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Oddly, you'd be correct 99% of the time but in Jon's case he is actually highly experienced with dealings on Capitol Hill.

After leaving The Daily Show, Stewart maintained a low profile in entertainment industry circles, but used his celebrity and voice in a sustained advocacy for 9/11 first responders and war veterans' health benefits. In 2019, he received the New York City Bronze Medallion for his "tireless advocacy, inspiration, and leadership (helping to) pass the permanent authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act". He continued using his platform as an advocate for veterans by being instrumental in helping pass the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022, which expands healthcare access and funding to veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service including burn pits.

Kind of agree, but he has shown he's willing to fight for great causes despite his notoriety, he tends to speak truth to power, and he already knows what it means to be famous, so I guess it's better than a lot of alternatives.

He has his hands on the pulse of the collective conscience, he's used to keeping up on current events and really understanding the common sentiments associated with them, has experience managing a team of support staff, has great people skills, genuine good will, and an intention to have a positive influence on society.

Honestly, what more does a president need? They can appoint relevant experts for their cabinet picks, they don't really need to have any expertise or political experience themselves as long as they have the qualities listed above.

In this specific case it's not just blind celebrity worship, he has solid experience pressuring legislators into doing the right things like with helping 9/11 firefighters, he's generally on the correct side of most issues that affect the working class, and is a very good rhetorician (acknowledging that his show has other writers as well) to give speeches and communicate to the populace.

Reagan and Trump have proven that actors and media personalities are extraordinarily good at pushing their agendas. The problem isn't that they were/are celebrities. The problem is that their agendas suck.

Stewart has consistently demonstrated his agenda, on the air and as a lobbyist. His agenda doesn't suck. His agenda is what this country has been looking for my entire lifetime.

Don't cockblock my candidate.

What kind of preparation would Jon Stewart have to be a good President of the USA? other than being famous?

He has shown that he has the very necessary ability to say, "I don't know." And him being famous for what he does has put him in the unique position to follow it up with, "But I know some people who might..."

He has also demonstrated the very essential ability to listen when the smart people (and Doris Kearns-Goodwin) are talking.

Do I think he would be a good president? No. He's very much a liberal capitalist that worships the status quo we had under Clinton.

It's just that he demonstrates the qualities of a good leader that people are searching for in these demon days.

That's actually exactly what he's saying. He just can't say it directly because it would impact his popularity.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/62154821/23927704

Actually… celebrity worship of this type is why America is in the hole it is in.

Actually, it isn't. Sure, Trump is from reality TV but without the four decades of neoliberal rot hollowing out the country people aren't desperate enough to think this fool can fix everything alone.

Trump's popularity is a product of decades of austerity, lax antitrust enforcement, and reverse welfare.

We lost that war a long time ago friend.

https://youtu.be/dechvhb0Meo

He says and I'm paraphrasing here, that the person who asks him that question is threatening him with a twilight zone like curse. He is trying to say it politely but he doesn't want the job and that the question comes from a place of frustration.

True. Instead he spoke to why a person would ask him or someone like Colbert or Kimmel to be president. Though, in his answer, you can hear he doesn't want the role.

He does, he essentially says don't put your faith in me as doing so signals you have already given up.

Its not a single one-worded answer of course, and that's because it's understood a question like that requires some explanation of why you would come to the end conclusion.

You can quite obviously hear him say that he's a terrible person for the job.

He's an entertainer, he needs to be popular with his audience, and thus he needs to disguise negative feedback with humor.

If he spoke plainly, he would have said to the guy wanting him to run for president "you barely know me, you just heard like 5 sentences you like and you're already wanting me for president. That's totally stupid, but it's understandable because these 5 sentences are already better than anything you heard from Trump. I'm not even a good candidate and you'd still take me just so you don't have to have Trump. So no, please actually try to elect someone that'd be good at the job, don't force me to do it who would suck. Look at what I'm doing now, I can't even plainly tell you what I think, my desire for approval is so high. Be happy that I only use my charm for random humoric nonsense, if I'd use my charm for personal gain I'd basically be Trump, he also was mainly an entertainer."

So yeah, while he doesn't answer it directly, he does his best of trying to answer it based on the constraints that his person is being placed under.