Thread for "What If" stories.....

[Reaganfan]

This is a thread for any "What If" stories you may have. Here is my first one:

In the 2004 election, Kerry/Clinton (Hillary) win against Bush/Cheney (GOD FORBID). By July 2005, extortion was on the shoulders of Vice President Hillary Clinton. By later that month, Vice President Clinton also had bribary charges on her. Risking his reputation, President Kerry asked Clinton to resign. She resigned the Vice Presidency on August 5, 2005. For a replacement, President Kerry choose Secretary of Defense Wesley Clark as his new Vice President. Mr. Clark excepted. The Kerry administration was doing better by October of 2005. But, that all changed on November 1, 2005 when President Kerry suffered a massive heart attack. For three days, the world watched as doctors worked to save the president. However, on November 4, 2005 President Kerry died. Vice President Clark became President Clark. He choose Louisiana Senator John Breaux as his new Vice President. When Breaux declined, Clark moved to his second choice, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. Rendell excepted. By 2007, the Clark administration was low in popularity. President Clark and Vice President Rendell ran for re-election on a slogan: "Clark/Rendell for a healing country.'' Nevertheless, Clark lost to New York Senator Rudy Guiliani and his running mate former National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice with 238 to 300 votes. On January 20, 2009 US President Wesley Clark watched as US President Rudy Giuliani took office. So, from 2000 to 2009, the country had seen five presidents and six vice presidents:

42. President Clinton/ VP Gore
43. President Bush/ VP Cheney
44. President Kerry/ VP Clinton/ VP Clark
45. President Clark/ VP Rendell
46. President Giuliani/ VP Rice

Do you have any "What If" stories? Kind of a fun story post. I am sure I will post more later.

[Reaganfan]

Why, what makes you think I am bi-partisan? Go ahead, write your own stories!

[Reaganfan]

For Women votes?

[Reaganfan]

Kerry/Sebelius win in 2004.

Kerry barely pulls out the upset againt Bush, winning the deciding state of Ohio by fewer than 5000 to prevent the election from being thrown into the House.

By January 2005, an Iraqi constitutional government will be in place, and most of the messy work will have been done so that law and order will be in place for the US to pull out and transfer all authority to the Iraqi Federation.  Kerry will get to bring the troops home, and take credit for it.  The economy will be solidly in recovery as well, something that Kerry will also take credit for.  His approval ratings will soar.

In the time between then and the midterm elections, the following will occur:

1. Kerry will try to roll back the Bush tax cuts but get nowhere with the Republican Congress.
2. No rebound for US manufacturing or IT jobs - millions of Americans will have been out of work for five years or more by this point.  Kerry will suggest national health insurance as a solution, to lower the cost of hiring American workers.
3. Kerry will try to introduce a national health insurace plan, which will also go nowhere with Congress.
4. Not a single Kerry judicial appointee will be confirmed by Congress.  Not one.

The Democrats will regain control of both houses of Congress in 2006.  Healthcare is a major campaign issue, as well as backlash against the obstructionist Congress.  Republicans are tossed out by the dozen in the Northeast, Midwest, and on the West Coast.

The follwing happen after the midterm elections:

1. A major terrorist attack on US soil.  Conservatives will blame Kerry for security lapses.
2. Collapse of the Iraqi Federation into civil war.  Conservatives will blame Kerry for pulling out of Iraq too soon, whereas Liberals will blame Bush for "destabilizing" Iraq in the first place.

By early 2007, Iran has become heavily involved in the Iraqi Civil War.  Republicans urge Kerry to take action and send US troops to bring back peace.  Kerry strikes a compromise with Republicans: he will agree to military action IF the Republicans support his healthcare legislation (he will need at least some Republican support to get it passed) AND stop blocking the nomination of his judges.  Republicans, realizing that their obstructionism cost them many seats in 2006, agree to this.

By 2008, we will be stuck in a TRUE quagmire in the Persian Gulf region, our economy will be straining to implement a national healthcare plan, and our budget deficit will be out of control.  Kerry will be seen as a traitor by the Left, and an incompetent, big-government, tax-and-spend Liberal by the right.  The Republicans easily win back the White House in '08, as Conservatives rally against Kerry, and Liberal votes are siphoned away by Green candidate Michael Moore.

