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Nasty Pasty
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I think if the show had lasted longer, they would have had a storyline where Zapp became President.
Now THAT would have been entertaining.
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Nasty Pasty
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Originally posted by Old Skool Prop: Kif could run against Zapp! Now that would be cool! I could picture Kif having a well-put-together campaign, amazing ideas to fix the economy, and plans to make society a perfect place. And then Zapp wins because he promises to legalize prostitution or something. *cue Kif's sigh*
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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Originally posted by Nasty Pasty: I think if the show had lasted longer, they would have had a storyline where Zapp became President.
Now THAT would have been entertaining. Eh, a bit too close to reality to be really good satire. By Slackit02: ie Arnold S in Cali - no way Im able to spell that name) Cali fornia or SchwarzenggerFxjkhr, the 60th president, was an alien. I think they only require you to have an Earthican citizenship to be electable. Many nations today have citizenship as the only requirement, not being born in the country. When they drew Old Freeby, most nations probably opted for the "Citizenship Only" rule. As for Mars, did they ever mention whether the planet was an independent state or an Earthican colony? Then there's the hole DOOP thing, are all DOOPians electable on the member world they reside on, or does DOOP citizenship mean nothing in this context. The EU have a chapter in it's charter that make all its citizens electable at local elections (county, etc) in the area the reside in, regardless of origin.
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i_c_weiner
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I don't think they ever metioned if Mars was an independent state or an Earthican colony, though it's probally a mix of both. Somebody probally knows which.
Nice spelling of Arnold Schwarzengger. I'd never know.
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Nerd-o-rama
Urban Legend
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Originally posted by Teral Fxjkhr, the 60th president, was an alien. I think they only require you to have an Earthican citizenship to be electable. Many nations today have citizenship as the only requirement, not being born in the country. When they drew Old Freeby, most nations probably opted for the "Citizenship Only" rule. I was waiting for someone to bring that up. I was going to point it out as evidence for the "aliens can be elected" theory, but then I remembered that something similar had happened in American history. After Franklin Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms, a Constitutional Amendment was passed to enforce the traditional two-term limit. If they did this after one of the top three most popular Presidents in American history (and the only one of those three that wasn't assassinated, ironically) they probably would have done something similar after a president depicted as sitting enthroned on a pile of human skulls. Anyway, since the Earthican Constitution seems to follow the American one, there is probably no rule other than tradition that says "humans only," but rather a requirement that the President be a native-born Earthican and a citizen of Earth for X amount of years. In this case, Leela would qualify*, and Amy might or might not, depending on whether Mars is a colony, and whether the colonial residents are considered naturalized Earthican citizens. *Possibly. Her "official" planet of origin is indeterminate, since the Orphanarium had no way of knowing whether she was born on Earth to "alien" parents or on their homeworld. Also, someone would probably find out she was a mutant, or she would have to admit it, and in the future that's roughly equivalent to a black man running for president in the 50's in America.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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Originally posted by Nerd-o-rama: I was waiting for someone to bring that up. You set me up? I trusted you man! How could you? I was going to point it out as evidence for the "aliens can be elected" theory, but then I remembered that something similar had happened in American history. After Franklin Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms, a Constitutional Amendment was passed to enforce the traditional two-term limit. If they did this after one of the top three most popular Presidents in American history (and the only one of those three that wasn't assassinated, ironically) they probably would have done something similar after a president depicted as sitting enthroned on a pile of human skulls. Yeah, i considered that for a brief moment, but decided they wouldn't do a "Roosevelt" after Fxjkhr. 2 explanations, the first one is boring, the second one is in Groening's spirit. 1) In a perfect society politicians would be elected based on their skills, integrity and honesty alone, their birthplace would be of no consequence. History is full of examples of great empires how fell because their rulers were appointed based on family connections and traditions alone (aka nepotism), meaning more often than not idiots were put in charge because they were the son of the king, with catastrophic results. Anyway, maybe the citizens of Earth decided "hey we're not that easily scared. We know Fxjkhr was a fluke, but hey one bad apple wont spoil the crop". Or something to that extent. 2) How do we even know Fxjkhr was a bad president? He was the 60th president. Okay, let's say the foundation of a unified Earth is quite a bit into the future, say 400 years. Furthermore the term of Earthican presidents seem to be 4 years as well, meaning Fxjkhr ruled sometime during 2700's (there's bound to be some presidents running double-terms). Okay, that means his statue have been around for several centuries, and have been kept in pristine condition. If he was such a bloodthirsty monster, murdering untold millions of Earthicans don't you think they would destroyed the statue long ago. Or some rebels would've vandalized it? Actually the condition of the statue indicates a grateful people, honoring a great president. For all we know he could've been "Fxhjkr, the Consensus Builder", rebuilding the economy, easing social tensions, building roads, hospitals, libraries.... If you ask me Fxhjkr just had a lousy spin doctor ... Anyway, since the Earthican Constitution seems to follow the American one, there is probably no rule other than tradition that says "humans only," but rather a requirement that the President be a native-born Earthican and a citizen of Earth for X amount of years. In this case, Leela would qualify*, and Amy might or might not, depending on whether Mars is a colony, and whether the colonial residents are considered naturalized Earthican citizens.
*Possibly. Her "official" planet of origin is indeterminate, since the Orphanarium had no way of knowing whether she was born on Earth to "alien" parents or on their homeworld. Also, someone would probably find out she was a mutant, or she would have to admit it, and in the future that's roughly equivalent to a black man running for president in the 50's in America. Still think only Earthican citizenship applies, since both Joahn Jackson and Jack Johnson were clones and according to Farnsworth clones technically aren't born.
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Fry123475
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Originally posted by Futurama Crazy: I think farnsworth would make a good president! Hehe Farnsworth making a speech! Farnsworth:*Snoring*.............*Wakes up*Wahhh?
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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Originally posted by cujoe169: is it me or is that zoidberg looking all raggedy in the upper left corner of the crowd... It's Harold Zoid, not Zoidberg.
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