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Off YOUR Mind: Would Captain America (or Another Hero) Make a Good President?

We all have opinions, now is the time to share yours.

You've probably heard the news. Captain America became the President in the Ultimate Universe. There's a bunch of stuff going on which lead to him becoming the choice for the job. This isn't the first time the idea has been tossed about. CAPTAIN AMERICA #250 (from 1980) immediately comes to mind. We've often thought what it'd be like to have Cap or Superman (remember the Kryptonian birthing matrix origin that made it so he technically was born on the rocket when it landed in Smallville?) as President. Now the Ultimate Universe will see the Super Soldier as the President.

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This week's question is, would Captain America, or another superhero, make a good President? If you don't think Cap would be the best choice, who do think would be? Could someone like Cap give up being a superhero in order to perform the Presidential duties? Would they have to hang up their spandex in order to wear suits and sit around the White House?

Let us know in the comments below.

Tony Guerrero is the Editor-in-Chief of Comic Vine. You can follow him on Twitter @GManFromHeck. He has no desire to be the President of the United States. He'll settle for being President of Comic Vine.

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Most folks wouldn't feel comfortable having a dude in tights running their nation. But in the comicverse it's compatible. The U.S is on the verge of collapse, politics were out the door so of course the people in Ultimate verse choose their hero to be their president. Good luck Cap! Don't forget to train Miles Morales while you're saving the U.S.

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Cap's a symbol and a leader, but not in a political sense.

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@zackattack529 said:

Bruce Wayne should run for president with Lucious Fox as his Vice President, Alfred as his senior Advisor. Bruce also has strong ties to the JLA which he is a member himself therefore we have the greatest defense, he always has Batman INC for foreign affairs. and many more things that can support his claim.

also just a side note, if Lex Luthor wasn't EVIL and SELFISH...he'd probably make the best president in history. no joke

I agree Bruce Wayne for president

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@Strafe Prower: No, probably not. But I can dream.

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@Wolverine0628: Waller? No.

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I always considered the Captain America of the ultimate universe to be more of a ..well, a jerk than the 616 universe CA. Hard to tell. I think the 616 version would make a better president, maybe?

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OK... here goes my rant of the month;

We need a leader, not a hero.

And no, the two terms are not mutually inclusive IMHO. We need someone who knows how to be an authentic man (or woman) - not someone who we can all collectively raise above what it means to be human. To be human, is to be flawed ... to be heroic is to learn from our mistakes, not hide from them or make pretense to sainthood. The last thing we need is to adhere to a figure as our leader who embodies, and in his or her own way, demands purported perfection.

America suffers under the brainwashed 'hero' cult worship enough as it is (thanks Hollywood).

We're a country of idealists who seem to enjoy having our 'bubble' burst ... Hollywood has us all brainwashed. Being idealistic isn't bad in and of itself when tempered with just proportion. A little idealism can be quite healthy. But we want to make heroes of everyone - our movie stars, our pop stars, our athletes, our MMA fighters - we've forgotten what it is to be human and no longer tolerate one another's humanity as it were (or our own) as a result and have grown highly unrealistic. We've learned to love crucifying people for their mistakes, even finding our entertainment in such. We've lost touch with what it means to understand, forgive and to educate, and so have learned to hide from our own shortcomings for fear of falling to the same judgement and punishing consequences.

We're hypocrites in that way - we raise people upon pedestals only to tear them down. Often for exhibiting flaws we ourselves are guilty of but hide well away from the public eye (rotting us from the inside out because we fail to deal with it in a healthy manner). We collectively lack the courage to be human and to be human is to be flawed but always striving to be a better version than we were yesterday. If we can't face ourselves openly and realistically, are we so surprised when our children and subsequent generations are just as lost if not more so?

If we forget what it means to be human and remain brainwashed by unrealistic ideals, we eventually lose touch with our own humanity. Worse, we learn not to address our faults, to sweep things under the rug for fear of judgement from others and ourselves passing on our ignorance to our children and children's children. Until our closets get so dirty we fall from grace or become incredibly imbalanced (psychology is a profession in increasing demand).

The last thing we need is a hero at the apex of the pyramid exuding all that is ideal, dealing with the evils of the world with his biceptual brawn, whilst pretending his sh!t don't stink. Evil is defeated from the inside out, starting with ourselves. We need to educate first, not punch first then ask questions later.

Them there are my two cents, so no, I would rather an authentic human being than a 'purported' super one as leader of the free world.

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@monkeyonurback_ said:

batman would be a good president for america cuz he'd make guns illegal and remove the death penalty...

I believe in the right to bear arms and the death penalty. I would never vote for Batman....lol

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If I'm gonna have a super for a President, I wanna go all out. I want a President who won't let politics interfere with government. Someone who doesn't know how to be slowed down, redirected, or stopped.

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MR MAJESTIC!!!! Superman with political leadership experience and no inhibitions! Strong enough to rearrange the solar system on a whim, crush a pencil into a diamond, and invent new techno-shit in seconds!

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@lostlantern13: This

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There's only one person I think could pull it off...

"With great power comes great responsibility and I, Spider-Man, know that because I live my life by those profound words. Possessing superhuman abilities is one thing but becoming the most powerful man in the free world is another. Yes, Hulk, someone is more powerful than you (pause for laughs).

My opponents say I crack jokes and don’t take things seriously, but I do that with clear intent and purpose: to unnerve my opponents and help keep a level head in trying times, and let me tell you I have been tried a time or two.

I won’t say I’m perfect, far from it in fact, but I do my best to learn from my mistakes and become a better hero to the world and person to my friends and family. The role of this office is to protect the beliefs and people of this great nation and I solemnly swear to you that I will protect it with every last strand of web in this body. My name is Spider-Man and I would be honored and humbled to be the next President of the United States."