What GOP ticket wins back the white House?

[Reaganfan]

More stories. The stories I read so far are great!

[Reaganfan]

Here is a story:

Bush/Cheney run for re-election in 2004 on the bias of catching Bin Laden on October 14, 2004 and also having captured Saddam Hussein on December 19, 2003. Holding an 80 % approval rating on Election Day, Bush/Cheney beats Kerry/Bayh by a 500 to 38 vote landslide. Bush is doing well following an assassination attempt on March 10, 2005 when another terror attack occurs on July 12, 2005. He takes action and recieves  the highest approvals ever seen, 96%. Amazingly, he keeps 65-85% approval rating for a number of months. By May 2007, Vice President Cheney is having heart problems. Almost 70 years old, he decides to step down and go back to Wyoming. Bush asks Colin Powell to finish his VP term. When Powell decines, Bush (Who now has a bad arm from taking a bullet), chooses Senator of New York Rudy Giuliani. Bush is now approching 64 years old, and is now not the young man he was when he ran for president. By January 20, 2009 President George W. Bush watchs Vice President Giuliani become Preisdent Giuliani.

[Reaganfan]

Are you serious?

[Reaganfan]

Kerry Era Pt. 2: Giulaini.
After President Clark took office opon the death of US President John F. Kerry, he had chosen Governor Ed Rendell as his Vice President after a fight to try and get a Vice President Breaux. Of course, Breaux declined, and Rendell excepted. At one point, Vice president Rendell had a 71% approval rating while Clark had a 34% rating. Many compared the Clark Administration a mix of Johnson/Humphrey and Carter/Mondale. Mixing sorrow from a late president with High inflation. Giuliani was the Reagan type who brought in many democrat votes. He decided to run for the nomination after a tough primary battle. For the nomination, he fought four other Republicans:

Senator Norm Coleman
Senator James Inhofe
Governor Dirk Kempthorne
Former Vice President Dan Quayle

Iowa showed a shocking win:
Quayle-48%
Inhofe-47%
Giuliani-5%

New Hampshire:
Quayle-56%
Giuliani-43%
Coleman-1%

Kempthorne who many thought would win the nomination, thus beat the very unpopular incumbant President Clark, dropped out the next day. Many thought that they would have a President Quayle in a year's time. But soon, it looked like a President Inhofe would win. March showed Coleman would beat Clark in a race: 70% to 30% By April, Giuliani barley recived the nomination in a close battle with Jim Inhofe. Although many talked of Giuliani/Kempthorne and Giuliani/Quayle, a Giuliani/Rice ticket was unexpected. Giuliani won although Vice President Rendell recived some write-in votes.

Popular:
Giuliani-60%
Clark-35%
Other-5%

Electoral:
Giuliani-500
Clark-38

Giuliani was in office ten months when another terror attack occured on November 15, 2009. President Giuliani took action. His approval rating soared to 87%, and america loved him like Reagan. On June 23, 2011 Giuliani got news his cancer had popped up again. Urged to resign, Giuliani called off his speech to announce his bid for re-election. To be continued...

[Reaganfan]

Rudy continues on, but by January 2012, his cancer worsens. He decides to step down on May 3, 2012 and give the presidency to Rice. Rice appoints Governor Bill Owens to be her new VP. President Rice and her new Vice president Owens give the former Preisdent their best, and decide to run for their own term.

Continued....

President Rice and Vice President Owens have two main opposistion trying to get the democratic nomination: Senator John Edwards and Former VP Ed Rendell. Rendell barley gets the nomination and chooses Edwards as his running mate. With a booming economy, many jobs, and a good national defense, Rice/Owens win by a 315 to 223 vote count.

So I have gone through:

The Kerry Era
The Clark Era
The Giuliani Era
The Rice Era continues...

[Reaganfan]

GREAT! EXCELLENT! SPECTACULAR! TERRIFIC! I LOVED THOSE STORIES! WRITE MORE! GO TO 2050 IF YOU WANT! TERRIFIC! THAT'S WHAT I MADE THIS THREAD FOR. EVERYBODY WRITE!

[Reaganfan]

LOL

[Reaganfan]

Sorry for the double post, I didn't think I'd get this done so soon.

