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Fey and Poehler 2016

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Fey and Poehler 2016

Ahhh 2015. What a time to be alive.

The sun is shining, the birds are singing and people are finally starting to shut up about the dress.

Although Miley Cyrus may be twerking on a mountain range in a small European country, perhaps this year is still filled with hope.

One can only look to 2016 and wonder what the world will be like.

Imagine it now: everything smells like roses, Jon Stewart is still miraculously on the Daily Show, Snoop Dogg releases his 21st album and then boom. It happens.

An event so disruptive thousands may have to cancel their TV provider.

Election season.

No matter if you’re sad to see dream team Obama-Biden go, a new duo will try to win our hearts and steal our wallets.

Could it be Hillary and her rainbow of pantsuits? Donald Trump and his toupee? Maybe even Chris Christie and his inevitable displays of embarrassment in public? Some guy no one knows about–people just vote for him because he has better hair than Donald Trump?

Who cares.

We all know who the next president and vice president should be: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

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Tina and Amy impersonating Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton on SNL. 

Who would be president, and who would be vice? Let’s be honest, people. They’d probably share the duty of president because we can’t decide who’s cooler.

Now you may be thinking why would two lady comedians make good presidential candidates?

Well I’ll tell you.

With a bullet point list.

Because people like those things.

  • They’re woman. And it’s about time we had some ladies running the White House, amirite?
  • They’re probably a lot funnier than any other presidential duo. Can you imagine George W. Bush crackin’ some jokes with Dick Cheney? Probably not. It’d be embarrassing.
  • They know a lot about current events. Have any other presidential candidates been Weekend Update anchors for SNL for eight years? I don’t think so.
  • They have experience dealing with NBC, the media in general, fictional local government and Alec Baldwin.
  • They look better in dresses. Imagine Bill Clinton and Al Gore in frilly pink dresses, then proceed to wash your mind with soap because no one needs that kind of negativity in their life.
  • They’ve already won our hearts with their successful careers. And let’s be honest, anyone who doesn’t like 30 Rock and Parks and Rec is lying.
  • They already have experience impersonating and making fun of real politicians. So basically they’re gonna have really good material for attack ads.
  • They’re not 400 years old. They still have hair! And it isn’t grey – wow!
  • They have good chemistry ‘cause they’re besties. Imagine Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush bonding over a few beers at a strip club. That’s right. Your can’t, can you?
  • They’d probably make a kick-ass reality TV show out of it. The Kardashians are already clogging up too much air time anyways.

So as you can see, that’s pretty much the essentials.

They’re cute. They’re funny. They make fun of celebrities. The whole package, really.

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Tina and Amy looking baller and totally confident to run the country in style. 

If America’s sweethearts ran the country, nobody would mess with us.

And plus, they’d probably do cool stuff like make Pluto a planet again and deport Justin Bieber for good.

Tina and Amy for President 2016!

First, America.

Next, a bathroom break.

Then, the world.

I'm a vocal jazz and journalism major from Hayden, Idaho. I enjoy making vegan treats, going on photo safaris, and jamming out to Madonna.

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