Khrushchev makes an even bigger tool of himself

On addressing the UN in October 1960, after banging his shoe, Khrushchev, after a drop of vodka too much, pulls down his trousers and moons the general assembley, while insulting the mother of the Filipino delegate. What would the consequences of this be?
 
On addressing the UN in October 1960, after banging his shoe, Khrushchev, after a drop of vodka too much, pulls down his trousers and moons the general assembley, while insulting the mother of the Filipino delegate. What would the consequences of this be?
Nothing immediately, but the day after the Cuban Missile Crisis settles, he's gone...:D
 
On addressing the UN in October 1960, after banging his shoe, Khrushchev, after a drop of vodka too much, pulls down his trousers and moons the general assembley, while insulting the mother of the Filipino delegate. What would the consequences of this be?
Throw in a drunken rendition of "Milkshake" or "My Humps"...

You have a diplomatic debacle. Khrushchev had good things; he was a reformer and could be reasoned with when his back was against the wall. Problem was, he was brash, emotional, could be abrasive, and could be rather unreasonable, and that all showed. When he was ousted in 1964, it was because the Soviet was sick of embarrassment.

This should be put into context, though. I believe the whole shoe incident was because of the U2 downing.
 
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yourworstnightmare

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On addressing the UN in October 1960, after banging his shoe, Khrushchev, after a drop of vodka too much, pulls down his trousers and moons the general assembley, while insulting the mother of the Filipino delegate. What would the consequences of this be?
Sounds more like something Jeltsin would have done.
 
I doubt that, but it'll be a major diplomatic incident. The Politburo may step in and remove Khrushchev from power.

Who'd be his successor? Kozlov? Brezhnev? (I'd bet 50/50 odds of either...)

If American voters see Khruschev acting like a dangerous kook in front of the entire world, will they be more likely to choose Nixon in November instead of JFK?
 
The Soviet Politburo would be seriously embarrased by that kind of behavior, and they'd feel it in the reaction of non-aligned nations like Yugoslavia and India, which might give off signals that they don't trust in the stability of the Soviet government. Probably the Eastern European satelites wouldn't be happy either.

Ridicule in the western press wouldn't help Nikita's case either. That would bristle the Soviet leadership, who were looking for international respectability as a superpower in the post-Stalin era.

If anything Nikita might become more surly, and the Politburo would be looking for a replacement.
 

Sachyriel

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Everything proceeds as normal, the incident is covered up then out of nowhere, a Heavy Metal band called Rammstein rises to prominence after a hit single Du Hast. Rammstein is a band named after an ill-fated airshow. However the British were under a Euro-phobic administration, and they fired off an ICBM to Rammstein the town. The DDR raises a sizable underground in the heavy metal scene, and after the Anglo-American war it releases a small jam session of two songs, one called Amerika and another Moskau. Moskau has the chorus of a military choir of female naval officers in the background; in this Soviet Union women are trusted with nuclear submarines...

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Everything proceeds as normal, the incident is covered up then out of nowhere, a Heavy Metal band called Rammstein rises to prominence after a hit single Du Hast. Rammstein is a band named after an ill-fated airshow. However the British were under a Euro-phobic administration, and they fired off an ICBM to Rammstein the town. The DDR raises a sizable underground in the heavy metal scene, and after the Anglo-American war it releases a small jam session of two songs, one called Amerika and another Moskau. Moskau has the chorus of a military choir of female naval officers in the background; in this Soviet Union women are trusted with nuclear submarines...

WTF!!!???

:Dbut for fun (and filler)...

[Basically trolling image deleted - Admin]

 

Sachyriel

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Right... continuing the exploration of Alternate Communist Germany's Heavy Metal Scene I really want to reccommend :Wumpscut:

I mean their album art in OTL is beyond what my puny mind can imagine...

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[PS: It's also the soundtrack for a cheesy European Communist Block remake of a Godzilla-type Emergency in an ATL ;).]
 
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