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AidanM - No Shame in Second Place
No Shame in Second Place
Note: This is not a consecutive list, each line is a separate alternate reality. Each match-up is between the runner-ups of each primary.
1968: Robert F. Kennedy vs. Ronald Reagan
Bobby Kennedy wins, I think. But it would be a close race.
1972: Hubert Humphrey vs. John Ashbrook
Humphrey wins. Ashbrook was just a representative, and Humphrey was a former VP.
1976: Jerry Brown vs. Ronald Reagan
Reagan wins.
1980: Ted Kennedy vs. George H. W. Bush
Bush wins due to the scandals surrounding Ted.
1984: Gary Hart vs. Harold Stassen
Hart wins because Stassen is a million years old.
1988: Jesse Jackson vs. Bob Dole
Dole. No way a black man gets elected in America before 2000.
1992: Jerry Brown vs. Pat Buchanan
Jerry Brown, because Buchanan insane.
1996: Lyndon LaRouche vs. Pat Buchanan
Oh boy, this would be interesting because they're both so unknown. I guess I'd say Buchanan, because he'd get the religious vote.
2000: Bill Bradley vs. John McCain
McCain in a landslide.
2004: John Edwards vs. Jack Fellure
Edwards, because he has experience and isn't Jack Fellure.
2008: Hillary Clinton vs. Mitt Romney
THIS would be interesting. I honestly have no idea, but since this is in a universe immedeitly following Bush, I'd say Hillary wins.
2012: John Wolfe, Jr. vs. Rick Santorum
Santorum, unfortunately.
2016: Bernie Sanders vs. Ted Cruz
Cruz, unfortunately. Socialism is still too much of a dirty word.
Note: This is not a consecutive list, each line is a separate alternate reality. Each match-up is between the runner-ups of each primary.
1968: Robert F. Kennedy vs. Ronald Reagan
Bobby Kennedy wins, I think. But it would be a close race.
1972: Hubert Humphrey vs. John Ashbrook
Humphrey wins. Ashbrook was just a representative, and Humphrey was a former VP.
1976: Jerry Brown vs. Ronald Reagan
Reagan wins.
1980: Ted Kennedy vs. George H. W. Bush
Bush wins due to the scandals surrounding Ted.
1984: Gary Hart vs. Harold Stassen
Hart wins because Stassen is a million years old.
1988: Jesse Jackson vs. Bob Dole
Dole. No way a black man gets elected in America before 2000.
1992: Jerry Brown vs. Pat Buchanan
Jerry Brown, because Buchanan insane.
1996: Lyndon LaRouche vs. Pat Buchanan
Oh boy, this would be interesting because they're both so unknown. I guess I'd say Buchanan, because he'd get the religious vote.
2000: Bill Bradley vs. John McCain
McCain in a landslide.
2004: John Edwards vs. Jack Fellure
Edwards, because he has experience and isn't Jack Fellure.
2008: Hillary Clinton vs. Mitt Romney
THIS would be interesting. I honestly have no idea, but since this is in a universe immedeitly following Bush, I'd say Hillary wins.
2012: John Wolfe, Jr. vs. Rick Santorum
Santorum, unfortunately.
2016: Bernie Sanders vs. Ted Cruz
Cruz, unfortunately. Socialism is still too much of a dirty word.
- AidanM
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