Recent content by Genette Tate Aylesbeare

POD: The IRA manage to assasinate Edward Heath in 1973 Who succeeds him? Thatcher? Whitelaw? What's the consequences for the UK? What happens in Northern Ireland and the Republic?

Why is being "too liberal" a problem in American politics? Is it for the same reason being "too conservative" is a problem - that most voters are always in the centre?

Re: Harvey Milk, Is there going to be an ugly show of homophobic bigotry from some characters?

This is mainly for Rogue Beaver. the POD is that Reagan dies between 1977 and 1980. Who are the possible candidates who are acceptable to both the Republican Party base and to the centre - which is where most of the voters always are.

Is there any way we can get the major Australian political parties to respect older MPs and Senators? Both the ALP and the Coalition have party policies forcing their MPs and Senators to retire at 65 or 70. These were introduced in the 1970s and have never been repealed.

the acceptance of the Racial Equality Clause is ASB - America and Australia were just two of the important countries that opposed it.

RB: What about Al Gore senior as JFK's running rate? He's old enough to look experienced but not so damn crinkly as Johnson; he voted for civil rights back in '57 but they're not burning crosses on his lawn like Estes, and he sure as hell isn't a joke like Ralph Yarborough.

Boris Yeltsin drinks himself to death in the late 1980s knock-on effects?