With the real White House changing hands this week, I started to reminisce about some of my favorite TV presidents past. In no particular order (other than from worst to best):

• Allison Taylor, 24: No offense intended, President Taylor, but we just don’t know much about you yet. To be honest, I don’t know any more about her than what was revealed in 24: Redemption‎. I’m just that behind. So, my best guess: it looks as if President Taylor’s son will be her downfall. For being determined enough to win the presidency, only to be undermined by your offspring (I assume), I have to rank Allison Taylor at the bottom of this list. Sorry! Read the rest of this entry »

NBC

Did you watch 30 Rock this week? The great news is that lots of people did! Ratings were way up from last season and I’m hopeful that the show can retain most of that audience. After all, I can’t imagine anyone not falling in love with 30 Rock. Tina Fey’s been the talk of the water cooler even since Sarah Palin got the vice presidential nomination.

I’m sure a large number of people saw her incredible impersonation and wanted to check out her regular gig. If you fall into this category, I have a message for you: Keep watching! You will not be disappointed. 30 Rock is the funniest show on TV, and the funniest show since Arrested Development. Gee… Who put this soapbox under my feet? I’ll just step right off that….

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Wikipedia

If you’ve been reading along, you already know that we are selecting our favorite TV character nominees for President. So far, we have had nods for Rupert Giles, the Head of Richard Nixon, Optimus Prime, and Laura Roslin. I would like to add former President Josiah Edward (Jed) Bartlet to the mix. Now, please bear with me, I can already hear some of your protests, but if we are allowed to nominate Brits and severed heads, then I think we can also nominate Jed.

So, if you’ll join me after the jump, I’ll elucidate on some of Jed’s pros and cons and hopefully you’ll agree with me that he would be the strongest candidate for the job. After all, he does have plenty of experience. Read the rest of this entry »

WB

Have you been following CliqueClack’s mock election process? We thought some of our fictional friends might run the country better than the actual presidential candidates. So far, we’ve nominated Laura Roslin, Optimus Prime and Richard Nixon’s Head for president.

So I suppose when I nominate Rupert Giles (a Brit???) as a candidate for the presidency, it won’t seem so strange … or will it? Join me after the jump for my official nomination “speech” — Rupert Giles for president; go Giles!

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