A rather dystopian Cold War era timeline by Drew. It is a chronological sequel to his previous timeline Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72.

You can read it here.

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List of Rumsfeldia Posts - A list of all the official installments of the timeline.

Update 1: Untitled

Update 2: The Rumsfeld Administration

Update 3: The Inaugural Address of President Donald Rumsfeld

Update 4: Rumsfeldia: Year One - The Job He Always Wanted

Update 5: Year One: A Rummy Run

Update 6: Sorry, missed the wedding

Update 7: What part of "no more debt" didn't you understand?

Update 8: Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction?

Update 9: Soviet Politburo (1982)

Update 10: Rumsflu

Update 11: The 20th United States Census

Update 12: Rummypedia I

Update 13: French Presidential Term

Update 14: Michael Foot, Deputy Prime Minister

Update 15: The Road to Rumpire

Update 16: Rummypedia II

Update 17: Rummy Rumba

Update 18: Rummy Rhapsody

Update 19: Untitled

Update 20: Updates - Several Pages

Update 21: Update II

Update 22: Update III

Update 23: Update IV

Update 24: Update V - The Rummy Shot

Update 25: Popular Vote - U.S. Presidential Election 1984

Update 26: Electoral Outcomes - U.S. Presidential Elections 1972-1984

Update 27: Mid to late 1984-1985

Update 28: Sorry - you failed to apply for a permit to conquer the world!

Update 29: Smith's Invisible Hand - Mightier than you thought

Update 30: Let's all go to the cinema...

Update 31: An update (Merry Christmas)

Update 32: Rumsfeld's PDB

Update 33: The restive armed forces - and Sarah Louise

Update 34: Untitled

Update 35: Rummypedia

Update 36: The US Supreme Court Bench 1985

Update 37: It's a Rummy world - Brought to you by better living through investment banking

Update 38: A Coup in Time

Update 39: No More Mr. Loveable

Update 40: Map of China 1987

Update 41: Map of Arabia 1987

Update 42: Deadeye

Update 43: Rummyplots

Update 44: Saturday, July 4, 1987

Update 45: Untitled

Update 46: Spitting Image - June 1986 - The Rummy and Dick Show

Update 47: Rummyfall

Update 48: Idaho: Labratory of Liberty

Update 49: Rummyhorror

Update 50: Where Are They Now

Update 51: Where Are They Now 2

Update 52: January 31, 1988

Update 53: Where Are They Now 3

Update 54: It's Not a Wonderful Life

Update 55: Where Are They Now 4

Update 56: Where Are They Now 5

Update 57: Where Are They Now 6

Update 58: The Highwayman

Update 59: Near Another Watering Hole Far Far Away...

Update 60: Untitled

Update 61: Spring 1988

Update 62: Where Are They Now 7

Update 63: Where Are They Now 8

Update 64: Spring and Summer 1988 - Newspaper headlines and Snippets

Update 65: Current China Map

Update 66: A bit of space p*rn

Update 67: Where Are They Now 9

Update 68: Where Are They Now 10

Update 69: товарищ будущее (Comrade Future)

Update 70: Untitled

Update 71: Untitled

Update 72: 1988: The Year the Establishment Failed

Update 73: Where Are They Now 11

Update 74: Where Are They Now 12

Update 75: The Commune (1996)

Update 76: Excerpt from "Screenplay of The Commune"

Update 77: Rumblings from the Mountains of Liberty (A look into the Libertarian Party, 1987-1988)

Update 78: Rumblings from the Mountains of Liberty (part 2)

Update 79: 1988: The Year the Establishment Failed (part 2)

Update 80: 20 Years a Red: An American Soviet Looks Back

Update 81: Twilight of Hope

Update 82: The Popular Vote Cast on Tuesday, November 8, 1988

Update 83: Rummy with a smiley face and a Bible

Update 84: Clear the Mall

Update 85: Lockout

Update 86: The Stars Fall Out (part 1)

Non-canon, unofficial updates:

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Canada in the Lougheed '80s

America's ultimate fate

Somewhere near Robeson County, NC

Metal Gear

Meanwhile, on a parallel Earth.....

2010: Odyssey Two

Soviet films

Soviet IT

Soviet IT, part 2

May 1991

Pacific Free Republic

Fear and Loathing in the 1990s

Fear and Loathing in the 1990s, continued

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It won the 2013 Turtledove Award in the category “Best Continuing Cold War Period Timeline“.

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