AHC and WI: President Audie Murphy

Here's the idea -- with no PoDs prior to 1960, how can Audie Murphy be elected President of the United States? Preferably, I'd like to see him live longer, and elected in 1980.

CONSOLIDATE: My thought, to get his political career started -- maybe if the Texas Gubernatorial Election in 1962 had gone differently,* maybe a Republican wins for the first time since Reconstruction; that leaves a the Democrats looking for a unifying candidate in 1966...

*say Ron Yarborough won the Democratic Nomination, leading to enough conservative Dems staying home, making the General even more competitive
 
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I know he was speaking out frequently on mental health services for veterans, and that was a registered Democrat, but other than that I'm not sure...

That's pretty much the extent of Murphy's political involvement/interest. Given the tumult in his personal life, Murphy becoming POTUS with a post-1960 POD is at best out there in the Oort clouds and the fringe of the plausibility universe.
 
That's pretty much the extent of Murphy's political involvement/interest. Given the tumult in his personal life, Murphy becoming POTUS with a post-1960 POD is at best out there in the Oort clouds and the fringe of the plausibility universe.

Well, if nothing else, I learned about "Oort Clouds"...
 
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