AHC: The Hollywood Election
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Does "A-list" exclude Ronald Reagan?!
Or in the words of Jack Warner - "No. Jimmy Stewart for Governor. Ronald Reagan for best friend."
Or in the words of Jack Warner - "No. Jimmy Stewart for Governor. Ronald Reagan for best friend."
After Last Crusade Harrison Ford has a near death experience, quits acting and moves back to his home town of Chicago. He quickly gets involved in local issues, particularly union support. Carol Mosley Braun defeats Jim Edgar for Governor in 1990 and the 1992 Senate nomination for Senate is wide open. Harrison wins and is found to be a surprisingly competent and influential Senator.
Pete Wilson does not run for Governor in 1990, remaining in the Senate. The GOP turns to former mayor and Hollywood star Clint Eastwood, who defeats Dianne Feinstein. He runs for two successful terms.
In 2000, Al Gore at the last minute decides not to run for President, feeling tainted by the Clinton impeachment scandal. Senator Ford defeats Senator Bill Brady in the primary, but Sen. Brady is nominated for VP.
Former Gov. Eastwood runs in 2000, and simply stares down Gov. Bush in a debate crushing his credibility. Sen. Robert Smith is his running mate.
Everything is up in the air come election night.
OCC: Sadly, they've never been a movie together.
Pete Wilson does not run for Governor in 1990, remaining in the Senate. The GOP turns to former mayor and Hollywood star Clint Eastwood, who defeats Dianne Feinstein. He runs for two successful terms.
In 2000, Al Gore at the last minute decides not to run for President, feeling tainted by the Clinton impeachment scandal. Senator Ford defeats Senator Bill Brady in the primary, but Sen. Brady is nominated for VP.
Former Gov. Eastwood runs in 2000, and simply stares down Gov. Bush in a debate crushing his credibility. Sen. Robert Smith is his running mate.
Everything is up in the air come election night.
OCC: Sadly, they've never been a movie together.
After the conclusion of the Star Wars trilogy, Mark Hammill retires from acting due to still wishing to continue his commitment to Star Wars, yet still wanting to recover from his car accident. In 1986, Hammill decided to run for Mayor of Oakland, and during his four years in office, is very successful in making Oakland a prosperous city. In 1990, he runs for Governor of California and wins as a Democrat, initially beginning his political career as an Independent. Hammill as Governor of California opposes President George H.W. Bush, and runs for the 1992 Democratic Primaries, but is beat out by Governor Bill Clinton.
Harrison Ford in 1994 was elected Governor of Illinois in a landslide election with the support of his friend Bill Clinton, and quickly and jokingly forms the "Skywalker Alliance" with his Star Wars co-star Mark Hammill, who is also serving as Governor of another state at the time. The two immediately become among the most popular Democratic politicians in the 1990s behind President Clinton and Vice President Gore. In 2000, Governor Ford in his final term is put on the Vice Presidential ticket with Al Gore during his run for the Presidency. While the ticket successfully gains the Popular Vote, they fail to win the Electoral Vote.
By 2002, both Hammill and Ford are out of office, having served their respective term limits. Ford, following a brief return to acting and Hammill, following a brief stint in voice acting, both decide to run for the Democratic nomination against Senators John Kerry and Leonard Nimoy, both from Massachusetts. Ford manages to beat out all of his competitors, having the support of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and eventually Mark Hammill. Ford picks Mark Hammill as his running mate, and go on to defeat Bush/Cheney in the 2004 Presidential election.
In 2008, Ford/Hammill defeats Gingrich/Murkowski in a landslide victory unprecedented in American history, only comparable in recent years to Bush's 1988 win. Now, in 2012, Vice President Hammill is running for President with Massachusetts Senator Leonard Nimoy as his running mate, and are now going up against Louisiana Governor Jindal and Texas Governor Rick Perry.
