Awesome! Glad to see you joined over here, though the readers are tougher to impress over here, though it's also easier to get comments.
Yeah I noticed that.
I guess I should consider it a good thing (keeps me on my toes with details).
That's what I didn't like about Atlas: sometimes you could be writing shit and nobody will tell you because they're too nice.
GPORTER wouldn't last five minutes over here.
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Interesting. I know there have been a few TLs with America going seriously off the rails during the depression but never seen this character before. Distinctly nasty from his Wiki description but has the dangerous ability to 'get things done' when people are desperate.
How is he getting a lot of those measures through Congress and past the Supreme Court? I know FDR had a lot of problems with those and think it would be even worse for Murray - both because of his openly anti corporatist stance and because he has alienated a lot of the house democrats. Can't see him being able to call up the guard to basically breach the constitution.
One other thing with a dictatorial/autocratic system in the US is that with the very long borders and moderate climate in many areas escaping should be a lot easier than in the USSR. Hence once people see the way things are going you could see a flight of many to Canada and Mexico. Which Murray might not object to as long as their gone. If he has expansionist designs things could get very bad. Not to mention how this interacts with events in Europe and Asia.
Anyway, welcome to the board.
Steve
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Meeting hall where the National Council for Depression Relief took place.
As a matter of interest, what is this building, and when was it built in OTL?
The architecture looks noticeably more recent than 1931.
My only quibble so far is that it would be more plausible for Garner not to give at the convention, FDR to pick Alfalfa Bill, and for Zangara to shoot FDR. Bill can easily use the shock of the assassination to further his agenda.
Certainly one of the more original TLs on this site. Subscribed.![]()
Just realized I forgot this little nugget of info:
During the general campaign Alfred Smith would shock the American public by endorsing President Herbert Hoover (who he ran against in 1928) over Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray who he argued would be “the death of everything this nation has come to represent.”
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My only quibble so far is that it would be more plausible for Garner not to give at the convention, FDR to pick Alfalfa Bill, and for Zangara to shoot FDR. Bill can easily use the shock of the assassination to further his agenda.
Certainly one of the more original TLs on this site. Subscribed.![]()
That's true, but I also don't think Alfalfa Bill can beat FDR for the nomination.Not to give FDR too much credit here but I always assumed he would've been uncomfortable with a Vice President Alfalfa Bill. Sure, FDR kept quiet about anti-lynching laws during his presidency but I doubt he would've been able to stomach having a man as racist as Murray as the Vice President. I know it's the 1930's and all but there's just something about FDR that tells me he would've been opposed to Murray.
That's true, but I also don't think Alfalfa Bill can beat FDR for the nomination.
Perhaps FDR loses in 1928, and Albert Ritchie or whoever the nominee is picks Bill as his running mate?