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We need a trustworthy and admirable human being to be our next president. We need an expert at studying opponents, breaking down their weaknesses, and making them respect our great nation.

We need someone who is a proven winner who didn't cheat to do so. We need a guy who people like. We need a tall person to be our president, someone like Abe Lincoln in stature and character.

We need six-foot-four-inch Peyton Manning to be the next president of the United States. He will retire this week after winning the Super Bowl on Sunday, his second during his Hall of Fame NFL career in which he became one of the best NFL quarterbacks ever. So with playing football in his past he will have time to focus on his next career.

"Peyton for President" is not such a preposterous idea if you really think it through. Who do you think is more likely to deceive Americans for personal gain, Hillary Clinton or Peyton Manning? Who do you think is more narcissistic, Donald Trump or Peyton Manning? Who is more practical, Bernie Sanders or Peyton Manning? Who would be a more charismatic host of "Saturday Night Live," Jeb Bush or Peyton Manning?

Who has a better feel for capitalism and how to generate money through advertising, Bernie Sanders or Peyton Manning? Who is more likable, Hillary Clinton or Peyton Manning? Who is more gracious, classy and respectful in his interpersonal interactions, Chris Christie or Peyton Manning?

America's political system is broken. Washington, D.C. is stagnant and inept. America's political system has devolved into childish name-calling, negative advertising, half-truths and avoidance of tough questions.

Everything about this system reeks.

None of the candidates currently running for president is as likable and trustworthy as Peyton Manning. He is humble, smart, honest and the kind of guy most Americans would be proud to have as our national leader. He likes America and would say so. He wouldn't blame this country for all that's wrong with the world.

Peyton has mastered his craft through diligence. He is more of an American hero worthy of our respect than any politician running for president. It's not that they're inherently bad people; it's that they're part of a bad system that makes them behave in ways that are, too often, unbecoming and self-serving.

Peyton comes from one of America's great families with values of hard work, sportsmanship and class at its core. Wouldn't it be something special to have a president from outside our sordid political system take over?

We need to wipe the slate clean, clean house, flush the swamp of everything that our current political system has become. We need to start with somebody new, different and honorable.

It's not Donald Trump. He's a new kind of politician, but he's a fraud and lacks civility. He would not make us proud if he became our president.

We need someone real who we can trust. We need Peyton Manning in the Oval Office in 2016.

- Sammy Sportface

Sammy Sportface is possibly America's best blogger. He is only mildly interested in the truth. To read his new book, Wipe That Smile Off Sammy Sportface, go to Amazon.com.