*Awaits Douglas' screaming "this is a RP, not a DBWI*Well, would Reagan have been shot in 1982 by a deranged man obsessed with Jodie Foster?
Ok, I'm still pretty new here and don't have all of the acronyms down. Can anyone help me figure out what the purpose of this thread is, except to confuse me LOL
A Double Bline What If is sort of like a What If, but from another timeline's perspective. The key to telling if something is a DBWI is if the What If being discussed actually did happen in OTL (Out Time Line).
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Yeah, he probably would have. Hinckley was out there to shoot the president, and if Reagan had been elected, he probably would have been shot, just like Carter was.
How to get Reagan elected? Probably have the rescue mission to save the hostages in Iran in December 1979 fail, and have them stay under Iranian bondage. President Carter would probably have tried to negotiate with them after a failed rescue mission, and have the Republicans focus on that. Who knows? Someone might even primary challenge Carter, and might even succeed. With a very well run campaign, we could see President Jerry Brown in 1980.![]()
Not that Bush was a bad President, otherwise he wouldn't have beaten Clinton in '92 despite the pollsters repeating 1948.
OOC: Why am I thinking of Scott Brown with an unnamed Kennedy as the Democratic ticket?![]()
OOC: Jerry Brown actually.