# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 164
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Ways the American election could go seriously off the rails 1. Mailboxes replaced with landmines 2. October surprise is the cancellation of November. 3. Americans become convinced that the Electoral College has cancelled classes due to COVID. 4. Kanye West shoots Biden. 5. Kamala Harris admits she’s an alien… a SPACE alien 6. Every voter pencils in his/her own name as a write-in vote. 7. Trump applauds as Putin’s troops invade Belarus. 8. Kim Kardashian replaces Pence as Republican candidate for VP 9. Felons get the vote, support Trump 10. Kamala sleeps with Willie. Again. 11. The Most Interesting Man in the World enters the race. 12. Trump nukes Biden’s and Harris’s homes. ---
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Ways the American election could go seriously off the rails 1. Mailboxes replaced with landmines 2. October surprise is the cancellation of November. 3. Americans become convinced that the Electoral College has cancelled classes due to COVID. 4. Kanye West shoots Biden. 5. Kamala Harris admits she’s an alien… a SPACE alien 6. Every voter pencils in his/her own name as a write-in vote. 7. Trump applauds as Putin’s troops invade Belarus. 8. Kim Kardashian replaces Pence as Republican candidate for VP 9. Felons get the vote, support Trump 10. Kamala sleeps with Willie. Again. 11. The Most Interesting Man in the World enters the race. 12. Trump nukes Biden’s and Harris’s homes. 13. Trump ends every speech between now and Nov. 3 by saying, “Ignore everything I just said; they’re all lies anyway.” Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3263 "2020-08-18T16:54:34Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama ---
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Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt ---
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Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy ---
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Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3267 "2020-08-18T18:42:17Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3268 "2020-08-18T20:05:59Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson 6. Thomas Jefferson Not exactly, as the parties have evolved, but he’s usually claimed by the Dems. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3269 "2020-08-18T20:12:02Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. James Madison ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3270 "2020-08-18T20:27:54Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. James Madison 8. Grover Cleveland (nonconsecutively) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3271 "2020-08-19T01:06:47Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. James Madison 8. Grover Cleveland (nonconsecutively) 9. Harry S Truman ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3272 "2020-08-19T01:34:19Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. James Madison 8. Grover Cleveland (nonconsecutively) 9. Harry S Truman 10. Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3273 "2020-08-19T03:31:18Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. James Madison 8. Grover Cleveland (nonconsecutively) 9. Harry S Truman 10. Bill Clinton 11. Woodrow Wilson ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3274 "2020-08-19T03:50:57Z")
Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. James Madison 8. Grover Cleveland (nonconsecutively) 9. Harry S Truman 10. Bill Clinton 11. Woodrow Wilson 12. James Buchanan Our worst Democratic President. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3275 "2020-08-19T04:09:51Z")
You’ll get no argument from me. Democratic Presidents 1. Barack Obama 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 3. John F. Kennedy 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. James Madison 8. Grover Cleveland (nonconsecutively) 9. Harry S Truman 10. Bill Clinton 11. Woodrow Wilson 12. James Buchanan 13. Andrew Jackson Next up: Presidential election losers who just might’ve been better than the guy who beat 'em (and the year) 1. John Adams (1800) ---
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Presidential election losers who just might’ve been better than the guy who beat 'em (and the year) 1. John Adams (1800) 2. Hillary Clinton (2016) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3277 "2020-08-19T09:45:32Z")
Presidential election losers who just might’ve been better than the guy who beat 'em (and the year) 1. John Adams (1800) 2. Hillary Clinton (2016) 3. Al Gore (2000) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3278 "2020-08-19T10:31:09Z")
Presidential election losers who just might’ve been better than the guy who beat 'em (and the year) 1. John Adams (1800) 2. Hillary Clinton (2016) 3. Al Gore (2000) 4. Thomas Jefferson (1796) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3279 "2020-08-19T12:47:15Z")
Presidential election losers who just might’ve been better than the guy who beat 'em (and the year) 1. John Adams (1800) 2. Hillary Clinton (2016) 3. Al Gore (2000) 4. Thomas Jefferson (1796) 5. John C. Fremont (1856) ---
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Presidential election losers who just might’ve been better than the guy who beat 'em (and the year) 1. John Adams (1800) 2. Hillary Clinton (2016) 3. Al Gore (2000) 4. Thomas Jefferson (1796) 5. John C. Fremont (1856) 6. Adlai Stevenson (1952, 1956) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=165)