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In this thread we discuss fictional presidents from movies/TV and speculate on their political affiliations if it's not explicitly stated in the film.

Let's start with Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore in the movie Independence Day. What do you think?

If they're good guys then I assume the filmmakers intend them to be democrats. Bad guys are republicans.

The author is DEAD in this thread. Artist intent matters not!

There hasn’t been a Democratic president who was a combat veteran since LBJ. I don’t think Pullman was old enough for him to be a Vietnam vet (maybe? He was in his early 40s when the movie was filmed), but if he was, I’d wager he was a Republican. Not a Gingrich-era, Contract With America GOPer, but a slightly further right version of Clinton. Can’t stop thinking about how his wife acted like she was meeting the aliens when she had to interact with a black family.

Someone else do David Palmer from 24.

Simple Torture wrote:Someone else do David Palmer from 24.

Whig

Simple Torture wrote:There hasn’t been a Democratic president who was a combat veteran since LBJ. I don’t think Pullman was old enough for him to be a Vietnam vet (maybe? He was in his early 40s when the movie was filmed), but if he was, I’d wager he was a Republican. Not a Gingrich-era, Contract With America GOPer, but a slightly further right version of Clinton. Can’t stop thinking about how his wife acted like she was meeting the aliens when she had to interact with a black family.

He was a fighter pilot, but several years before Bush became a president, so I guess it's not modelled after him.

Bush Sr was a pilot, so it could have been influenced by him.

It's settled then. Next.

Maybe this shouldn't be a poll

ANNOUNCEMENT: I am removing the poll

The Bad Dudes president:

Jorge wrote:Maybe this shouldn't be a poll

I didn’t even notice there was a poll, my bad!

BurtReynolds wrote:The Bad Dudes president:

Is it a McDonald’s quarter pounder that has been sitting on a plate for 3 hours? If so, he’s MAGA.

Next:

Simple Torture wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:The Bad Dudes president:

Is it a McDonald’s quarter pounder that has been sitting on a plate for 3 hours? If so, he’s MAGA.

His name was Ronnie.

Pullman def a moderate republican in ID4

Simple Torture wrote:Next:

President Camacho: Green Party

96583UP wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:Next:

President Camacho: Green Party

Because Brawndo is green and has what plants crave?

Jorge wrote:In this thread we discuss fictional presidents from movies/TV and speculate on their political affiliations if it's not explicitly stated in the film.

Let's start with Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore in the movie Independence Day. What do you think?

From Wikipedia:

Party Affiliation: Democrat (mentioned in novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independe ... ok_series)