What if Franklin Deleano Roosevelt was assasinated on September 10, 1935 instead of Huey Long?
That actually happens in The People's Flag. Though lots of other things do, too, so it's hardly a fair, isolated test of what might happen.
Brain confusion when I read this as "FDR Dies and Lives Long" !
I was, tho, actually thinking about Huey Long earlier today whilst staring at his never-read book upon my shelves as I put my boots on. People seem to think he would have been a disaster as president, but in most ways he seems like he would have been pretty much a Nixon
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Grey Wolf
While Long was many things, he was not democratic. He was, simply put, a dictator. His administration remained dependent on his popularity, but he was a dictator nonetheles. Long made a mockery of the legislative proceses, openly telling state lawmakers which bills passed and which were rejected. He did much to help the downtrodden people of Lousiana, but his methods make a lot of people uncomfortable.
Long was a very intelligent man, but I have to wonder how successful his presidency would have been due to his disregard for procedure.
Brain confusion when I read this as "FDR Dies and Lives Long" !
I read (okay, understood, I didn't misorder the words) that the same way. Thought it was about two different scenarios.![]()
The Depression which had started to improve, in 1937, & 1938 would have worsened as spending goes down.
It'll be worse because Garner and the Republicans (great band btw) will cut more and earlier than OTL.Would it really have though? Most of what I have read on the Recession of 1937 blames the incident on Roosevelt. Production had exceeded levels from the 1920s and wages were stabilizing. As a result of this, Roosevelt and the Congress began cutting funding to various New Deal programs under the belief that the economy had recovered and with fears of rampant inflation.
It'll be worse because Garner and the Republicans (great band btw) will cut more and earlier than OTL.
Yes, except Garner would have been so bad the Republicans are back in come January 20, 1937.So, Garner probably rides a wave of sympathy into election day, 1936 and demolishes the Republican nominee. He spends the first few months of his own term watering down Roosevelt's New Deal legislation, probably with the support of the Liberty League. In early 1937, the economy collapses again and the public becomes disillusioned with him. The Democrats in Congress uncomfortably aware of their dropping approval rates accuse Garner of betraying the ideals of the Roosevelt administration. With the general public's support they try to overpower the President and push a Third New Deal through.
Is that an accurate assumption? It certainly makes for an ugly political environment. Garner hardly seems like a man who would not run for re-election.
Yes, except Garner would have been so bad the Republicans are back in come January 20, 1937.