All I Have I Would Have Given

LBJ addresses Congress following FDR's death

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress
April 17, 1945


Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the House, Members of the Senate, my fellow Americans:

All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today.

The greatest leader of our time has passed on. Today Franklin Delano Roosevelt lives on in the immortal words and works that he left behind. He lives on in the mind and memories of mankind. He lives on in the hearts of his countrymen.

No words are sad enough to express our sense of loss. No words are strong enough to express our determination to continue the forward thrust of America that he began.


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I don't actually have anything, I just thought that opening would be sufficient to generate discussion. LBJ as President in the 1940s? Discuss the repercussions.

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An idea:

Johnson gets Ted Cruz levels of inner party hate for the Johnson treatment and railroading through his agenda, and Eisenhower agrees to run Democrat... In 1948. :eek: Johnson gets snubbed at the Convention because they don't like him, setting up a Grover Cleveland Esque comeback let's say in 1960? :cool:

Or that might be trying too hard to get the best of both worlds. Just an idea, though.
 
A potential side note is that the vote to extend the draft in 1941 passed by a single vote. Had LBJ won the Senate race he would not have been in the House to vote for it.

While failure to pass the extension would not have been as significant as some historians suggest it would have been interesting POD.
 
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