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Post by barneynedward on Jun 17, 2018 20:36:13 GMT -5
Daphne. Scrappy and Flim Flam are too young. Scooby's heart is in the right place, but he just doesn't have the political...finesse, shall we say. Fred...Fred's solution to everything is to split up and look for clues, even when it's better to cut to the chase. A president needs to be flexible. And a president with a tendency for bribery doesn't sit well with me. Velma's good intellectually, but she's too much of a doormat, following Fred's plans without a thought. Daphne is a bit better, she showed a real backbone in the 80's series and she shows real nerves of steel-she still goes investigating even though she's been kidnapped. While she does follow Fred complacently, she displays much more of a mind of her when he's not around. I'd also make an argument for Shaggy. While he is prone to bribery, he has a very strong work ethic and that's always good for presidency. Although, he does have a tendency to go to any length to avoid conflict-a doormat for a president isn't a good thing. But all in all, I think Daphne would be the best president. The Gang may bribe Shaggy with Scooby snacks but he would never take a political kind of bribe. He may love food but he's still honest.
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Post by candy1026 on Jun 18, 2018 14:27:32 GMT -5
Do we REALLY know that?
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Post by vakanai on Jun 24, 2018 22:33:48 GMT -5
Fred. Problem then is what to do when he traps Roosevelt's ghost and discovers it is Kim Jung Un?
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Post by candy1026 on Jun 25, 2018 18:10:08 GMT -5
I hate to break it to you, but if Fred becomes president, he's not gonna have time for trapping ghosts, real or fake.
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Post by manbearpig on Jun 25, 2018 18:31:28 GMT -5
Keep in mind that the US is a nuclear superpower.
Scooby - he's a dog, children mostly love dogs but they can't vote, so he doesn't count. I wouldn't give an access to nuclear warheads to a dog too.
Shaggy - his foodie lifestyle would be a major cost for the tax payer. Moreover, he would be prone to corruption (we all know how much would he do for a Scooby Snack). I can't imagine such a cowardly fool negotiating with Putin and Kim. On the other hand, he seems less likely to use nukes.
Daphne - she's smart enough, rich enough to finance her campaign and would have a good PR as a social pretty face but she's too danger-prone, so no nuclear suitcase for her.
Fred - he's quite intelligent and the most charismatic of the whole Gang, but there are two problems with him. The first problem is that his plans rarely work, not a good trait for a lider of superpower. The second one is his social awkwardness that would lead him to commit many faux-pas in domestic and foreign affairs which mixed with nuclear weapons would be, well... explosive.
Velma - as the President would be a technocratic mastermind making resonable decisions after an extensive analysis. However, she would have despotic tendencies as a know-it-all. That and her low charisma along with poor social skills would cause low popularity of her presidency among citizens and tensions with world leaders. But she wouldn't use nukes, that's too foolish for her.
So, my verdict is: FRED with Velma as his voice of reason (the Vicepresident or the White House Chief of Staff or the Secretary of Defence or State etc.).
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Post by barneynedward on Jun 25, 2018 19:48:21 GMT -5
Shaggy may act as live bait to catch criminals for Scooby Snacks but he's too honest to take bribes from corporate lobbyists in exchange for having the justice department look the other way while the companies they represent blatantly break the law. Corrupt CEOs are more likely to be successful if they threaten him with assassination to make him do what they want him to.
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Post by barneynedward on Jun 25, 2018 19:52:01 GMT -5
he'd understand the consequences for a political bribe enough to be too afraid to take any. However he will dance to the tune of say Monsanto or Halliburton if say Dick Cheney or Monsanto's CEO were to threaten him with death or bodily harm. Those men are both rich and powerful enough to allow them to get away with such crimes. The only reason he'd sell us out would be out of self-preservation. Even then, Velma would most likely be his first lady and she'd keep that from happening by making sure a good enough case could be made against those executives to convict them despite their wealth and power. Also Fred and Daphne would have some role in his administration. Really the most likely scenario is that he'd get elected then immediately get scared off by the responsibilities and danger that come with the job and he'd resign immediately. In all likely hood though, he probably wouldn't make it to the primaries before dropping out of the race. My point though is that when it counts he manages to stay honest.
Velma would be the best choice. Fred would overrun the white house with booby traps that would ensnare our allies when they visit the states.
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Post by vakanai on Jun 27, 2018 2:16:01 GMT -5
I hate to break it to you, but if Fred becomes president, he's not gonna have time for trapping ghosts, real or fake. Yeah, but there is no way I'm going to think about possible real world implications behind putting a cartoon character like Fred as the leader of the free world. I start thinking of Scooby and the gang in the White House, I start thinking of it as a silly new mystery.
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