A Different Path: A History of the Kerry Administration & Beyond

Pericles · Nov 23, 2014

PoD: John Kerry never says "I was for it before I was against it", lessening attacks on him for being a flipflopper.
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NEW BIN LADEN TAPE TAUNTS BUSH, UPSETS ELECTION

BUSH, KERRY REJECT BIN LADEN

　BUSH CAMPAIGN RECIEVES BUMP IN POLLS FOLLOWING TAPE

POLLS TIED, CLOSE ELECTION LOOMS

　

EXIT POLLS BLEAK FOR BUSH
If the exit polls are right, the president is headed for a landslide defeat, with solid GOP states such as Mississippi and South Carolina too close to call. Republicans dispute the polls but worry their supporters will be demoralised and stay home.[2]

KERRY DEFEATS BUSH!
　

　
　
DEM 284 ELECTORAL VOTES 49.4% OF THE POPULAR VOTE
REP 254 ELECTORAL VOTES 49.6% OF POPULAR VOTE
　
　

　
　
[2]This is just like the exit polls IOTL.
After a bitter, heated campaign, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards have reclaimed the White House for the Democrats. The faltering economy and divisive Iraq war alienated many Americans from Bush. Partisan divisions are unlikely to be soothed, as Bush won the popular vote and the Republicans gained seats in both houses. There are rumors Bush will contest the result.

PRESIDENT BUSH CONTESTS RESULT

-NOVEMBER 3,2004

OHIO RECOUNT BEGINS

-NOVEMBER 4,2004

SENATE MINORITY LEADER DASCHLE(D-SD)LOSES RE-ELECTION

　SENATOR SPECTER(R-PA)RE-ELECTED

　MURKOWSKI WINS ALASKA SENATE SEAT

　OHIO RECOUNT STIRS FEELINGS

　FALLUJAH CAPTURED IN HEAVY FIGHTING

-NOVEMBER 13,2004

KERRY VICTORY VALIDATED BY RECOUNT-NOVEMBER 29,2004

　BUSH CONCEDES DEFEAT, URGES AMERICANS TO UNITE

-NOVEMBER 30,2004

Jonathan · Nov 23, 2014

Brilliant start Pericles, look forward to seeing more. The Pictures are great as well.

Maeglin · Nov 23, 2014

Minor nitpick: if you're boosting Kerry by 1% or so, shouldn't New Mexico also go Democratic?

Pericles · Nov 23, 2014

Jonathan said:
Brilliant start Pericles, look forward to seeing more. The Pictures are great as well.

Thanks. I'll try update it again soon.

Pericles · Nov 24, 2014

Maeglin said:
Minor nitpick: if you're boosting Kerry by 1% or so, shouldn't New Mexico also go Democratic?

Yes thank you, fixed it.

Pericles · Nov 24, 2014

TSUNAMI SWAMPS ASIA!

COLOMBIAN REBEL LEADER/DRUG LORD SIMON TRINIDAD EXTRADITED TO US

GOVERNOR ROMNEY APPOINTS THOMAS REILLY TO KERRY’S SENATE SEAT

-JANUARY 1,2005

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, appointed Attorney General Thomas Reilly, a Democrat, to President-Elect Kerry’s Senate seat that he resigned from last week. Romney was forbidden from appointing a Republican by the Democrat legislature.

PRESIDENT KERRY INAUGURATED

-JANURY 20,2005

KERRY APPROVAL RATING AT 54%

PRESIDENT PASSES EXCUTIVE ORDER FUNDING STEM CELL RESEARCH

-JANUARY 22,2005

　

　

　

IRAQI ELECTIONS POSTPONED FOR "SECURITY REASONS"

-JANUARY 25,2005

REPUBLICANS LAMBAST KERRY ON IRAQ
KERRY CABINET NOMINEES
PRESIDENT JOHN KERRY
VICE-PRESIDENT JOHN EDWARDS
SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD HOLBROOKE
TREASURY SECRETARY DONALD KOHN
DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA
ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR LARRY ECHO HAWK
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TOM VILSACK
COMMERCE SECRETARY GARY LOCKE
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD
SECRETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT SHAUN DONOVAN
VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY CHARLIE GONZALES
SECRETARY OF HEALTH&HUMAN SERVICES JEANNE SHAHEEN
SECRETARY OF LABOR BEN CAYETANO
ENERGY SECRETARY TONY KNOWLES
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY DANIEL INOUYE
CHIEF OF STAFF DAVID WADE
VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY ERIC SHINSEKI
EPA ADMINISTRATOR CAROL BROWNER

