Blue Skies in Camelot: An Alternate 60's and Beyond
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I just had an idea: Bush Sr. & Bush Jr. have a falling out, leading to Junior falling in with the Democrats. Skip forward a few years and Al Gore asks George W Bush to be his running mate
With a point of divergence in 1962 I’m hard pressed to say that any of these franchises would have come into existence ITTL even if Reagan got into office and did the same things he did to the television industry. There’s just far too much different in pop culture IMO—Elvis as the King of Rock and Roll without Vegas and the ‘70s decline, the Beatles holding together, Star Trek OS lasting longer and being more successful—all of these things should have gigantic knock-on effects that render random pop culture from the ‘80s (and honestly the ‘70s too) totally gone. If we want to be “realistic” there should be a bunch of expies of famous franchises instead of the classics—“Space Wars” instead of Star Wars, for instance.
Still, though, it might be more fun to keep OTL franchises with their names intact and just show how they’re different to how they were historically instead?
Kennedy4Ever
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Well here is my prediction of who will win in the 1972 presidential election:
The candidate is a former Senator of Texas and a former Vice President of the United States!
The candidate is a former Senator of Texas and a former Vice President of the United States!
And is his running mate a celebrity with minimal poltical experience?Well here is my prediction of who will win in the 1972 presidential election:
The candidate is a former Senator of Texas and a former Vice President of the United States!
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My predictions
George H.W. Bush 1972-1981
Shirley Temple 1981-1985 (the Paleoconservative mentioned a while back)
Robert F. Kennedy 1985-??
George H.W. Bush 1972-1981
Shirley Temple 1981-1985 (the Paleoconservative mentioned a while back)
Robert F. Kennedy 1985-??
Well here is my prediction of who will win in the 1972 presidential election:
The candidate is a former Senator of Texas and a former Vice President of the United States!
And is his running mate a celebrity with minimal poltical experience?
Har! Well done, both of you.
An interesting prediction here, your Majesty!
I really enjoy seeing all of the different Presidents lists you all come up with. He did! Because President Kennedy's withdrawal was not completed until 1967, Stockdale was still shot down and captured, as per OTL.
Yes. Negotiations for the release of U.S. prisoners are currently underway in Paris, as Secretary of State Nixon and Premeir Giap's foreign policy team are at work on the ceasefire agreement.
BP Booker
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My-not-at-all-serious-but-maybe? List:
1972: Johnson/Glenn def. Bush/Reagan
1976: Reagan/Buckley def. Glenn/Jackson
1980: Kennedy/Finch def. Reagan/Percy [1]
1984: Kennedy/Finch def. Laxalt/Baker
1988: Young/Simon def. Dole/Goldwater Jr.
[Replaced Buckley as a way to appease the liberal faction after a strong primary challenge by John Anderson from the left]
1972: Johnson/Glenn def. Bush/Reagan
1976: Reagan/Buckley def. Glenn/Jackson
1980: Kennedy/Finch def. Reagan/Percy [1]
1984: Kennedy/Finch def. Laxalt/Baker
1988: Young/Simon def. Dole/Goldwater Jr.
[Replaced Buckley as a way to appease the liberal faction after a strong primary challenge by John Anderson from the left]
Kennedy4Ever
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And is his running mate a celebrity with minimal poltical experience?
He just might be, POTUS ... he just might be!
President Moonbeam it is then.He just might be, POTUS ... he just might be!
Jerry Brown is (as per OTL) currently serving as California's Secretary of State. He has announced interest in running for Governor in 1974 or Senator in the future, though he is in a crowded field for the Gubernatorial race should he choose to enter. Jesse Unruh, James Roosevelt II, and others are all eyeing the position as well.