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2000 Presidential Election:
Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)/Dick Cheney (R-WY): (47.2% PV)
Vice President Al Gore (D-TN)/Harrison Ford (D-IL): 258 EV (47.6% PV)
2004 Presidential Election:
Governor Harrison Ford (D-IL)/Mark Hammill (D-CA): 322 EV (50.5% PV)
President George W. Bush (R-TX)/Dick Cheney (R-WY): 216 EV (49.1% PV)
2008 Presidential Election:
President Harrison Ford (D-IL)/Mark Hammill (D-CA): 444 EV (58.5% PV)
Newt Gingrich (R-GA)/Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): 94 EV (38.6% PV)
2012 Presidential Election:
Vice President Mark Hammill (D-CA)/Leonard Nimoy (D-MA): 357 EV (54.7% PV)
Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA)/Rick Perry (R-TX): 181 EV (45.2%)
Harrison Ford in 1994 was elected Governor of Illinois in a landslide election with the support of his friend Bill Clinton, and quickly and jokingly forms the "Skywalker Alliance" with his Star Wars co-star Mark Hammill, who is also serving as Governor of another state at the time. The two immediately become among the most popular Democratic politicians in the 1990s behind President Clinton and Vice President Gore. In 2000, Governor Ford in his final term is put on the Vice Presidential ticket with Al Gore during his run for the Presidency. While the ticket successfully gains the Popular Vote, they fail to win the Electoral Vote.
By 2002, both Hammill and Ford are out of office, having served their respective term limits. Ford, following a brief return to acting and Hammill, following a brief stint in voice acting, both decide to run for the Democratic nomination against Senators John Kerry and Leonard Nimoy, both from Massachusetts. Ford manages to beat out all of his competitors, having the support of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and eventually Mark Hammill. Ford picks Mark Hammill as his running mate, and go on to defeat Bush/Cheney in the 2004 Presidential election.
In 2008, Ford/Hammill defeats Gingrich/Murkowski in a landslide victory unprecedented in American history, only comparable in recent years to Bush's 1988 win. Now, in 2012, Vice President Hammill is running for President with Massachusetts Senator Leonard Nimoy as his running mate, and are now going up against Louisiana Governor Jindal and Texas Governor Rick Perry.
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2000 Presidential Election:
Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)/Dick Cheney (R-WY): (47.2% PV)
Vice President Al Gore (D-TN)/Harrison Ford (D-IL): 258 EV (47.6% PV)
2004 Presidential Election:
Governor Harrison Ford (D-IL)/Mark Hammill (D-CA): 322 EV (50.5% PV)
President George W. Bush (R-TX)/Dick Cheney (R-WY): 216 EV (49.1% PV)
2008 Presidential Election:
President Harrison Ford (D-IL)/Mark Hammill (D-CA): 444 EV (58.5% PV)
Newt Gingrich (R-GA)/Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): 94 EV (38.6% PV)
2012 Presidential Election:
Vice President Mark Hammill (D-CA)/Leonard Nimoy (D-MA): 357 EV (54.7% PV)
Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA)/Rick Perry (R-TX): 181 EV (45.2%)
Thanks, all. Noravea, the scenario was about both Presidential candidates being actors, but I'm willing to forgive it just for the awesomeness of a Hammill/Nimoy ticket.
Oh, both?
I'm I'm it!
Here was something I was thinking about:
Joe Kennedy Jr. misses out on the doomed flight and requests transfer to the pacific theater, where he earns the Navy Cross and possibly a MOH. It is he, not Jack, that will run for Congress. So young Jack decides to go west and become an actor.
After appearing in numerous war and scifi films, Jack finally gets a break when he is cast in the lead role for Hitchcock's Vertigo. His success there leads to the lead roles in North by Northwest (Roger Thornhill) and Manchurian Candidate (Raymond Shaw), where he earns an academy award as a brainwashed Korean war solider turned assassin. Unfortunately, Joe Jr. is assassinated, and a grief stricken Jack quits film making (as well as buying up the rights to Manchurian Candidate and keeping it off screen for the rest of his life.) His father and brothers manage to convince him to seek an open Senate seat in California, which he is appointed to and is elected to a full term.
On the other side, John Wayne; sickened by the socialism and unAmerican attitudes in pictures (and still angry over Stalin's assassination plot; is drafted by the California Republican party to run against Governor Brown in 1962. Wayne defeats Brown in a landslide, thanks to former Vice President Nixon (who will eventually be elected Senator from New York and then President)
Wayne is reelected in 1966 and 1970, Kennedy in 1970. Wayne plans to retire after his third term, but his plans are put on hold after President Nixon is wounded by Arthur Bremer. Nixon pleads with Wayne to run in his place in '72, as he doesn't want Agnew to succeed him. Wayne agrees, and with Secretary George Romney, wins in a landslide.
Jack is elected Governor in '74, a year where republicans are receiving a shellacking due to a continued war in Vietnam and the outrage over Nixon administration officials and Wayne-Romney campaign workers breaking into the 1972 DNC HQ. His family and the DNC are backing him for the Presidency, but Jack believes Wayne to be too strong. Despite the troubles, Wayne is still admired and supported by much of the country.