CONGRESS CONFIRMS KERRY NOMINEES

BROWNER NOMINATION ATTACKED

CATHOLIC CHURCH EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT WITH PRESIDENT'S POSITION ON ABORTION

-FEBRUARY 1, 2005

ANONYMOUS BISHOP CALLS FOR EXCOMMUNICATION

PRESIDENT URGES CONGRESS TO RATIFY KYOTO PROTOCOL-

FEBRUARY 2,2005

REPUBLICAN LEADERS REJECT PROTOCOL

-FEBRUARY 3,2005

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FORMER LEBANESE PM HARIRI KILLED IN BOMBING-

FEBRUARY 14,2005

KYOTO GOES INTO EFFECT, NOT FOR US&AUSTRALIA

LANDMARK SUPREME COURT DECISION ENDS EXECUTION OF MINORS

-MARCH 1,2005

ENVIRONMENTALIST BROWNER CONFIRMED-MARCH 3,2005

　

NEW BIN LADEN TAPE MOCKS 'COWARDLY INFIDEL'-

MARCH 4,2005

　
In an appeal to Sunni Iraqis, Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden mocked President Kerry and referencing the decision to postpone elections, called his enemies cowards. He also said "Even if they want to, the infidel cannot provide security. But they do not want to as it would hurt their greedy and lustful ambitions to our land" The tape has been authenticated by the White House. Meanwhile, 3 US soldiers were killed in a bombing in Baghdad.
　

KYOTO RATIFICATION CHANCES DEAD- SAY PUNDITS

US TROOPS FIRE ON CAR OF ITALIAN HOSTAGE

-MARCH 4,2005

INSURGENCY IN BALOCHISTAN!-MARCH 8,2005PAKISTANI REGION SEES FIRST INSURGENCY SINCE 1978

KERRY APPROVAL RATING AT 49%, 47% DISAPPROVE

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MARCH 10,2005

IRAQI ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR MAY

The Iraqi parliamentary elections will be held in May 1 and after a constitution has been created, elections will again be held on February 28, 2006. This is due to the fact attacks have dulled since January, with average 55 attacks per month instead of the previous 70.

CONTROVERSIAL TERRI SCHIAVO CASE ENDS WITH EUTHANASIA

KERRY WELCOMES RESULT

-MARCH 15,2005

FLOWERS BLOSSOM IN KYRGYZSTAN'S TULIP REVOLUTION-

MARCH 24,2005

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TAIWANESE PROTEST AGAINST CHINA

-MARCH 26,2005

PRESIDENT KERRY VISITS TAIWAN, CALLS FOR CALM BETWEEN NATIONS

-APRIL 1,2005

POPE JOHN PAUL II DIES-

APRIL 2,2005

CATHOLIC KERRY COMMEMORATES POPE

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US TROOPS FEND OFF ASSAULT ON ABU GHRAIB BY THE SKIN OF THEIR TEETH

-APRIL 2,2005

Seleucus · Nov 24, 2014

From a purely TL design perspective, you may wish to space out between picture/headline items a bit more. Adding exposition also helps.

Pericles · Nov 24, 2014

Seleucus said:
From a purely TL design perspective, you may wish to space out between picture/headline items a bit more. Adding exposition also helps.

Thanks, I'll. try to add more text to some areas to explain events.

Gorrister · Nov 24, 2014

If you're doing a one point swing to Kerry, why not the downballot candidates? Betty Castor and Tom Daschle would've won with a point swing.

Pericles · Nov 24, 2014

spookyscaryskeletons said:
If you're doing a one point swing to Kerry, why not the downballot candidates? Betty Castor and Tom Daschle would've won with a point swing.

But the POD is just focused on Kerry. I don't see how Kerry not saying " I was for it before I was against it" benefits Daschle. The races were more effected much more by local and other factors

starwarsfan · Nov 24, 2014

spookyscaryskeletons said:
If you're doing a one point swing to Kerry, why not the downballot candidates? Betty Castor and Tom Daschle would've won with a point swing.

Agreed

But its ultimately his TL to decide

Like the TL, keep it up Pericles

Mr_Falcon · Nov 25, 2014

Really good TL, looking forward for next update!

Pericles · Nov 25, 2014

PRESIDENT URGES CONGRESS TO TACKLE IMMIGRATION REFORM-APRIL 6,2005

President Kerry joined with a bipartisan group of Senators, including Ted Kennedy, Mel Martinez, John McCain and Arlen Specter in pushing for immigration reform. Congress is expected to vote on the issue within the next few months.

