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This is a hotly contested topic, which is exactly why I avoided touching it in the first post. There's entire Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories claiming he was shot because he wouldn't have authorized a build-up in Vietnam. Popular legend often tries to tell us that Kennedy was too...

It depends a lot on how his second term goes, obviously, especially in regards to Vietnam. An important thing to remember is one of the many reasons for Nixon's widespread support among the silent majority was the contrast of the outgoing Johnson administration and the Eisenhower...

Some candidates who haven't been mentioned as much before: Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont: Bernie now has a few years as Senator under his belt, and if the economy doesn't bounce back, he'll be as much of an attractive candidate as he was in 2016 OTL. If the liberal wing of the party expands...

Fascinating idea and imagining the melding of the disprate classic continuities gives me goosebumps alone. I'd love to see a photoshop of this version of the team. Nice work!

I'm thinking of writing a pop culture TLIAD, and have a very specific idea of what I'd like to do at the start, but I'm not very good at butterflies and was wondering if anyone would like to talk about a short collaboration?

I've never read a Pre-1900 before but I'm going to give this one a shot. As I find myself saying often, no real comment yet but eager to see where we go.

NickCT hasn't even been sighted on the board since January, I might note. Whether that's comforting or not, I'll leave up to others to decide. I imagine real life has just taken over.

Off to a good start, but can't find much to comment upon at this stage. Looking forward to more though.

"...domestic terror incident successfully foiled today..." "...yet to release or identify suspects arrested..." "...plans to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago on [this] Christmas Day..."

I thought about this, yeah. No Industrial Light & Magic, possibly. I don't know how involved Lucas really was in the company. Also no Skywalker Sound.

Former presidential candidate George McGovern, recalling memories of his relationship with former running mate Thomas Eagleton, and his daughter Theresa, who died in 1994, who both suffered from depression, was asked about President Clinton's condition on Larry King Live yesterday, : "Depression...

That's part of the nod in the original post. Electric Monk notes the network as well, which I know about, but I'm unsure of how this all fits into a broader timeline. This is true. I'm just trying to figure out how that changes without it.

"Mr. Vice President, given the allegations that President Clinton is seeing a psychotherapist, are you prepared to serve if the 25th Amendment were to be invoked?" "I have a good relationship with the President, and I stand by him. The man has been through some tremendous losses as of late, and...

As long as the topic of pop culture PoD's is relevant, I'm genuinely curious if we'll see as strong a renaissance in programs like American Dad or The Colbert Report satirizing neoconservatives. I'm not doubting such programs would still exist, but they might not be as notable in a different...

I'm glad you at least found it to release your notes so we could see where the TL would have gone. You had a very grand, ambitious, and well-thought plan but it's better to release it this way than to flame out. You clearly put a lot of work and thought into it. Nice work in any case.

For one reason or another, Star Wars never happens. I don't want to dote on the details. How does this affect the development of film and pop culture? Does another Science Fiction film fill the same niche and kick off similar trends? Is it an OTL film that could offer butterflies, or a unique...

Still an interesting TL with some effective and understated development. Looking forward to more.

John Edwards is more capable of being president here than OTL - nonetheless, my sadistic side isn't sure I want him to win here.

This is a really ambiguous statement. We were already somewhat involved via Kennedy's military advisors, and just days before leaving office, authorized the assassination of Vietnamese dictrator Ngo Dinh Diem. If you just mean no escalation like Johnson, we're par the course with Kennedy as he...

I think we can safely retcon President Reagan as First Lady Nancy Reagan in his place. Nixon's death was mentioned ITTL but since CalBear gave him such a good line, I would recommend retconning Nixon's OTL death into a hospital stay and a weak recovery. Of course, he can still die later ITTL