Top 5 Movie Presidents We'd Be Better Off With

So I didn’t get to see any new movies this week, but I can assume is that if you like action, explosions, and Tom Cruise running then you are going to like Jack Reacher 2: The Reachening. With that in mind I wanted to make a top 5 list, and since we are in the midst of a political season with two of the most disliked candidates in recent American history, I thought I’d write about the top 5 movie presidents with whom we’d be better off. It would be too easy to make a list of good movie presidents like Morgan Freeman and Harrison Ford, so instead I’m going to go with the presidents who would be just one notch above the current offerings, with one particular business man setting the bar where it is.

Just missing the list: President Will Cooper (Pixels) - No matter what happens I think we can probably do better than President Kevin James.

5) The President (Love Actually)

This president seems likes kind of mixture of former presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush. I’m sure there are people out there who wouldn’t mind go back to the simpler time of either one of those two. Is Great Britain one of our oldest and most important allies? Yes. But we can’t be expected to sacrifice our country’s own interest for them, and this president understands that. He also movies fast and takes what he wants, and in an age of crippling bureaucracy a man who can get things done quickly is a welcome change.

4) President Benjamin Asher (Olympus Has Fallen; London Has Fallen)

I’m not sure how he keeps getting captured, but really that means he’s willing to put the well-being of others above himself. He shows strength in the face of his enemies and knows which situations call for negotiations and which don’t. President Asher has a proven track record of dealing with terrorism successfully, which will help us in the future war on terror. And he knows he can trust the team he built to help him get out of tough situations… well most of his team. If nothing else, President Asher picked Morgan Freeman as his Vice-President, so we know if he gets captured a third time the country will be in good hands.

3) President James Dale (Mars Attacks)

The man helped to make contact with extraterrestrial life and showed them just how welcoming we can be. He also put in his best effort to understand our foreign visitors’ culture and asks the public around him to respect what may offend our neighbors, things like doves.  President Dale also understands the importance of the Judicial Branch of government, especially once the entire Legislative Branch is burnt to a crisp. He’s right—two out three ain’t bad.

2) President Merkin Muffley (Dr. Strangelove) 

Yes his political maneuvering leaves something to be desired, but if we gave President Muffley a second chance I think there is a less than 50% chance it would end in a nuclear apocalypse—strong leaders learn from their mistakes. Before all this stuff with the bomb goes down, President Muffley developed a relationship with the U.S.S.R. and was not afraid to have an open dialogue with a known enemy. He’s shown that he is the kind of President who will be around to make those tough calls at 3 A.M. He is willing to admit when he has made a mistake and apologize a trait not every candidate possesses.

1) President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Idocracy)

The man is a fighter. In that he was previously a professional wrestler. Not just any wrestler, but a 5-time-champion, so he knows what it takes to win. He also knows how to stay on message and talk to his constituency as he demonstrates in the State of the Union clip below. President Camacho also wants to surround himself with the smartest people on the planet in order to fix the country’s biggest problems. That is a tactic I can support.

So best of luck to all of you on November 8th (or for some of you November 28th) on choosing the candidate you think is best fit to run the country.