RIGHT-WING STRIKES BACK AGAINST REFORM

Right-wing Republicans are determined to prevent immigration reform from passing, with talk radio assaulting it as 'amnesty.' With only 45 Democrat Senators, reform will need at least 15 Republican votes to overcome the expected filibuster. However, with the Republican base rallying against the bill, its chances are dying by the day.

BENEDICT XVI NEW POPE

-APRIL 19,2005

NEW VIDEO WEBSITE EMERGES

- APRIL 23,2005

SYRIANS BOOTED OUT OF LEBANON

-APRIL 26,2005

Syria has promised to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon by April 30 and will let a United Nations team verify the pullout, a U.N. envoy said Sunday.

Damascus ordered the withdrawal, demanded by a U.N. Security Council resolution seven months ago, after coming under intense international pressure over the Feb. 14 assassination of a Lebanese former prime minister, Rafik al-Hariri.

The U.N. envoy, Terje Roed-Larsen, said Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara had told him "all Syrian troops, military assets and the intelligence apparatus will have been withdrawn fully and completely ... by April 30, 2005.

Lebanese opposition figures hailed the announcement, which fulfilled one of their key demands.

Syria first sent troops to Lebanon in 1976, early in its 1975-90 civil war, but in recent years had reduced numbers to about 14,000 from a peak of 40,000.

U.N. Resolution 1559, sponsored by the United States and France, demanded the departure of all foreign forces, the disbanding of all Lebanese militias and respect for Lebanon's political independence.

"Syria by its full withdrawal from Lebanon would have implemented its part of resolution 1559," Shara said.

The declared timetable means all Syrian forces will have left before Lebanon holds parliamentary elections. The polls were due to have taken place in May, but might be pushed back because of political turmoil since Hariri's killing.

IRAQI ELECTIONS HELD- MOSTLY SUCCESSFUL BUT LOW SUNNI TURNOUT

-MAY 1,2005

Iraq has held its first ever democratic elections in a public rebuke to Al-Qaeda. President Kerry praised the elections, calling them ' proof of freedom's power'. Despite this rhetoric, most of the large Sunni minority did not vote. Iraq's new parliament will create a new constitution before elections in 2006 and selecting a prime minister to run the government.

BRITISH ELECTIONS: BLAIR ALIVE BUT WOUNDED

-MAY 5,2005

In the British elections, pro-Iraq War PM Tony Blair won re-election but is in an increasingly fragile position as involvement in Iraq becomes more and more unpopular.

DNC CHAIRMAN HOWARD DEAN: REPUBLICANS KILLING REFORM

-MAY 20,2005

　

WAR OF WORDS TO CONTINUE: MEASURE TO END SENATE DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION FAILS

-MAY 24,2005

CLOTURE FAILS AGAIN

-MAY 26,2005

Voting 52-45, the Senate failed to end debate on the immigration bill, preventing it from being passed. This is another defeat for the President's agenda.

WHITE HOUSE LAMBASTS 'REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTIONISM'

-MAY 31,2005

After having its legislative agenda on Kyoto and now immigration defeated, the administration lashed out at 'obstructionism' from congressional Republicans.

MAY WAS BLOODIEST MONTH IN IRAQ SINCE INVASION

PUNDITS WRITE OFF IMMIGRATION REFORM AS DEAD

　Following the failure of immigration reform in the Senate, pundits widely blame the right-wig's efforts to kill reform for its failure and say congressional Republicans were driven right by talk radio.

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Pericles · Nov 25, 2014

What do you think?

Paul V McNutt · Nov 25, 2014

I am looking forward to more. I am not looking forward to the economic collapse in 2008 and President Mitt Romney.

Pericles · Nov 25, 2014

Paul V McNutt said:
I am looking forward to more. I am not looking forward to the economic collapse in 2008 and President Mitt Romney.

Thanks. Why do you think Romney will be the nominee?

Paul V McNutt · Nov 25, 2014

Pericles said:
Thanks. Why do you think Romney will be the nominee?

I assume since he was establishment runner up in 2004, he would be the crown prince for 2008.

Paul V McNutt · Nov 25, 2014

Wait it would be John McCain. sSorry I got confused.

Pericles · Nov 25, 2014

Paul V McNutt said:
Wait it would be John McCain. sSorry I got confused.

It's possible but circumstances will be hugely different

Mr_Falcon · Dec 5, 2014

Waiting eagerly for the update