A Kinder, Gentler Nation Continued: A Collaborative Bush wins '92 TL:
- Thread starter dw93
- Start date
December 3, 2012: Carnahan warns that a recount would not be able to be completed and verified by December 7. President Kasich overrules Elway and says the result of the coin flip shall be counted as the legitimate result.
December 4, 2012: Republican nominee John Elway agrees that the results of Missouri, and the election, shall be decided by coin flip. Carnahan announces heads will be Elway and tails will be Kaine.
December 5, 2012: Legal experts say that it would be 'unviable' to challenge the results of the coin flip before the Electoral College vote on December 17. An attempt is reported on the life of Governor Nixon of Missouri, and the assassin was arrested wearing an "Elway 2012" T-shirt and claimed Nixon was a "modern-day Benedict Arnold."
December 6, 2012: John Elway and Tim Kaine pledge to accept the results of the coin flip and acknowledge the winner as President.
December 4, 2012: Republican nominee John Elway agrees that the results of Missouri, and the election, shall be decided by coin flip. Carnahan announces heads will be Elway and tails will be Kaine.
December 5, 2012: Legal experts say that it would be 'unviable' to challenge the results of the coin flip before the Electoral College vote on December 17. An attempt is reported on the life of Governor Nixon of Missouri, and the assassin was arrested wearing an "Elway 2012" T-shirt and claimed Nixon was a "modern-day Benedict Arnold."
December 6, 2012: John Elway and Tim Kaine pledge to accept the results of the coin flip and acknowledge the winner as President.
Deleted member 87099
Why are we doing a coin toss, anyway? This is absurd.
I would have just simply posted that the recount gave Kaine Missouri. Blame Pericles for the damn coin flip.
Why are we doing a coin toss, anyway? This is absurd.
Why are we doing a coin toss, anyway? This is absurd.
The election is so close it is a tie so coin flip resolves tie plus drama/suspense.
Deleted member 87099
Yeah, I guess. But a tie is virtually impossible in American Politics, a fraudulent vote will either be found or created.
Also, welcome back to the board.
December 7, 2012: The coin flip to decide an election is held in the Missouri state Capitol. Governor Nixon, Secretary Carnahan, the state legislatures, and the candidates were present and the event was televised nationally. The coin would be heads up before the flip. Betting markets, despite it supposed to being 50-50, gave Elway a 63% chance of winning the coin flip. The state had a human flip the coin, recruiting, quote, 'professional coin flipper' Mark Davis. The decision to use a human was controversial, especially after it came out that Davis was a registered Democrat. Still, the state argued a human was fairer than a machine which could be more easily rigged. The coin was about to be flipped, but then a GOP state legislator shouted at Davis "You suck!" This startled Davis and made him drop the coin, which landed on heads. However it did not count as it was not flipped and so biased. Experts believe that Elway would have won on the first flip if Davis hadn't been startled but the whole area is very debatable. The coin was then properly flipped. It landed on tails. Tim Kaine would be the next President of the United States.
The fact that a Republican kept the Republican candidate from the Presidency is too deliciously ironic not to point out.
I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. This is supposed to be a Kinder, Gentler Nation.
December 8th, 2012: In a move of complete irony, the Dallas chapter of the Young Republicans of America goes on a wild riot throughout the city, chanting the same slogan their Democratic foes did a month ago. "NOT MY PRESIDENT!" and "ELWAY'S THE RIGHT WAY! KAINE'S INSANE!" become household phrases due to the actions of the protestors.
Jaguars4life
Banned
December 13th 2012:A petition telling the electoral college to compromise the result by making John Elway president and Martha Coaskley Vice President goes viral
(This is base on those petitions that tried to make the Electoral College choose a different republican for president beside Trump in OTL)
(This is base on those petitions that tried to make the Electoral College choose a different republican for president beside Trump in OTL)