Fragments of Alternate History

Did you ever read that Wallace once considered Colonel Sanders, of KFC fame, as a running mate? I just think that's funny. :D

Yes I did. :p

He was admittedly running out of people to choose, and so was basically looking for someone reputable in any sense that could make a good running mate. Ezra Benson, Happy Chandler, John Wayne, Orval Faubus, a whole cast of characters of every stripe and color. Eventually LeMay was the only one who actually agreed to run with him, though not the only one to entertain the offer for certain. I at one point had Ohio Governor James Rhodes running with him, but it didn't make much sense once I had access to additional information.​
 
Who else entertained the same offer?

Ezra Taft Benson was I believe the first to be tapped, and he wanted to run with Wallace. However the run needed to be confirmed with Mormon Church of which he was a leading religious figure. They eventually said that he could not, thus forcing Wallace to look elsewhere.

Then of course there is the Duke.​
 
Ariosto: If you're going to do a Wallace TL, I certainly don't want to steal your thunder, and I bet your version would be excellent. But don't you dare forget about your President McGovern project, I've been awaiting that much too much for you to simply push it aside.:p;)

(I'm kidding of course, needless to say, you should do whatever you want to do:p)
 
Ariosto: If you're going to do a Wallace TL, I certainly don't want to steal your thunder, and I bet your version would be excellent. But don't you dare forget about your President McGovern project, I've been awaiting that much too much for you to simply push it aside.:p;)

(I'm kidding of course, needless to say, you should do whatever you want to do:p)

Ah don't worry about it; as I said, I would likely get a very bad reputation posting what to some people would appear like an American version of Cumbria's National Front. I have more interest vested in it, and have done some work on it on a different forum in the past, but McGovern comes first. If you want to take a whack at your own take on his Administration though, go ahead, won't really matter to me. Just please don't involve "the Duke".

Right now I am just making sure that I have at least maybe ten or fifteen pieces ready before I begin releasing them every three days or so. Very likely I will be cutting that down depending on how far I am stretching out the election; don't want it to be too long but don't want it to be too short either so I can determine everything occurring within the Administration.​
 
Another place besides Chicago that would benefit from the train industry expanding: Omaha (a major rail center in OTL).
 
Top