Very interesting Nader, I've heard the name, didn't he try to run for President, twice?
Heh. I see what you did there."By the way, it is Rhodes.”
That's right. Ralph Nader is a consumer protection activist who has been active since the 1960s, on various issues such as environmental causes, vehicle safety, whistleblower protection, trade balance, and other issues. He ran for President as either an Independent or Green in every presidential election from 1992 to 2008, but he's most famous for his 2000 campaign, where he was accused of throwing it to Dubya Bush over Al Gore.Very interesting Nader, I've heard the name, didn't he try to run for President, twice?
Claude R. Kirk Jr, the Secretary of Commerce, has been moved up to Secretary of the Treasury to replace Rockefeller. Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, who was sitting on the National Economic Council, has been moved to fill Kirk's Secretary of Commerce vacancy. Both are personal friends of Rhodes.Love it, especially this alternate more noble war on drugs and the uniqueness of a campaign for the vice presidency, keep it up
Who's the new treasury secretary after Rocky?
You always have the best picks for your cabinet. Wish I had the same talent for mine!Claude R. Kirk Jr, the Secretary of Commerce, has been moved up to Secretary of the Treasury to replace Rockefeller. Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, who was sitting on the National Economic Council, has been moved to fill Kirk's Secretary of Commerce vacancy. Both are personal friends of Rhodes.
As shucks, you spoil me.You always have the best picks for your cabinet. Wish I had the same talent for mine!
Heard a line about Udall years ago, something about him being too funny to be president?
He even used it as the title of his book .People Magazine said:Three years ago, after “due deliberation and two stiff drinks,” he began writing a book of acquired wit and wisdom, Too Funny To Be President, in honor of an assessment of his career by political columnist James J. Kilpatrick.
Udall, like IOTL, as been diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1980. That being said, its effects on his health didn't have much effect on his political aspirations, both ITTL and IOTL. Udall considered running for President as late as 1984, and would have likely run in OTL '80 if not for Ted Kennedy.Does Mo know about the Parkinson’s ITTL? He was already feeling the effects in 1975 years before his diagnosis, a factor in him falling off his roof lol.
Udall, like IOTL, as been diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1980. That being said, its effects on his health didn't have much effect on his political aspirations, both ITTL and IOTL. Udall considered running for President as late as 1984, and would have likely run in OTL '80 if not for Ted Kennedy.
Udall, like IOTL, as been diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1980. That being said, its effects on his health didn't have much effect on his political aspirations, both ITTL and IOTL. Udall considered running for President as late as 1984, and would have likely run in OTL '80 if not for Ted Kennedy.
Udall revealed he had Parkinson's in 1980, hoping by 1983 that it would not be a detriment for a second run at the presidency in 1984. Staff members, his wife and close friends weighed the problem. They thought about handicaps. Someone brought up Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and someone else remarked, "Yeah, but they didn't have TV then." Ultimately, Udall says, "I could see myself at 400 small airports, wanting to discuss issues, and getting 'Congressman, tell us about this brain disease that you have.' I realized the election would be turned into a seminar on Parkinson's disease."
It was 1979 for the diagnosis, but furthermore Mo Udall reluctantly understood Parkinson’s rules him out despite wanting to argue against it. Even by 1985 his motor control was getting bad, as the below article also mentions. Yes he certainly received a warm welcome in 1983 as he geared up, but he didn’t run in the end because of Parkinson’s.
That said 1980 is in the grey area where he’s mostly okay despite having lost a step vs ‘76 Mo, and also a point in time where he could tie his personal Parkinson’s to national health care and make a case on that. On the other hand like 1983 IOTL I think when Udall gears up 1979 ITTL he finds out there isn’t any appetite for dealing with Parkinson’s and just like 1975-76 OTL raises virtually no money. On the gripping hand Mo Udall is the absolute best so go Mo!
Triumph of the Good Guy by Maya MacPherson at the Post.