So I've becoming to these boards for about a month now. And over the many timelines I've scanned through I've never found one about the subject I'm considering undertaking.
For sometime I've been interested in an alternate history where Colin Powell becomes President, but I've never found one that's tackled the subject. So I'm gonna give it a try myself.
The POD is set in 1993, but the story starts sometime after the Powell Presidency with various political figures looking back.
“Honor to the Soldier, and Sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor also to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field, and serves, as he best can, the same cause -- honor to him, only less than to him, who braves, for the common good, the storms of heaven and the storms of battle.”
- Abraham Lincoln
"I tell people that I'm not a professional politician. I was truly a soldier."
- Former President Colin Powell (R-NY), The Challenge of a Lifetime.
“It’s almost weird thinking about those days. You know I used to be a Democrat back then, but with that first campaign anything was possible, the Pres-I’m mean General at the time made me believe that we could overcome the partisan divide and reset our politics for the future. Now, he and I didn’t always agree on the issues, especially healthcare back in 03, but our disagreements were always respectful. And thinking about it now from where I was back then and where I am now, it’s amazing. To be clear if I hadn’t joined the campaign back in 96 I’m not sure where I’d be today.”
- Governor Barack H. Obama (R-Ill) in an interview with Newsweek, February 2012.
“It’s always encouraging to me think about those years, and that first campaign when everything seemed possible. What’s funny is I remember the first big hurdle we had to get through was convincing mom. My mother by far was the key to getting the whole thing going and once we had her the “hard” part was over, or so we thought.”
- Congressman Michael Powell (R-NY), in his new book, My Father and the Presidency.
“Well, we saw President Powell as kind of a sign of things to come. Or at least we took it as one. Olympia, Rudy, John and a few others including myself were definitely not going to let this moment pass. For years conservatives had been running this party, well we were on the rise again thanks to the President and we weren’t going to blow it”
– Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) in an interview with Newsweek, February 2012
“There is no question that the Powell Presidency was a set back to our cause. His social liberalism was affront to everything we believed in. Granted some of his choices for the court weren’t all bad, but his opposition to the life amendment was definitely a problem. And the growing strength of the GOP’s "moderate" wing, while not a huge issue during his Administration, would become a problem after he left office. This was definitely the case when McCain started leading the charge against us. “The maverick”, if weren’t for Powell, McCain's strength in the party today would be non-existent.”
- Pat Robertson, interview with Newsweek, February 2012
“In order to continue the fight started by our last Great Republican President Colin Powell, I Rudolph W. Giuliani, declare my candidacy for President of the United States of America!”
- Senator Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) Declaring his candidacy for President, 20??
For sometime I've been interested in an alternate history where Colin Powell becomes President, but I've never found one that's tackled the subject. So I'm gonna give it a try myself.
The POD is set in 1993, but the story starts sometime after the Powell Presidency with various political figures looking back.
A Time to Serve
By Dark Knight
“Honor to the Soldier, and Sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor also to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field, and serves, as he best can, the same cause -- honor to him, only less than to him, who braves, for the common good, the storms of heaven and the storms of battle.”
- Abraham Lincoln
"I tell people that I'm not a professional politician. I was truly a soldier."
- Former President Colin Powell (R-NY), The Challenge of a Lifetime.
“It’s almost weird thinking about those days. You know I used to be a Democrat back then, but with that first campaign anything was possible, the Pres-I’m mean General at the time made me believe that we could overcome the partisan divide and reset our politics for the future. Now, he and I didn’t always agree on the issues, especially healthcare back in 03, but our disagreements were always respectful. And thinking about it now from where I was back then and where I am now, it’s amazing. To be clear if I hadn’t joined the campaign back in 96 I’m not sure where I’d be today.”
- Governor Barack H. Obama (R-Ill) in an interview with Newsweek, February 2012.
“It’s always encouraging to me think about those years, and that first campaign when everything seemed possible. What’s funny is I remember the first big hurdle we had to get through was convincing mom. My mother by far was the key to getting the whole thing going and once we had her the “hard” part was over, or so we thought.”
- Congressman Michael Powell (R-NY), in his new book, My Father and the Presidency.
“Well, we saw President Powell as kind of a sign of things to come. Or at least we took it as one. Olympia, Rudy, John and a few others including myself were definitely not going to let this moment pass. For years conservatives had been running this party, well we were on the rise again thanks to the President and we weren’t going to blow it”
– Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) in an interview with Newsweek, February 2012
“There is no question that the Powell Presidency was a set back to our cause. His social liberalism was affront to everything we believed in. Granted some of his choices for the court weren’t all bad, but his opposition to the life amendment was definitely a problem. And the growing strength of the GOP’s "moderate" wing, while not a huge issue during his Administration, would become a problem after he left office. This was definitely the case when McCain started leading the charge against us. “The maverick”, if weren’t for Powell, McCain's strength in the party today would be non-existent.”
- Pat Robertson, interview with Newsweek, February 2012
“In order to continue the fight started by our last Great Republican President Colin Powell, I Rudolph W. Giuliani, declare my candidacy for President of the United States of America!”
- Senator Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) Declaring his candidacy for President, 20??