about him, as the OP it's my duty to start out.

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  1: He's highly intelligent and well spoken.
  2: He's an outspoken atheist, like myself, which could ensure that religion could finally be held out of politics (to a certain degree).
  3: He has a great voice, and can captivate his listeners even through the most boring of circumstances.
  4: Charisma is something he possesses in a great amount. Who would want to go to war against him?
  5: He's gay. I would love to see a gay man as Prime Minister. I know it sounds weird, but I honestly belive it could change the perspectives on certain areas.
  6: If Arnold could make decent governor, I have no doubt in my mind that Stephen Fry could be a succesful head of state, if he put his mind to it.

You don't have to make as many, or reasonable, points as I do. Hell, you don't even have to be serious about it! [sub]Which sounds silly when I write it like that.[/sub]

But anyway, your turn!

 

[TerribleAssassin]

Rob Swire.

1) He has a cool accent
2) He'd purge pop stars
3) He's Australian
4) He's the musical messiah.
5) He'd invent a BFG 9000, turn up on Glee, and kill them all.

 

[Jazzyjazz2323]

Clint Eastwood for some type of Governing position or fuck President I don't even have to explain myself you all should know why.

 

[Geekosaurus]

Hugh Grant from Love Actually. Who doesn't want a Prime Minster giving speeches like that? Not that you all know what I'm on about.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Clint Eastwood for some type of Governing position or fuck President I don't even have to explain myself you all should know why.

hell i'd prefer him then palin. Lord knows I will become an assassin if she gets that office.

That's what I said about Obama...AND NOT BECAUSE HE IT BLACK...And I'm still not an assassin.

OT:

Spoiler: Shia Labeouf

 

[Antari]

You bid a Stephen Fry, and I'll raise you a Jeremy Clarkson! Why? ... Because he can't do any worse than the lot that are already there. * And Stephen Fry is far too nice to be a politician.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

I'm going to say Henry Rollins [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rollins]. He's a smart, observant guy who knows how to speak to people in order to get a point across as well as leave them entertained. He's learnt things the hard way and goes off to visit countries and learn from the people themselves - which any leader should, to understand the people you're governing.

Spoiler: Video - Long but gives you the general idea

 

[andy25100]

i agree, here's molly lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OAnX9uJ8Hk

 

[Verlander]

I dislike how people think Stephen Fry is perfect. He's far from perfect, and has made some questionable statements as well as actions in the past. He seems like a great bloke, but not the God-figure (pun intended) people make him out to be.

I'm gonna go fictional, and say Commander Vimes from Discworld. Or even just Terry Pratchett. A fantastic mind, and an atheist, to stop all of the other atheist wingers from moaning that a religious person can't be impartial.

 

[bobdonkey]

You bid a Stephen Fry, and I'll raise you a Jeremy Clarkson! Why? ... Because he can't do any worse than the lot that are already there. * And Stephen Fry is far too nice to be a politician.

I'll moderate your Jeremy Clarkson with a James May. Less likely to destroy the world as part of some hair-brained scheme.

 

[Antari]

You bid a Stephen Fry, and I'll raise you a Jeremy Clarkson! Why? ... Because he can't do any worse than the lot that are already there. * And Stephen Fry is far too nice to be a politician.

I'll moderate your Jeremy Clarkson with a James May. Less likely to destroy the world as part of some hair-brained scheme.

You haven't been keeping an eye on this season of Top Gear have ya? ... James is just as dangerous ... but heck vote all 3 of them in. Atleast we'd get some explosions!

 

[SckizoBoy]

Jeremy Hardy

He's patently the maddest individual in existence (any of you Escapist fans of the BBC show NewsQuiz should know what I'm on about), but he does talk sense.

 

[Jazoni89]

Hugh Grant from Love Actually. Who doesn't want a Prime Minster giving speeches like that? Not that you all know what I'm on about.

Forgetting the fact that he is a womanising piece of shit...yeah i guess.

My choice would be Simon Pegg, everything about him just screams awesome, and with his crazyness he would make a great leader.

Rob Swire.

1) He has a cool accent
2) He'd purge pop stars
3) He's Australian
4) He's the musical messiah.
5) He'd invent a BFG 9000, turn up on Glee, and kill them all.

Somebody hasn't heard Immersion, that album has pop trash written all over it.

Pendulum was much better as a strictly drum and bass group.

 

[BlackWidower]

James Randi. He lives in the States now, but he's born and raised Canadian. King of the skeptics, and a master of illusion and rationality. He's on my top 20 list of greatest people ever.

Don't actually ask me for the full list since I don't actually have one.

 

[Irridium]

Steven Colbert. He knows how to fix our debt.

Just let it climb to infinity, then turn it by 90 degrees. Then its just 8.
Genius!

 

[Black Prism Adel]

Rob Swire.

1) He has a cool accent
2) He'd purge pop stars
3) He's Australian
4) He's the musical messiah.
5) He'd invent a BFG 9000, turn up on Glee, and kill them all.

he's actually british!!
and i second the motion of stephan fry being prime minaster

 

[TimeLord]

Jeremy Clarkson! He would make this country great again!
You know it would work!

Or David Tennant

 

[Biosophilogical]

I'd probably go with Stephen Fry, but I'd rather not risk the UK's national treasure with the corrupting influence of .... wait for it ... *dun dun dun* ... Politics!!!