Quatermain
Banned
In the 233 years that America has existed, we've had 44 Presidents. Four of those Presidents(Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy) have been assassinated. That's a pretty good track record, I'd think.
Out of the remaining forty Presidents, fourteen have had credible attempts against them, most notably Andrew Jackson(who after his would-be assassin's pistols misfired, proceeded to whup the holy hell out of him with a cane), Teddy Roosevelt(who proceeded with his speech even after being shot), and Ronald Reagan (who joked to his doctors as he was being wheeled into surgery 'I hope you're all Republicans')
The point of this thread is to take a President who was assassinated, or who escaped/did not experience an assassination attempt, and flip-flop that. The ones who died, didn't die, the ones who died, survived. In a attempt to avoid rancorous present-day politics, and insane conspiracy theories, I'm going to set the cut-off at Eisenhower, but anybody before that is fair game.
Out of the remaining forty Presidents, fourteen have had credible attempts against them, most notably Andrew Jackson(who after his would-be assassin's pistols misfired, proceeded to whup the holy hell out of him with a cane), Teddy Roosevelt(who proceeded with his speech even after being shot), and Ronald Reagan (who joked to his doctors as he was being wheeled into surgery 'I hope you're all Republicans')
The point of this thread is to take a President who was assassinated, or who escaped/did not experience an assassination attempt, and flip-flop that. The ones who died, didn't die, the ones who died, survived. In a attempt to avoid rancorous present-day politics, and insane conspiracy theories, I'm going to set the cut-off at Eisenhower, but anybody before that is fair game.