WI President Sonny Bono

Well, suppose that Sonny Bono (if you do not know, he was Cher's former husband, of the famous Sonny and Cher) actually in 1992 got the GOP nomination for the California US Senate Seat (maybe some people just voted for him for the whole former celebrity thing) and then he wins. Now, if the Senate seat butterflied the whole skiing accident, would you think that he could have been a good nominee for president in 2000 (or he wins in 2000 and there could be some sort of McCain/Bono ticket)
 
Well, suppose that Sonny Bono (if you do not know, he was Cher's former husband, of the famous Sonny and Cher) actually in 1992 got the GOP nomination for the California US Senate Seat (maybe some people just voted for him for the whole former celebrity thing) and then he wins. Now, if the Senate seat butterflied the whole skiing accident, would you think that he could have been a good nominee for president in 2000 (or he wins in 2000 and there could be some sort of McCain/Bono ticket)
So the major POD is that "Senator" Bono is wearing a helmet when he is on vacation skiing.
 
Well, suppose that Sonny Bono (if you do not know, he was Cher's former husband, of the famous Sonny and Cher) actually in 1992 got the GOP nomination for the California US Senate Seat (maybe some people just voted for him for the whole former celebrity thing) and then he wins. Now, if the Senate seat butterflied the whole skiing accident, would you think that he could have been a good nominee for president in 2000 (or he wins in 2000 and there could be some sort of McCain/Bono ticket)
I think this is a bit of a non starter for even if Sonny Bono got the GOP nomination in 1992 he still wouldn't be able to beat Diane Feinstein. So Bono still runs for Congress two years later and gets elected. I think the big WI would be if he decides to get a helmet in December 1997 and was wearing it when he crashed into a tree while skiing. He suffers some concusions but otherwise he's alright and returns to work at Capitol Hill with a neck brace. How would Congressman Bono have handled the Clinton Impeachment proceedings and what role would he have played? And if he stayed on as congressman would he run the risk of being defeated in 2006? Finally, as for him making a run for president in 2000 I would say it's highly unlikely, nor is it Likely that McCain would have choosen him as his running mate. His(Bono) ego is not that big, he was a much more humble and self-effacing person than say Cher.
 
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