According to Reuters, a poll of British TV viewers has revealed their choices for the American television character they think would make the best President of the U.S.
The most obvious choice...Martin Sheen's ever-witty and erudite Josiah Barlet from The West Wing...was in fact only the runner-up in the poll.
The winner? America's most lovable lunkhead, Homer Simpson.
As an American, I should probably be insulted but I choose instead to be amused. Heck, the Simpson Administration would certainly be a down-to-Earth affair and Homer is certainly as accomplished as any candidate (among other things, he's a former astronaut and a Grammy-winning singer.) We could do worse (and we often have.)
Others receiving votes in the poll include: the pompous Dr. Fraiser Crane, the vigilant Gil Grissom (from CSI), Phil Silvers' immortal Sgt. Bilko, the intrepid if sleepless Jack Bauer (from 24), America's favorite Dad, Dr. Cliff Huxtable (from the Cosby Show), Phoebe Buffay (the spacey but lovable ditz from Friends), and, perhaps most intriguingly, our favorite manic depressive Mafia thug, Tony Soprano (who would probably be able to have Osama bin Laden tracked down in no time flat and save the government the bother and expense of a long trial in the process.)
If I was a more cynical person I would believe that our British friends were not taking our Presidential election very seriously :-)
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