DBWI: What If Obama Had Been Elected?

So, John McCain has been in office for almost a year now, so I thought it might be interesting to talk about that might have happened this past year if Obama had one the presidency of the United States instead.

Personally, I would think overall America would be in a better place. I mean, Johnny Boy can't seem to find support on the right or the left these days. Obama would probably have at least the support of the left.

But what do you think?


OOC:Yeah, I'm not sure what the POD is here, but let's just say Mccain somehow pulled off a surprise victory against Obama.
 
Well, I guess McCain hasn't been doing enough regarding the economy--the bills passed thus far have been failures, and even FOX News is complaining that he's basically sucking the cocks of Wall Street and the lobbyists. The Middle Eastern wars are going nowhere, but at least he's trying. However, given Obama's lack of experiance, I'm not sure how he would fare iether.
 
If nothing else, Obama would have at least some semblance of discipline going. Pelosi and Reid have been on a rampage since the election, and McCain's lucky he's gotten any bills passed at all, failure or not. With a Democratic White House, House, and Senate, I expect we'd see more cohesion, and a bit of top-down control, rather than the fiefdoms we've seen crop up.
 
At least with Joe Biden we wouldn't be constantly waiting for the vice president to shove her foot in her mouth at random intervals...
 

Thande

Donor
Well, the GOP grassroots would be in uproar over all the gay rights legislation he'd have passed...remember all the furore over McCain practically ordering the Supreme Court to veto Provision 8?
 
I think he'll have a second go in 2012. He actually won the popular vote and would have taken the EC if it wasn't for two Republican governors, but the news networks love him and approval ratings in Illinois are going up.

Johnny Boy's health isn't looking that good, and we all know who the VP is. The Guardian have rumblings about Senator Franken impeaching her over various things

Let's hope McCain doesn't tune up the rest of NATO any further with regards to Afghanistan, Gordo and Angela Merkel are a bit cheesed off about ending more troops over here.

OOC : The POD is a significant swing, and two Florida-style recountgates.
 
If it can be called a speech, that is. :rolleyes::rolleyes: I spoke to my deputy in the party's (Tory) Policy and Research Unit about the line "Alberta's really like Alaska." We both nearly spilt our coffee.
 
I doubt Obama would have invaded Iran, so we wouldn't have a draft and the ensuing draft riots that are going on now.
 

Wolfpaw

Banned
I remember reading over some materials about what Obama had in mind in terms of the economy.

Frankly, I (and many economists, as it turns out) believe if he would have been elected, we would have only had a bad recession as opposed to the actual depression we're dealing with under McCain.
 
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The Official 2008 Election
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McCain won the popular vote by just over 600,000 votes.


Well, McCain barely won the popular and electoral. Apparently though, he is gaining some support in New Hampshire and Iowa. Looks like he could win re-election. Too bad about that Heart Attack he had in the Oval Office last month though, rumors are spreading that he might resign.

This is Gallup's Prediction for the U.S. 2012 Election.
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The economy has been getting a little better.



Many Americans believe now that we had a close call with Obama. His ideas seemed nice, but no one knew how he would do it, which seemed to be his weak point in the election.

Americans, known as "Birthers" believe that McCain is a Vietnamese born civilian, and he fails to produce a birth certificate.
 
Fortunately Gordon actually grew a spine somehow and told John McCain that we're already overstretched.

OOC : This assuming the draft idea doesn't get scratched.
 
OOC: If we're going to do this seriously I think we're going to need a new Vice President. I honestly believe Sarah Palin was a major reason John McCain didn't win. For full disclouser though, I am a Canadian.
 
You think were too racist? Every time someone even mumbles something that seems racist, its off to court. (Well, at least in New York)
 
Americans, known as "Birthers" believe that McCain is a Vietnamese born civilian, and he fails to produce a birth certificate.
Are you kidding? They're parodying the "Obama-was-born-in-Kenya" conspiracy-theorist Republicans who were around during the election season. There should be a term for when right-wingers take left-wing satire seriously, because it just happened to you. You got... "Colbert-Punk'd".

(OOC: 1: That was stupid. 2: The Birthers were around before the POD.)
 
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