samcster94
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What would the late 70's be like if Reagan became President early(where he wins against Ford in the primary)??? I am not looking for stuff about today, just those four years with him at the helm.
What would the late 70's be like if Reagan became President early(where he wins against Ford in the primary)??? I am not looking for stuff about today, just those four years with him at the helm.
Except they wouldn't be getting aid from the USSR, Khomeini called them 'the other Great Satan' , Iraq was an Soviet backed client state, as was Afghanistan. No external resupply.Vietnam 2.0: Iran
Even the Armed Forces coming off the nadir from Vietnam, could still curbstomp the Iranian Military
And the soaring cost of oil would have insured that US economy would have crashed.
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So essentially inverted from OTL.He'd be a latter day Herbert Hoover. That is to say a stubborn California conservative who fails to tackle the poor economy while millions suffer. Carter was actually a fiscal conservative who was committed to a balanced budget and generally stonewalled Congress's liberal leadership. I don't think Reagan would govern very differently believe it or not. Except that he would try to implement voodoo economics, and run into a brick wall when Congress refuses to pass his tax cut. He would handle Iran similarly to Carter as well: cozy up to the Shah, encourage him to crack down on dissent, then let him into the country for cancer treatment. The hostage crisis still happens, Eagle Claw still fails, and Iran will refuse to release the hostages if they think they can get a better deal from Reagan's opponents. He'd be ranked as one of America's all time worst Presidents, and the Democrats are in power from 1981-1989 and possibly from 1989-1993.
Who could be the Democratic President from 1981-1989?He'd be a latter day Herbert Hoover. That is to say a stubborn California conservative who fails to tackle the poor economy while millions suffer. Carter was actually a fiscal conservative who was committed to a balanced budget and generally stonewalled Congress's liberal leadership. I don't think Reagan would govern very differently believe it or not. Except that he would try to implement voodoo economics, and run into a brick wall when Congress refuses to pass his tax cut. He would handle Iran similarly to Carter as well: cozy up to the Shah, encourage him to crack down on dissent, then let him into the country for cancer treatment. The hostage crisis still happens, Eagle Claw still fails, and Iran will refuse to release the hostages if they think they can get a better deal from Reagan's opponents. He'd be ranked as one of America's all time worst Presidents, and the Democrats are in power from 1981-1989 and possibly from 1989-1993.
I honestly can't see Reagan winning the general election in 1976.
Who could be the Democratic President from 1981-1989?
Except they wouldn't be getting aid from the USSR, Khomeini called them 'the other Great Satan'
Iraq was an Soviet backed client state....
Why Hugh Carey?New York Governor Hugh Carey. Possibly with Lloyd Bentsen as VP. Many would say 1980 would be Kennedy's year, but he only ran in 1980 because he and other liberal Congressional leaders were upset with Carter's conservative governance. He didn't even want to be President anyway, that's why he flubbed his Roger Mudd interview.
Why Hugh Carey?