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Let's assume that the so-called Curse of Tippecanoe, the pattern where from 1840 to 1960 each US President who won an election in a year ending in zero died in office, continues to present day. This means that Presidents elected in 1980, 2000, and 2010, meet an early demise.
For Ronald Reagan, this obviously means that John Hinckley's assassination attempt is successful, his bullet goes an inch deeper, perforates Reagan's heart, and he dies on March 30, 1981.
What about the 2000 President ? According to this rather well-done TL, the 1981 assassination of Reagan would most likely create the following Presidental sequence:
George HW Bush, 1981-1989
Robert W. "Bob" Kasten, 1989-1997
Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy Jr., 1997-2005
Scott P. Brown 2005-present
As it concerns RFK Jr., since he's still alive and in good health, and because a third Kennedy assassination would fit nicely with the scenario's theme of eerie sequences, I'm going to assume it is going to be another Presidential assassination, perhaps a Christianist anti-abortion terrorist (assuming it is not too implausible for the Secret Service to keep screwing up this way), sometimes during his second term. By the way, according to that TL, RFK Jr. would be succeeded by VP Ann W. Richards, who would not seek re-election due to advanced age.
For Ronald Reagan, this obviously means that John Hinckley's assassination attempt is successful, his bullet goes an inch deeper, perforates Reagan's heart, and he dies on March 30, 1981.
What about the 2000 President ? According to this rather well-done TL, the 1981 assassination of Reagan would most likely create the following Presidental sequence:
George HW Bush, 1981-1989
Robert W. "Bob" Kasten, 1989-1997
Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy Jr., 1997-2005
Scott P. Brown 2005-present
As it concerns RFK Jr., since he's still alive and in good health, and because a third Kennedy assassination would fit nicely with the scenario's theme of eerie sequences, I'm going to assume it is going to be another Presidential assassination, perhaps a Christianist anti-abortion terrorist (assuming it is not too implausible for the Secret Service to keep screwing up this way), sometimes during his second term. By the way, according to that TL, RFK Jr. would be succeeded by VP Ann W. Richards, who would not seek re-election due to advanced age.
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