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Super President<\/em><\/a> was an actual cartoon, running back in 1967. But for today, we can consider that a lead-in to the Top5.com “Little Fivers”<\/a> Comics list:<\/p>\n

The Top 10 Differences If Superheroes Ran the Government<\/strong><\/em>
\n10> We could finally lift the trade embargo with Cuba. Heck, we could lift Cuba.
\n9> After President Starfox, the Clinton Years are looked back on fondly as a time when the President knew how to behave himself.
\n8> The Secret Service isn’t concerned with taking a bullet for the President — they’re more worried about bullets ricocheting off him.
\n7> Stringent new Federal sentencing guidelines for people convicted of secret-identity theft.
\n6> Lower Defense budgets, but the White House “permanent reconstruction fund” is *huge!*
\n5> The administration flies all over the country and the world, but Air Force One is never used.
\n4> President Punisher deploys every resource of the government to deal with whatever threats he perceives, regardless of due process or national sovereignty. So, no difference, really.
\n3> The trains would run on time. They would also be derailed daily by giant mutant ape-creatures and multi-limbed super-villains, but other than that, they’d run on time.
\n2> The threat of nuclear retaliation is replaced by the threat of sending Ambassador Bruce Banner for a visit.
\n&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp … and the Number 1 Difference If Superheroes Ran the Government…<\/em>
\n1> Assassination does not necessarily end a president’s term in office.<\/p>\n

Contributers: Eric Severstad (1), Eric Wakeford (2), Craig Israel (3), Alvaro Ibanez(4, 9), Marc Berard (5, 8), Marcelo Rinesi (6), Bernard Donohue (7, 10)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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