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WhoIsNumberNone

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22. Only one?

Mon May 21, 2012, 06:02 PM

May 2012

There have been some pretty good ones posted already. Without duplicating anything that's already been posted, here's my list of choices:

1-Set the precedent by making sure all those Nixon Administration clowns did some jail time- not just fall guy G. Gordon Liddy (maybe prevent the creation of Fox "News" in the process if Roger Ailes were swept up in my web of justice...)

2- Make sure Rush Limbaugh remained in his parents' basement.

3- Stop the Supreme Court from appointing W president.

4- Ensure the impeachment of Ronnie Raygun for the Iran-Contra Affair.

or

5- Give John Hinckley some shooting lessons.

(footnote; Ensuring the failure of John Lennon's assassination & the success of Operation Eagle Claw would also have made my list)

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You can travel back in time and change one historical event. You can not travel back beyond your [View all] ohiosmith May 2012 OP

"If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today" KamaAina May 2012 #1

Good one! ohiosmith May 2012 #3

Here's the ad from the National Lampoon: trof May 2012 #69

I would kick the gun out of... RevStPatrick May 2012 #2

Two of my top ones. ohiosmith May 2012 #4

I would see to it that Bertha Venation May 2012 #5

Wonderful! ohiosmith May 2012 #6

Gulf of Tonkin resolution. lastlib May 2012 #7

Outstanding! ohiosmith May 2012 #9

Operation Eagle Claw would have succeeded. Jimmy Carter was then reelected to a second term. madinmaryland May 2012 #8

Bravo! ohiosmith May 2012 #10

Crap. Beat me to basically the same thing. Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #12

It might have given him enough of a boost to win in November 1980, which would have eliminated madinmaryland May 2012 #15

Dammit, you beat me to it! arcane1 May 2012 #13

Holy shit, that's actually a smart response taterguy May 2012 #51

Prevent the Iran Hostage Crisis Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #11

Excellent! ohiosmith May 2012 #14

I don't know. Carter was seen as a weak president, and he would probably have seen madinmaryland May 2012 #16

You may be right. Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #21

I'd tell RFK to leave the ballroom via the route hifiguy May 2012 #17

Excellent! ohiosmith May 2012 #19

Second. Doctor Who May 2012 #31

Well, if you are going to save him... GoCubsGo May 2012 #36

+1 million treestar May 2012 #83

I'd prevent 9/11 n/t RZM May 2012 #18

Brilliant! ohiosmith May 2012 #20

by making sure that Al Gore was elected President in 2000? madinmaryland May 2012 #27

No. I'm not convinced that would have prevented it RZM May 2012 #28

Wow, someone else who shares that opinion. BlueIris May 2012 #78

Almost certainly there would have been no Iraq War during a Gore administration RZM May 2012 #81

That would have prevented a whole slew of unfortunate events. GoCubsGo May 2012 #37

That's what I would choose. Nobody remembers the Hart-Ridman Report. trof May 2012 #74

Only one? WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #22

Just one. ohiosmith May 2012 #24

Well, if #4 were exposed early enough WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #29

I wouldn't have married my first wife liberaltrucker May 2012 #23

Hahahaha! ohiosmith May 2012 #25

After reading pipi_k May 2012 #26

Actually, that book is what prompted this thread. ohiosmith May 2012 #32

No kidding! pipi_k May 2012 #54

Sorry to be selfish OriginalGeek May 2012 #30

Not selfish at all. Thinking of your mom. Good for you. ohiosmith May 2012 #33

Damn. I can't top yours. Wait Wut May 2012 #34

You may be right. ohiosmith May 2012 #38

Agree with all of them, and add: pink-o May 2012 #35

Including my brother who died in 1990. ohiosmith May 2012 #39

I'm from the future... hunter May 2012 #40

Before you go back,....... ohiosmith May 2012 #53

There are no Super Bowl and World Series championships... hunter May 2012 #57

I'd warn Dr. King ChazII May 2012 #41

Oh dang. Good one. tblue May 2012 #45

that was my first thought too n/t dana_b May 2012 #71

If I could I would have prevented Gore vs Bush.. denbot May 2012 #42

Outstanding! ohiosmith May 2012 #61

I'd try to warn JFK about going to Dallas Art_from_Ark May 2012 #43

Good one! ohiosmith May 2012 #64

That will be Number 2 on my list Art_from_Ark May 2012 #77

I'd go back and have sex with every boy on campus instead of hiding in the grad lab saturday nights FayeKane May 2012 #44

Good plan. ohiosmith May 2012 #67

Prevent the Genocide in Darfur Dragonbreathp9d May 2012 #46

Cool! ohiosmith May 2012 #70

I'd fix something REALLY important. 10-9-2011 LeftyMom May 2012 #47

I think JonLP24 May 2012 #49

At least we're focusing on important problems. LeftyMom May 2012 #59

Stopped Colonel Brandt from shifting Colonel Stauffenberg's explosive filled brief case, 20 Jul 44. sarge43 May 2012 #48

Excellent! ohiosmith May 2012 #75

Challenger YankeyMCC May 2012 #50

Ah! Good one. ohiosmith May 2012 #76

Well, you made it so I can't prevent my mother from marrying my father, so guess I'll pass. raccoon May 2012 #52

Iowa, 2004 NoPasaran May 2012 #55

I'd stop Bush V. Gore from happening. Initech May 2012 #56

+1 sakabatou May 2012 #62

Prevent JFK's Assassination, No question... MicaelS May 2012 #58

Prevent Prescott Bush from fathering ANY offspring,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, benld74 May 2012 #60

Good call. BlueIris May 2012 #88

I would prevent the death of Harvey Milk.... WillParkinson May 2012 #63

What a bunch of do-gooders! Bake May 2012 #65

OK then - How about opening a avebury May 2012 #87

As regards the world at large, it's between three things LeftishBrit May 2012 #66

Historical event--- Bush v. Gore tabbycat31 May 2012 #68

Impossible, I need three. Rex May 2012 #72

Don't forget the Blinovitch Limitation Effect (nt) Nye Bevan May 2012 #73

Ronald Reagan being elected president (nt) bigwillq May 2012 #79

If I must pick just one, I'd stop myself from moving in with that sociopath. BlueIris May 2012 #80

Probably the great tequilla tragedy of '83. I'd let myself know to slow down a little. HopeHoops May 2012 #82

After seeing "Back to the Future II" I am not changing anything! yellowcanine May 2012 #84

I would definitely have passed on that one night stand. yellowcanine May 2012 #85

How about dropping Grover Norquist (before formed avebury May 2012 #86