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Response to madinmaryland (Reply #8)

Mon May 21, 2012, 05:25 PM

Gidney N Cloyd (10,454 posts)

12. Crap. Beat me to basically the same thing.

I'm not sure what would be better, though. Successful rescue operation would have made Carter look stronger but I'm thinking avoiding the hostage crisis altogether might have been better for our relations with the mideast.

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88 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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