Where is the President?

[Brubaker]

New user here, named after my favorite character from Land. I recently became a fan of Romero's movies over the past few years and in watching the movies, I ended up wondering something. Maybe it is just me, but the only movie I noticed making a specific reference to the President was the 2004 Dawn remake. Where is the President in the Romero films because I never heard him mentioned, that I remember? I suppose from a timeline and storyline standpoint it would be a moot point, since society falls apart anyway. Just curious. WM

[Marie]

New user here, named after my favorite character from Land. Where is the President in the Romero films because I never heard him mentioned, that I remember Probably in Cheyenne<sp?> Mountain, but considering the depth of the epidemic.... maybe pieces of him are going through Zombie intestines about now.... Or maybe they sealed it off successfully. But people die inside of a mountain too... and the strange radiations (or whatever) probably work there too so it's only a matter of time. M_

[p2501]

the short answer is, dead or in a bunker.

[Tullaryx]

I think the President, his family and enough of his cabinet probably still surviving within one of the secret nuclear bunkers. The Secret Service would've made it their first and only priority that POTUS and his immediate family and those designated as important to running the government be moved to an ultra-secure location the moment the crisis went past containment phase. By this time I'm sure the Secret Service would have known that a single bite would've been fatal and thus killed anyone in the group who had been injured at some time. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire group decided on an aircraft carrier instead of a mountain or underground bunker to go to.

[Crow T R0bot]

If you listen carefully to the radio in Dawn '78. You can hear someone on the radio say "...the President has sent a package of initiatives to Congress...(something, something)..." And on the "DotD" DVD, one of the headlines on the close-up of the "THE DEAD WALK" Newspaper reads "President is missing" or something to that effect. Another headline on that same paper reads "Vice-President calls for calm." This doesn't necessarily mean the Prez is dead, but that for security purposes, he had to be taken to an "undisclosed location" and in the chaos, was unable to announce that at the time. That, or the VP had to be sworn in in his place to send in that "package of initiatives."

[creepntom]

if it's the current president, he's on vacation more than likely

[p2501]

good one!

[Crow T R0bot]

if it's the current president, he's on vacation more than likely *Thinks back to a certain Family Guy cutaway gag* Brian walks up to a treehouse on George Bush's property. Brian: Mr. President, you have to come down there! President: (peaking over the side) Go away! Brian: Mr. President, people are dying and zombies are rising in their place and killing more of them, you have to do something! President: Leave me alone! I'm reading Archie!

[Mike70]

i believe that the president is mentioned in dawn. right when peter, fran, roger, steven are first hold up in the mall they are listening to the radio and the announcer says, "the president today has sent to congress a package of intiatives aimed at..." - i cannot remember off the top of my head exactly how the rest of it goes, but there is at least one mention of the president in dawn.

[Eyebiter]

At an undisclosed location, of course.

[Arcades057]

Gotta have continuance of gubbment, God forbid. He was likely whisked away somewhere safe after the fit hit the shan. There is a renovated 747 nicknamed "Kneecap" that is supposed to fly about in the event of a nuclear war. It's basically a floating White house, with more to offer in the way of communications and what have you than Air Force One. Pretty likely he'd be in that. With midair refueling it's supposed to be able to fly contniuously for a very, very long time.

[AssassinFromHell]

Didn't the president get shown in the Washington scene of the original Night of the Living Dead. I can't remember because it's been a bit since I've watched it. Plus, in Dawn, they mention the president and his stuff sent to Congress. Then, the more you think about it, the president is the kind of person they'd stick in some kind of underground shelter to thrive for the rest of time.

[MapMan]

Our current VP would be out with shotgun in hand.

[AssassinFromHell]

Our current VP would be out with shotgun in hand. Both our VP and P would be blown over and then somebody would be like, "Oh, I thought they were zombies!"

[coma]

reading "My Pet Goat" while clearing brush on his ranch. The vice pres will be "acciedentally" shooting his best friends in the face. Got em! Thats another one for the fire!