2004:

The Presidential election drags on with neither side gaining a permanent lead. John Kerry picks John Edwards as his Vice President in hope to lure some southern states. Throughout the year the economy keeps increasing with thousands of new jobs created brining the total up to 2.8 million jobs returned to the public. The Iraqi conflict being a thorn in President Bush’s side even though the condition doesn’t improve. In late October, taking the initiative, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld resign and are replaced with Rudy Giuliani as Vice President and John McCain as Secretary of Defense.
With their help President Bush retains the presidency with a larger gap then expected.

Bush/Giuliani: 359
Kerry/Edwards: 179

2005:

While swearing in President Bush Al-Queda launches a massive terrorist attack on Washington DC by dozens of suicide bombers. While most of the attack is prevented some small pockets go off killing under 50 people, among which, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich. The year goes by regularly quietly with several major protests against the US in Ontario, Canada and France and a couple hundred thousand of new jobs being created and unemployment falling to 4.6%.

2006:

When Congress reopens President Bush introduces three monumental bills. The first to activate the National Guard and round up all illegal aliens. in the US and sending them back to Mexico along with sealing off the southern boarder to all illegal traffic and to shoot anyone on site no questions asks. The second is to have a vote in Puerto Rico for either statehood or freedom, no “stay the way we are” vote allowed. The third is to ban abortion from 8 weeks on, the reason is that the fetus gets a heartbeat at that date and nothing without a heartbeat is alive. Debate rages on all three issues and the Puerto Rico bill easily passes by early July. Meanwhile Israel launches massive attacks on Palestinian settlements in early February and has succeeded in driving most of them out of Israel and into Syria.

2007:

Puerto Rico votes in mid-March and the vote is overwhelmingly in favor of Statehood with a vote of 98% for statehood to 2% for independence. Puerto Rico becomes the 51st state on April 1st. By late April Congress has grudgingly passed the last two bills and massive raids begin throughout the country. 30,000 illegals from all countries are detained and shipped back to their country of origin. The National Guard is now posted along the boarder with Mexico and is supplied with state-of-the-art military weaponry for the job at hand. Illegal immigration suddenly comes to a halt as the bodies begin to pile up along the boarder and the flow north begins to slacken. Most abortions also drop dramatically and the future looks in great shape. Rudy Giuliani announces he is seeking the Republican nomination for President in the 2008 election. A host of Democrats also throw in their names with none other than Hillary Clinton. By late 2007 Syria, Lebanon and Egypt have raised massive armies and aimed them at the heart of Israel.

2008:

Hillary and Rudy barely scrape thorough the primaries and caucuses with a majority lead of less than 15 delegates each. Both candidates pick their Vice Presidential candidates early in the election, Hillary with her husband, Bill Clinton, and Rudy with Jeb Bush. Nader also announces that he’ll run for the Progressive Party yet again and throws a surprise punch by nominating Howard Dean as his Vice Presidential candidate.. Israel’s armies have defeated the three opposing nations by early July and completely annexed all of Syria and Lebanon and all the Sinai Peninsula. The campaigning goes on as normal with Hillary’s popularity falling throughout the campaign. On election day Puerto Rico votes for the first time and it comes in at a complete tie early in the night. With Congress still in cession and still in Republican hands they quickly vote for all the electoral votes to go to Rudy. In the end the election throws a major surprise winning Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Delaware.

Giuliani/Bush: 408
Clinton/Clinton: 94
Nader/Dean: 44

Rudy wins in a virtual landslide and with Nader’s upset the Progressive Party gains federal funds and the US officially gains a third party!

Good story, KEEP GOING!!!

[Reaganfan]

Well keep it coming.

[Reaganfan]

NOT THAT OLD
Go thorough President Giuliani's second term and terms after that...

[Reaganfan]

The states are becoming too much.

[Reaganfan]

Possible future Presidents:

President Bill Owens
President John McCain
President Rudy Giuliani
President George Pataki
President John Edwards
President Joe Lieberman
President Condolezza Rice

ANYBODY FOR FUTURE DEMOCRATS? Only one I could see currently as presidents are Lieberman and Edwards.

[Reaganfan]

Yeah PB.