The Surprise Candidate: An Open 1970s TL

Israel

Israel

CBS Evening News, October 12, 1973:

Walter Cronkite appears on screen.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, just... just moments ago, President Nixon has announced his nomination for Vice President, um... Vice President of the United States, to replace Spiro Agnew... John Conally of Texas."

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This is an open thread, meaning everyone is allowed to add to the story!Just don't write anything ASB, contradictory, and don't skip too far ahead.
 
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Indicus

Indicus

What? Nixon hated Reagan! Look at this:

President Nixon: What’s your evaluation or Reagan after meeting him several times now.
Kissinger: Well, I think he’s a—actually I think he’s a pretty decent guy.
President Nixon: Oh, decent, no question, but his brains?
Kissinger: Well, his brains, are negligible. I—
President Nixon: He’s really pretty shallow, Henry.


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President Nixon: Back to Reagan though. It shows you how a man of limited mental capacity simply doesn’t know what the Christ is going on in the foreign area. He’s got to know that on defense—doesn’t he know these battles we fight and fight and fight? Goddamn it, Henry, we’ve been at—
Kissinger: And I told him—he said, “Why don’t you fire the bureaucracy?” I said, “Because there are only so many battles we can fight. We take on the bureaucracy now, they’re going to leak us to death. Name me one thing that we have done that the bureaucracy made us do.”
President Nixon: The bureaucracy has had nothing to do with anything.
Kissinger: No, no. They’ve made our lives harder. They’ve driven us crazy. But that doesn’t affect him.
 
Israel

Israel

fjihr said:
What? Nixon hated Reagan! Look at this:

President Nixon: What’s your evaluation or Reagan after meeting him several times now.
Kissinger: Well, I think he’s a—actually I think he’s a pretty decent guy.
President Nixon: Oh, decent, no question, but his brains?
Kissinger: Well, his brains, are negligible. I—
President Nixon: He’s really pretty shallow, Henry.


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President Nixon: Back to Reagan though. It shows you how a man of limited mental capacity simply doesn’t know what the Christ is going on in the foreign area. He’s got to know that on defense—doesn’t he know these battles we fight and fight and fight? Goddamn it, Henry, we’ve been at—
Kissinger: And I told him—he said, “Why don’t you fire the bureaucracy?” I said, “Because there are only so many battles we can fight. We take on the bureaucracy now, they’re going to leak us to death. Name me one thing that we have done that the bureaucracy made us do.”
President Nixon: The bureaucracy has had nothing to do with anything.
Kissinger: No, no. They’ve made our lives harder. They’ve driven us crazy. But that doesn’t affect him.
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I understood of their antagonism, but I thought it would make for an interesting TL.

If it really is THAT unrealistic I could change it
 
Sasalele

Sasalele

October 20th 1973: Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor, Archibald Cox. Richardson refuses an resigns. Nixon then ordered Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox. He also refused and resigned. Nixon then ordered Robert Bork, the as acting head of the Justice Department, to fire Cox. Bork refused and resigned as well.
 
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Sasalele

Sasalele

October 21st 1973: After the Saturday Night Massacre, The State Department was left in shambles. There was no Attorney General, and the details of succession were murky. Nixon spoke with advisors and he determined that he would appoint a new loyal Attorney General. Nixon and advisors quickly scribbled down names on napkins, scrap paper, anything. Arlen Specter, Rockefeller, Frank Minis Johnson, A. Linwood Holton Jr., Dan Evans.
 
Israel

Israel

Senate press room, October 12, 1973:

Ted Kennedy enters.

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"Senator, how... how do you feel about, um, the... the President's decision to nominate Secretary Connally for Vice President?"

"Well, err, I... I only have the utmost respect for Mr Connally, and... and I'm sure that he would would complete the duties of such a high office, with... with competence, but, um, I am not sure that he is the best choice for the job."
 
Stolengood

Stolengood

Banned
October 22, 1973: Nelson Rockefeller gets a very early morning phone call from Henry Kissinger informing him he is President Nixon's nominee for Attorney General.
 
Sasalele

Sasalele

October 22, 1973:
Telephone Conversation between Richard Nixon and Rockefeller.

Rockefeller: I accept the position, I want you to know that I'm going to preserve the dignity of the Presidency.
Nixon: That's why I picked you, Nelson. You probably already understand, but uh... under no circumstances do I want a anti-agovernment son-of-a-bitch like Cox for special prosecutor. They need a complete uh... screen through. I like this uh... fellow, Alex Bickel, he's a professor at Yale, but he defended us on the Pentagon Papers.
Rockefeller: I absolutely agree, and Bickel's going to be at the top of my list. I'll uh keep you updated.
Nixon: Good, good. Bye.
 

Octosteel

Israel said:
Senate press room, October 12, 1973:

Ted Kennedy enters.

"Senator, how... how do you feel about, um, the... the President's decision to nominate Secretary Connally for Vice President?"

"Well, err, I... I only have the utmost respect for Mr Connally, and... and I'm sure that he would would complete the duties of such a high office, with... with competence, but, um, I am not sure that he is the best choice for the job."
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That pretty much perfectly mimicked Kennedy's inability to say anything properly but memorized speeches.
 
Israel

Israel

White House tape, October 13, 1973:

Nixon and Bush in the Oval Office

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"How, um... how many in the Senate you think we got on our side?"

"Save for Baker, and... a couple others, I'd... I'd say we got our base tight."

"What about the... the House?"

"A bit of... of a problem, but we always manage."
 
Stolengood

Stolengood

Banned
October 24, 1973:

White House Press Room:

Attorney General Rockefeller: "After much deliberation over these past few days, it is my duty to announce to you the new Special Prosecutor, a man held in great esteem in his native California, Mr. Evelle J. Younger. I'll let him take the podium now."
 
Sasalele

Sasalele

Stolengood said:
October 24, 1973:

White House Press Room:

Attorney General Rockefeller: "After much deliberation over these past few days, it is my duty to announce to you the new Special Prosecutor, a man held in great esteem in his native California, Mr. Evelle J. Younger. I'll let him take the podium now."
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Rockefeller has yet to be confirmed. The Department of Justice is basically at a standstill, since the line of succession only goes to Solicitor General, Bork, and because there's four deputies, and because I cant find any information on them.
 
Stolengood

Stolengood

Banned
TrumanJohnson said:
Rockefeller has yet to be confirmed. The Department of Justice is basically at a standstill, since the line of succession only goes to Solicitor General, Bork, and because there's four deputies, and because I cant find any information on them.
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Hey, this isn't your TL, this is Israel's. And he approved of my post, so... finangle a way, I suppose.
 
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