Then a bombshell drops.
President Wayne's medical records are leaked to the Washington Post; some going as far back as his first term as Governor. They show he had a cancerous lung removed in secret, and that the President's health is failing.
While trying to be as "politically" sincere as possible, many in the Democratic party and a minority of Republicans are asking Wayne to resign for his own good and the good of the country. Things worsen when members of the President's Secret Service detail gun down four people and wound five others after a woman pulled out an unloaded revolver and when Vice President Romney resigns over expressed doubts of his sanity and his nationality.
Wayne tries in vain to get his selection of nominees to be appointed Vice President: John Connally, Donald Rumsfeld, Jim Rhodes, even Edward Brooke, however must are denied and the rest decline. Wayne takes George H.W. Bush on, but isn't quite sure of whether or not he'll keep him in '76.
Sensing the Duke's weakness, Governor Kennedy runs for the Democrats' nomination, beating the few challengers, and is nominated with New York congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.
And so it comes down to Kennedy/Chisholm vs. Wayne/Westmoreland, with former Senator Eugene McCarthy as a possible spoiler...
Joe Kennedy Jr. misses out on the doomed flight and requests transfer to the pacific theater, where he earns the Navy Cross and possibly a MOH. It is he, not Jack, that will run for Congress. So young Jack decides to go west and become an actor.
After appearing in numerous war and scifi films, Jack finally gets a break when he is cast in the lead role for Hitchcock's Vertigo. His success there leads to the lead roles in North by Northwest (Roger Thornhill) and Manchurian Candidate (Raymond Shaw), where he earns an academy award as a brainwashed Korean war solider turned assassin. Unfortunately, Joe Jr. is assassinated, and a grief stricken Jack quits film making (as well as buying up the rights to Manchurian Candidate and keeping it off screen for the rest of his life.) His father and brothers manage to convince him to seek an open Senate seat in California, which he is appointed to and is elected to a full term.
On the other side, John Wayne; sickened by the socialism and unAmerican attitudes in pictures (and still angry over Stalin's assassination plot; is drafted by the California Republican party to run against Governor Brown in 1962. Wayne defeats Brown in a landslide, thanks to former Vice President Nixon (who will eventually be elected Senator from New York and then President)
Wayne is reelected in 1966 and 1970, Kennedy in 1970. Wayne plans to retire after his third term, but his plans are put on hold after President Nixon is wounded by Arthur Bremer. Nixon pleads with Wayne to run in his place in '72, as he doesn't want Agnew to succeed him. Wayne agrees, and with Secretary George Romney, wins in a landslide.
Jack is elected Governor in '74, a year where republicans are receiving a shellacking due to a continued war in Vietnam and the outrage over Nixon administration officials and Wayne-Romney campaign workers breaking into the 1972 DNC HQ. His family and the DNC are backing him for the Presidency, but Jack believes Wayne to be too strong. Despite the troubles, Wayne is still admired and supported by much of the country.
Then a bombshell drops.
President Wayne's medical records are leaked to the Washington Post; some going as far back as his first term as Governor. They show he had a cancerous lung removed in secret, and that the President's health is failing.
While trying to be as "politically" sincere as possible, many in the Democratic party and a minority of Republicans are asking Wayne to resign for his own good and the good of the country. Things worsen when members of the President's Secret Service detail gun down four people and wound five others after a woman pulled out an unloaded revolver and when Vice President Romney resigns over expressed doubts of his sanity and his nationality.
Wayne tries in vain to get his selection of nominees to be appointed Vice President: John Connally, Donald Rumsfeld, Jim Rhodes, even Edward Brooke, however must are denied and the rest decline. Wayne takes George H.W. Bush on, but isn't quite sure of whether or not he'll keep him in '76.
Sensing the Duke's weakness, Governor Kennedy runs for the Democrats' nomination, beating the few challengers, and is nominated with New York congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.
And so it comes down to Kennedy/Chisholm vs. Wayne/Westmoreland, with former Senator Eugene McCarthy as a possible spoiler...
Equal Opportunity to Govern Act passes. Schwarzenegger runs against John Edwards in 2008. Edward's affair breaks out but Schwarzenegger's does not. Libertarian candidate Jesse Ventura starts getting media attention and overtakes Edwards.
And they were both in Predator, there we go.
And they were both in Predator, there we go.
Wouldnt the Trekkers be out in force in every red state voting Nimoy? Would Jindal/Perry get even 181?