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@Chaos Burn: You don't see a problem with the borderline fascism involved in the police state that Bruce inevitably winds up creating in most future histories?

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well in 2099 Doom made an excellent president

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I'm willing to bet this will lead into another "Hero vs Hero" cross over.

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batman would be a good president for america cuz he'd make guns illegal and remove the death penalty...

captain america is good too cuz he knows the horrors of war and i don't think he'd rush them back into fighting for nothing..

superman would be a crappy president imo..he grew up on a farm and has no experience (and america's already had a president like that and it didn't work out)

tony stark COULD be good because of how he stopped the manufacturing of weaponry but his stance in civil war was pretty conservative and he's also an alcoholic so i think he could be a pain...

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Lex Luthor, he didn't do to bad..... right?

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Maybe it is the uber-patriotic fan-boy in me talking, but I would totally vote for Cap as president.

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How's Cap gonna create jobs?

He may have some good ideas on foreign policy but he won;t be able to appease Wall Street.

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i think so, but his cabinet wud be all superheroes too, tony, reed, hank pym, professor x....all the great minds of the marvel universe

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No. I think what makes a good superhero effective is that they don't necessarily have to answer to anyone. They can just make what they think is the right decision and do what has to be done. Being President would gum up that entire process because every decision has to go through x-amount of people before an action can be taken.

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how is it gonna look when the president busts into a country and starts bustin up fools with the rest of the Avengers? its gona be a political sh*t show. i dont really believe in the superhero vs civilian identity, i think you need to make a choice or one/both sides of your life are going to suffer, look at Spider-man. Cap can do the super hero thing, but if he starts goin up against enemies from different countries then the media will have a hey-day with it. Cap vs Russia, Cap vs Wakanda, Cap vs Mexico. FOX news will rip the guy apart for any negative action.

on the other hand id love to have been apart of Ultimate Thor's hippie convent from the first series of the Ultimates.

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Hasn't every itetiration of "President Captain America" ended with him being a facist?

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Objectively speaking Cap is a soldier, so frankly I don't see him being a good president. But then again I'm not American so I don't really have a say, eh ?

Really the only person I can see doing a relatively nice job of it is probably movie version Pepper Potts. Coulson would probably make a great VP too.

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No. despite People seeing JFK or Regan as heroes, icons.Politicians argue for a few days then take four months off......congress. Heroes are like volunteers, who build homes or work in soup lines, they should focus on crisis not politics, contrary to what Marvel says lol :P

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Cap would make an EXCELLENT president- provided he could transition from soldier to statesman. In Captain America we have the best of what American culture produces and such character-driven clarity of purpose would be a good fit in the White House.

How he'd deal with the brinksmanship & game playing would be FUN to watch!

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@Mad_Wolverine: I APPROVE !

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pres supes
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I don't want a POTUS who punches folks in the face--unless it's Harrison Ford.

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As a Brit what I really want to see is Grant Morrison as prime minister!

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Slade Wilson, Oliver Queen, Lex Luthor, Bruce Wayne, and Tony Stark. Those I could see as president.

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It depends; some might be able to do this, but the majority of them: Absolutely not. The problem with superheroes in general is that for the most part, they are vigilantes. Meaning, they work outside the system because to a certain extent, they have given up on working within the system. And many of them are very irresponsible. To be a good president, you need to be willing to concede a point to build political capital to win another point; most heroes are used to an all-or-nothing approach to the world.

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Why not, they couldn't do any worse than the real presidents.

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Wait is there a VP

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As far as Marvel, I say anyone with experience in running a country, T'Challa, Magneto, or my personal favorite, Cable. I think Nate had a decent plan with trying to unify the world, and he actually wanted peace.

As for DC, as much as I love Grayson and Nightwing, we all know Tim Drake would make a much better President than him or Bruce. Tim has that compassion and he isn't driven by vengeance. I'm talking Pre-New52 Tim of course.

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Batman 2012

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I think people are basing this off of our world and not the Ultimate Marvel Universe. The writers get to make the choices there. They don't have our people in this gray area I keep hearing about holding them back. Captain America will still not make a good President because Marvel won't allow him to become so. This whole thing is just a repeat, recycling the same story, stating the same message over and over again. Which will be that the World doesn't want saving, it wants to be left alone to do what it wants, and that Steve Rogers is not the right man for the job.

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Yes!!!!
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They always do a What If Captain America had become President in the comics, he seems like the most logical choice, but its always ends up he doesn't run or its a What If story. He ran for President in the 1602 story, he ran in a What If, he almost ran in the 616 universe, he was President in the Marvel Mangaverse, and apparently he was a president and a pawn in another alternate reality what if story. Him being President is almost perfect for the Ultimate Comics, only slightly less perfect because Ultimate Steve Rogers isn't exactly Steve Rogers either. But Its close enough that it would be cool. It will have long lasting effects, like the death of Peter Parker, and the massacre of the X-Men. Its the closest thing you can get to the regular 616 Steve Rogers actually being president.

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@DarthShap: @JamDamage: @Mad_Wolverine: @Vincie_Pooh: @kfhrfdu_89_76k:

If anyone was running for president here is their running mate/ Vice President.

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http://www.comicvine.com/captain-america-cap-for-president/37-20724/

Nicely sums things up

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Vote J Jonah Jameson, 2016!

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No I don't think Cap will make a good president. He's too right/wrong, there is no grey area with him. I'm not sure a superhero could be a president.

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Superman for president.

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Captain America would get shot the second he would be elected. Seriously.