Title is self explanatory, I'm thinking he dies in January of 1993, but I'm open to other dates.
If he dies before January 20,1993 then the Vice President Quayle becomes President until the next President takes the oath of Office.
The same holds if President GHW Bush dies earlier. The only difference means that there will have to be a new vice President selected by Quayle and approved by the congress.
Dan Quayle president...that's scary
For a while, Quayle would perform as he performed in the debate, fearful of ignoring the instructions of his programmers. But as President Quayle gained confidence, the struggle between the Republican moderates and the ideological hard right, formerly assumed to have been settled in the moderates' favour by the nomination and election of Bush, would flare up again...The instincts of the vain and unreflective young president would begin to reassert themselves.
On the foreign policy side, out of favour right-wingers who had been careful to praise Quayle during the post-convention days when everybody else was damning him -- Richard Perle, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Kenneth Adelman -- would ascend to glory. On the domestic side, on-the-shelf 'cultural conservatives' such as William Bennett and Gary Bauer would stage a similar comeback...
...conflict between the White House and the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate would escalate to red alert. In 1992 President Quayle would run for a full term as the feisty Midwestern underdog giving 'the do-nothing, blame-America-first 102 Congress' hell.
That seems to be a good method to prevent against assasination: get a wack-job for a VP.
Oh, what could the bird-boy do in less than 20 days? Especially of any significance?Dan Quayle president...that's scary
Oh, what could the bird-boy do in less than 20 days? Especially of any significance?![]()
Of course if he ever did become President, he'd be assassinated after 1 day.
Quayle would have a very small library.