# What's Adlai Stevenson's remaining realistic path to the nomination? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 27, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382 "2020-03-27T00:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/21 "2020-03-27T14:19:33Z")
I’m still waiting for Ron Paul to pull a William Jennings Bryan with an updated “Let’s Crucify America on a Cross of Gold!” ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/22 "2020-03-27T15:59:23Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Nobody, _nobody_ is going to drive the youth vote like George McGovern. Without him and the kids, the Democrats have zero chance. We need McCarthy! Eugene or Joe or Jenny or Melissa or Andrew. I’m not particular. I just like the name. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/23 "2020-03-27T16:04:21Z")
Everybody is wrong. We need FDR. For four terms. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/24 "2020-03-27T17:28:04Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Just wondering (serious for a moment). Will the GOP _ever_ nominate a true statesman again, in the mold of Ike say? They might if they tried. Instead, they nominated John McCain and then immediately hobbled him with demands to kow-tow to the Evangelist crowd and saddled him with such a ludicrous running mate it was [nearly impossible to tell the real thing from the satire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HsyEvr5Pnw&t=145s). > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > We need McCarthy! > > Eugene or Joe or Jenny or Melissa or Andrew. I’m not particular. I just like the name. I’d vote for Andrew McCarthy. I don’t know what his politics are, or how smart he is, or whether he molests kittens, but he was great in [_Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110588/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_55), and at this point, that is more competence at anything than anyone in the Trump administration has been able to demonstrate. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/25 "2020-03-27T18:24:03Z")
Jeez, are you so desperate for a topic, you’d bump a 60-year old thread? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/26 "2020-03-27T18:24:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Everybody is wrong. We need FDR. For four terms. Wait…isn’t he dead? ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/27 "2020-03-27T18:33:15Z")
So? It didn’t stop Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/28 "2020-03-27T18:36:00Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wait…isn’t he dead? _That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die._ Stranger ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/29 "2020-03-27T19:13:02Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wait…isn’t he dead? What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/30 "2020-03-27T19:20:29Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wait…isn’t he dead? He’s not really dead…as long as we remember him. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/31 "2020-03-27T20:23:28Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wait…isn’t he dead? No, he’s pining. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/32 "2020-03-27T21:00:35Z")
The Norman Thomas/Lyndon Larouche ticket should cover just about any position someone might have on the issues. Here in Kentucky there’s a reasonable chance Gatewood Galbraith could beat Trump despite being deceased. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/33 "2020-03-27T21:48:50Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Here in Kentucky there’s a reasonable chance Gatewood Galbraith could beat Trump despite being deceased. Heck, why not just run Coach Adolph Rupp? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/34 "2020-03-27T22:03:57Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > So Adlai Stevenson III is 89 now, even older than Biden. I don’t think his chances are very good. Adlai IV was born in 1960, but Adlai V was born in 1994 and won’t be eligible for 9 more years. > **[Adlai Stevenson III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_IV)** > > Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (October 10, 1930 – September 6, 2021) was an American attorney and politician of the Democratic Party who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1970 to 1981. A member of the prominent Stevenson family, he also served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Treasurer. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of Illinois in 1982 and 1986. He had been awarded Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure with gold and silver stars and was an ho... ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/35 "2020-03-27T22:05:15Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Adlai IV was born in 1960, but Adlai V was born in 1994 and won’t be eligible for 9 more years. > > [Adlai Stevenson III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_IV) I would rather run Theodore Roosevelt V then. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/36 "2020-03-28T00:59:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What’s your point? Everyone’s been nominating dead people (me included), so I picked a post at random to quibble about the nominee being a dead person. Nothing personal, just an attempt at left-field jocular japery. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/37 "2020-03-28T01:01:16Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Heck, why not just run Coach Adolph Rupp? I suggest Walter Camp. The southern states love them some football coaches. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/38 "2020-03-28T01:06:29Z")
Forty-four-forty or fight. You heard me, Yank. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/39 "2020-03-28T01:15:49Z")
Unfortunate that Beach Boys hater James Watt never got a position higher than Secretary of the Interior. Also the dead thing. No one else I can really think of.:o ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/40 "2020-03-28T02:06:34Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > What’s Eugene V. Debs up to these days? Probably in jail. This time, folks, a vote for Nader is what this country needs. This time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382.md?page=3)