I like Doug

Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy · Apr 15, 2012

What would Douglas MacArthur be like as POTUS? And when would be his best chance to win, 1948 or 1952?

trekchu · Apr 15, 2012

*sounds of CalBear throwing a fit, assuming Fetal position and then going into Cardiac arrest in 3....2....1....*

That being said, it would be an utter nightmare, a nuclear, glow-in-the-dark one.

Ariosto · Apr 15, 2012

Hm, who should I do a Presidential TL on first? George McGovern, George Wallace, or Douglas MacArthur? Decisions, decisions, decisions..........

Garrison · Apr 15, 2012

Ariosto said:
Hm, who should I do a Presidential TL on first? George McGovern, George Wallace, or Douglas MacArthur? Decisions, decisions, decisions..........

Well there is a MacArthur presidency thread ongoing, likewise Wallace is president in 'Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo'.

Ariosto · Apr 15, 2012

Garrison said:
Well there is a MacArthur presidency thread ongoing, likewise Wallace is president in 'Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo'.

The Wallace of the Sixties before he took a bullet.

sharlin · Apr 15, 2012

trekchu said:
*sounds of CalBear throwing a fit, assuming Fetal position and then going into Cardiac arrest in 3....2....1....*

You're kidding right...i'm expecting a rapidly approaching, screaming Calbear to appear and try and flying kick this thread...

Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy · Apr 15, 2012

Why would CalBear mind?

trekchu · Apr 15, 2012

Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy said:
Why would CalBear mind?

There's few things he hates more than McArthur and the Alaska CBs.

Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy · Apr 15, 2012

trekchu said:
There's few things he hates more than McArthur and the Alaska CBs.

I'm sure he hates Adolf Hitler more, and he's written a TL where the Nazis conquered most of Europe.

trekchu · Apr 15, 2012

Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy said:
I'm sure he hates Adolf Hitler more, and he's written a TL where the Nazis conquered most of Europe.

Hence my "few things" qualifier.

Winston Smith · Apr 15, 2012

Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy said:
Why would CalBear mind?

Calbear... dislikes Dugout Doug.

trekchu · Apr 15, 2012

Winston Smith said:
Calbear... dislikes Dugout Doug.

You know, we should invite Calbear to...the other place, if he isn't there already.

Winston Smith · Apr 15, 2012

trekchu said:
You know, we should invite Calbear to...the other place, if he isn't there already.

You know, thats a good idea. Want to send the invitation, or shall we consult the others first?

trekchu · Apr 15, 2012

Winston Smith said:
You know, thats a good idea. Want to send the invitation, or shall we consult the others first?

We might want to consult first. Will you do the honours?

Peelitebkearns · Apr 15, 2012

Is it really a forgone conclusion that on entering office, Doug Mackarthur would be as Newc-happy as most assume? It's not so much that I don't think he would launch newcs, but given that electing Reagan was seen as risky before he became president, wouldn't Mackarthur, if elected (and faced with the realities of the presidency), tone down his actions?

Garrison · Apr 15, 2012

Peelitebkearns said:
Is it really a forgone conclusion that on entering office, Doug Mackarthur would be as Newc-happy as most assume? It's not so much that I don't think he would launch newcs, but given that electing Reagan was seen as risky before he became president, wouldn't Mackarthur, if elected (and faced with the realities of the presidency), tone down his actions?

In 49' there's no prospect of retaliation to a strike, in fact until August the Soviets don't even have the bomb.

M. A. Dickens · Apr 15, 2012

In the POTUS Mac thread he intervened in the Second Chinese Civil War - with nukes.

Marc A

CalBear · Apr 15, 2012

trekchu said:
*sounds of CalBear throwing a fit, assuming Fetal position and then going into Cardiac arrest in 3....2....1....*

...

Oh, it was much worse than that.

Peg Leg Pom · Apr 15, 2012

Shouldn't the slogan be along the lines of "I dig Doug" ? (A grave)

Phyrx · Apr 15, 2012

marcus_aurelius said:
In the POTUS Mac thread he intervened in the Second Chinese Civil War - with nukes.

Marc A

So?

Whenever we talk about MacArthur on this forum someone brings this up, like somehow it matters. Is there some sacred law that no one is allowed to use nukes except against the Axis? And if they do, the universe will implode? I understand we all question MacArthur's abilities as a general but I swear you people are more horrified by the thought of him than you are of Genghis Kahn becoming President. It will not be "an utter nightmare" for anybody, except the Chinese if they don't pull out of Korea. Please, explain your thought processes, because I'm bewildered.