Who would you vote for President/PM out of...

I voted for Mickey Mouse once in an uncontested election. I insisted that I get a write-in ballot to do so.

FORTIFY ME CAP'N!


count chocula is pretty RIO though


BOO BERRY :D

Frankenberry is totally overrated!

I went with Noam Chomsky: I think we've had enough ultra-capitalism for the time being. Although any one of those choices would be a huge improvement over Dubya

debrewguy wrote: jimmy_row wrote: Umm, Noam Chomsky knows EVERYTHING, he is the man...I think it would be great to have people like that - more academic, philisophically oriented - in the political system.  Of course it's probably a contradiction, as it always goes...someone with morals and integrity wouldn't WANT to be involved in the first place... Morals & Integrity may not be the simple attributes you would assign to politician or leader. You may want to ask A certain soon to be ex-prez as to his opinion of his. And his supporters (ever dwindling as they may be in numbers) would certainly rate him highly as well on both these two qualities. The other thing is that generally speaking, intellectuals do poorly as leaders as they tend to assume that because they know more, they also automatically know better. Then, too often, it turns into a game of the end justifying the means.

"moral" was probably a bad word to use...there really is no such thing in an intercultural stage anyway, everyone defines them differently.  I don't think anyone with sufficient knowledge of world politics would say W has INTEGRITY though, of course the same could be said of many...possibly most world leaders. 

jimmy_row wrote: Umm, Noam Chomsky knows EVERYTHING, he is the man...I think it would be great to have people like that - more academic, philisophically oriented - in the political system.  Of course it's probably a contradiction, as it always goes...someone with morals and integrity wouldn't WANT to be involved in the first place...

Morals & Integrity may not be the simple attributes you would assign to politician or leader. You may want to ask A certain soon to be ex-prez as to his opinion of his. And his supporters (ever dwindling as they may be in numbers) would certainly rate him highly as well on both these two qualities.
The other thing is that generally speaking, intellectuals do poorly as leaders as they tend to assume that because they know more, they also automatically know better. Then, too often, it turns into a game of the end justifying the means.

Rob 

Captain Crunch, of course.

ez. Jackie Chan because he'd turn into drunken master

Captain Crunch. There's nothing like starting off the day with a bowl of cereal, then having another for lunch (or dinner if you like), then topping it off with another for dinner (or supper if you like).