ruins of an american party system

The cheesy yet iconic early 2000's ABC logo flashes onto the screen, followed by a "3" and the equally cheesy "Education!" subtitle, accompanied by bouncy sound effects. "Robert Taft, the 38th President of the United States" intones the narrator's voice. Images and video footage of President...

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven. - Lao-Tzu. Tao Te Ching, Chapter...

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. -Galatians 6:7 Presenting the sequel to The Ruins of An American Party System, Part One: Implosion, winner of the 2015 Turtledove for Best New Early 20th Century Timeline: The Ruins of An American Party...

Shuffling a Ruined Deck In which I reorganize the list of US Presidents from my TL "The Ruins of An American Party System" Hey Emperor Julian, are you going to participate in the time-honored Time-Line-In-A-[Certain Period of Time] tradition to have a QA with yourself at the beginning? No. __...

So, this is the revised version of my timeline, The Ruins of an American Party System, with Part One being now subtitled “Implosion”. This thread is for the revisions, please DO NOT COMMENT HERE, all comments about the original timeline or about the revisions can be posted in the the original...

A small crowd was gathered outside of the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. They were listening to a man who had just left the hall, to tell them the results of the 1920 Democratic Convention. "The first ballot has been counted, and the results are are 266 votes for Treasury Secretary...