So let's say he stays overnight at the party house instead of driving, or takes a cab instead. What happens down the line? No, he's not going to commit harakiri in '72, but '76 or later is possible. I'll await input before giving my own thoughts.
I didn't ask for ASB scenarios. Unless Reagan is killed or found in bed with a live man or dead woman, he will be the GOP nominee in 1980 and crush Teddy. The economy alone kills him, forget about the Palinesque family soap operas with their endless scandals and bungling of the Special Relationship.
So let's say he stays overnight at the party house instead of driving, or takes a cab instead. What happens down the line? No, he's not going to commit harakiri in '72, but '76 or later is possible. I'll await input before giving my own thoughts.
I didn't ask for ASB scenarios. Unless Reagan is killed or found in bed with a live man or dead woman, he will be the GOP nominee in 1980 and crush Teddy. The economy alone kills him, forget about the Palinesque family soap operas with their endless scandals and bungling of the Special Relationship.
He never came clean on what happened, even in True Compass. I would probably agree with that version of events given his intoxication. Not bounced from the Senate though, because he never had a credible opponent until Romney in 1994, who he dealt with the same way Boxer dealt with Fiorina: "teh ev0l outsourcer!" Maybe he did do confession privately, but publicly the excuse was always not wanting to reopen old wounds for the Kopechne family. Mmm hmm.![]()
What does Kennedy in '76 do for relations between the U.S. and the U.K., particularly with regard to the Troubles?