WI: President Elvis Presley

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Elvis Presley was one of, if not the most famous people in the world during the 20th century. He was the living embodiment of rock n roll, sex, and Americana. He was the symbol of an entire generation of baby boomers and completely defined the music genre forever (but with heavy black influence)

He never declared political views or supported a party, but he did vote for JFK in 1960 and Nixon in 1968/1972. He did get more conservative as his career declined. He was a self proclaimed Christian and gun fanatic. But he always supported civil rights. Early in his career he would play for black audiences on "colored night" in Memphis parks defying authorities and in interviews he claimed he was nothing without black influence.

If he never got addicted to drugs and became free of his leeching manager Tom Parker (who was an illegal Dutch immigrant!) could he had used his fame to run for office? In died in 1977 of drug overdose at the age of 42.

Maybe he runs for Mayor of Memphis for publicity, wins, runs for governor of Tennessee, wins, then run for president? I can see him supporting Ronald Reagan then running for president in 1988/1992. In 1988 he would only be 53.
 
Elvis would either be a blue dog Democrat (he seemed like someone who'd support a social safety net given how generous he was and given the fact that he came from a poor family) or a moderately conservative Republican (religious, seemed hawkish). Assuming he gets clean and changes his diet, I can see him being President sometime in the 80s or 90s, possibly the 2000s
 
Maybe Nixon inspires him following their meeting to consider politics. Snags an easy Senate seat from Tennessee. He then sees it as a crusade with issues such as the recession, the drug war destroying inner cities (Memphis), corruption revealed by Watergate, and the mediocre Carter term making the world unsafe. The rise of the religious right is icing; maybe he sees God taking away his singing career to push him toward helping his fellow man. Reagan fumbles his first term with Alzheimer's early onset and Elvis wins in 1984 just in time to reap benefits of a surging economy and recreating the Dems with the Moral Majority.
 

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Maybe Nixon inspires him following their meeting to consider politics. Snags an easy Senate seat from Tennessee. He then sees it as a crusade with issues such as the recession, the drug war destroying inner cities (Memphis), corruption revealed by Watergate, and the mediocre Carter term making the world unsafe. The rise of the religious right is icing; maybe he sees God taking away his singing career to push him toward helping his fellow man. Reagan fumbles his first term with Alzheimer's early onset and Elvis wins in 1984 just in time to reap benefits of a surging economy and recreating the Dems with the Moral Majority.
So he's a democrat? Why would he run as a democrat if Nixon inspires him? But overall really good
 
So he's a democrat? Why would he run as a democrat if Nixon inspires him? But overall really good
Reagan was a Democrat and he switched parties. granted R's an egotistical nut with a hard on for being popular who see's commies everywhere. But that's besides the point.

He (Elvis) runs on a party line that's somewhere between Teddy R and FDR. he has a tad bit of Wilson in there as well. He's charasmatic too which helps in bringing about talks with other countries about issues. Now depending on when he runs.....either he gets the nomination and runs against Reagan and wins, or he waits and makes Reagan a one term president. Runs and wins and we have a D in the white house for one term after Reagan who fixes the war on drugs, gets Russia to give up it's nuclear building program and military. In turn Russia becomes friendly towards the US and helps with dealing with issues going on in the mid east. With that....Iran suddenly becomes peaceable, realizing that we're not war mongers anymore, because in the process of the de-escalation with Russia, who withdraw all the way to their original borders pre-revolution, concentrates on dealing with nations that would become problematic. they have a standing army, sea, and air force about the equivalent of what they could have mustered WW1. Elvis convinces other nations to de-escalate as well. In turn, China, N. Korea, Iraq, and a few of the other agressive countries towards US come to a round table discussion to discuss what can be done. Elvis serves two terms, and after words becomes ambassador to Israel and salvages the conflict between them and Hezbolah and Palestine, resulting in two years after that a united Israel that stretches border wise to about what the borders may have been in biblical times .
 
So he's a democrat? Why would he run as a democrat if Nixon inspires him? But overall really good
Tennessee is a Democratic state. If he was going to break in, it was with them. Besides, he could see Nixon as a great man. Not by party, but by deed. That inspires him, like FDR by Theodore. It's not the party but the message. Besides, maybe Watergate encourages him to go Dem. The Pubs ruined a great man.
 
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