WI: Florida Man elected as POTUS

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Well, his 1984 bid in OTL was not terribly successful...

He still seems a plausible choice for VP in a world where a non-Southerner had been nominated by the Democrats in 1976, or in a world where someone like Ted Kennedy or Ed Muskie had somehow obtained the Democratic nomination from Carter in 1980.
 
Hmmm... how about Ralph Rennick* winning the gubernatorial race in 1986 and in '92 runs for president and wins?

AND.... that he does not develop liver disease which I think caused him to die very young in 1993 not even sixty years old yet.

"May the good news... be all of ours." Gov. Ralph Rennick's (D) presidential campaign slogan in 1992 (ATL).


"May the good news continue... for all of us." President Ralph Rennick's (D) re-election slogan in 1996 (ATL).

* He was a very stand up man, a widower who raised his family by himself (five young children I think); was a Boy Scout Pack Leader with his sons; would not allow the Boy Scouts in Fla. to march in a parade where the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were to be in attendance.

He was a good role model (to my perception I never met the man... only saw and heard him on TV... The Ralph Rennick Report [with Weaver the Weatherman]) 6:00 PM-6:30 PM Mon thru Fri nights just before Cronkite @ 6:30.

He was South Florida's version of Edward R. Murrow/Walter Cronkite/John Cameron Swayze/Huntley-Brinkley.

He had the last live, one-on-one, interview with JFK before President Kennedy left for Dallas in Nov. 1963.

The (deep booming resounding bass) voice of WTVJ, Channel 4, Miami (CBS Affiliate).

I think that he would have made an outstanding president.

The man had integrity.

Just my two cents.

Joho :)
 
...Rubio winning in 2016 seems like the most reasonable options.

Most obviously, Jeb Bush wins the governorship in 1994 (and is re-elected in 1998), then the "Poppy and Barb" primary in 1999, and the GOP nomination and the presidency in 2000.

Clinton chooses Bob Graham rather than Al Gore as his running mate in 1992. Then in 2000 Graham wins the Democratic presidential nomination and the election.

These three scenarios are the most plausible, Jeb getting elected Governor in 1994 instead of Dubya, and then running in 2000 being the most plausible scenario of the three IMHO. Reubin Askew is also a possibility in the right circumstances (maybe Carter doesn't run in 1976 or stumbles early in the process, leaving room for Askew to make a run).
 
OTL, William Jennings Bryan moved to Florida in 1913. Had he done so a year earlier, and secured the Democratic nomination the same year, he could count as a Florida POTUS.
 
Not very likely, but: FDR chooses fiery Florida New Dealer Claude Pepper as his running mate in 1940 and 1944...
 
Same as title.

Florida Man elected as POTUS
Staff. Daily Mail.

Florida man, Joseph Blogs, was elected as "President of the United States," Miami police report. Blogs was arrested with two assault shotguns with detachable clips as well as crack cocaine and paraphernalia on Tuesday night outside of a fast food restaurant. Blogs is known to police as a leading figure in The United States drug gang, as his election was a result of a four day amphetamine fueled bender that resulted in police being called as he defecated outside of a family restaurant.

Click bait: Florida woman feeds dog to alligator. Florida couple blow up own toilet. Florida man arrested covered in toilet paper and orange juice inside church.

Yours,
"Florida man…" is just too tempting
Sam R.
 
On the death of Congressman Dwight L. Rogers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_L._Rogers in 1954, he was succeeded by Palm Beach resident John F. Kennedy, who went on to be elected Senator from Florida in 1956, on the surprise retirement of one-term Senator George Smathers. [1]) Kennedy was elected VPOTUS (as Stuart Symington's running mate) in 1960, and became America's first--and so far, only--Roman Catholic president after Symington's assassination in 1963...

[1] This retirement has never been satisfactorily explained, hence all the rumors Smathers had been bribed or blackmailed by Joseph Kennedy...
 
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