samcster94
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President Goldwater was a controversial President for many reasons. What if LBJ had won instead?
Goldwater said he couldn't bear to run after the death of Kennedy though. They were friends despite their disagreements. Also it would be obvious that there was no way to beat Johnson, and Goldwater would be giving up his Senate seat. Better to let Rockefeller crash and burn against Johnson like OTL.A good P.O.D. would be Goldwater running against Johnson in '64 rather than '68.
I wonder if either of the Vietnams would have recovered from the fire-bombing campaign Goldwater ordered. At least he didn't follow through with his threat to drop nukes, though the fire-bombing was probably as bad.
Better to let Rockefeller crash and burn against Johnson like OTL.
1. Vietnam doesn't go anywhere near as badly. Johnson's more popular in '64, enough to win
2. Johnson sees the writing on the wall, decides against running in '68, lets RFK take the nomination and beat Goldwater four years early.
OOC: Typed 64 instead of 68OOC: I'm confused. The first and third sentences make it sound like Johnson dominates in '64 (like the real OTL), but the second sentence makes it sound like he lost.