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Post by baloo on Jan 21, 2017 1:05:58 GMT
Suppose Oswald had killed both Kennedy and Johnson. Speaker McCormack would have become President, and at the time of the 1964 election, he would have been almost 72. Would he have run? Would he have been nominated had he chosen to run? Would he have defeated Goldwater? If he wasn't nominated, who would have been?
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Post by lordroel on Jan 21, 2017 1:07:35 GMT
Suppose Oswald had killed both Kennedy and Johnson. Speaker McCormack would have become President, and at the time of the 1964 election, he would have been almost 72. Would he have run? Would he have been nominated had he chosen to run? Would he have defeated Goldwater? If he wasn't nominated, who would have been? For this to happen both Kennedy and Johnson would have to be in the same car i think. |
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Post by baloo on Jan 21, 2017 14:34:51 GMT
Probably. Or another assassin. But it's not so much how it could have happened that sparked this, as what the result would have been.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 21, 2017 14:37:18 GMT
Probably. Or another assassin. But it's not so much how it could have happened that sparked this, as what the result would have been. Would think that killing them both at the same time is going to be hard, unless Oswald had a RPG to fire with. |
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Post by baloo on Jan 22, 2017 23:56:41 GMT
Sure, it would be hard, but figure it any way you like — two assassins or put them closer together or have Oswald being even a better shot. I'm interested in the _effect_ this has afterwards.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 23, 2017 3:46:38 GMT
Sure, it would be hard, but figure it any way you like — two assassins or put them closer together or have Oswald being even a better shot. I'm interested in the _effect_ this has afterwards. Than the CIA-Mafia assassination conspiracy theory will be bigger in this universe. |
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Post by doug181 on Jan 23, 2017 14:54:38 GMT
Robert Kennedy steps up earlier
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Post by lordroel on Jan 23, 2017 14:58:33 GMT
Robert Kennedy steps up earlier If both Kennedy and Johnson are killed than John William McCormack, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives would become president. |
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Post by doug181 on Jan 23, 2017 23:03:57 GMT
I meant Robert running in 1964
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Post by baloo on Jan 24, 2017 0:20:53 GMT
Would McCormack try for the nomination? He'd have been almost 72. Assuming he didn't, or that RFK could have taken it easily, I'd expect the latter to win the election though not as big as Johnson did. RFK could of course have served two terms. Could he have, as an incumbent, beaten Nixon in 68? Who would be RFK's VP? John Connally would have been a likely choice for obvious reasons, especially if he'd been wounded by Oswald as in OTL. So yes, I would expect RFK to serve two terms, and by beating Nixon in 68, putting an end to his political life.
in 1972, the field would be clear for Reagan, who might have picked John Tower as his running mate, in hopes of winning Texas away from Connally, whose reputation had been damaged by wiretapping scandals in the RFK administration. But Connally was easily nominated by the Democrats, and chose Henry Jackson for his VP running mate, and notably not Edward Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts, in an attempt to get away from the Kennedy image. It almost worked, but they lost to Reagan/Tower in a close race.
Shall I continue?
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Post by lordroel on Jan 24, 2017 3:46:11 GMT
I meant Robert running in 1964 I think he will try. |
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Post by doug181 on Jan 25, 2017 12:45:06 GMT
I think Robert was far more calculating cunning and spiteful than Jack
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Post by lordroel on Jan 25, 2017 14:51:44 GMT
I think Robert was far more calculating cunning and spiteful than Jack Is 1964 not a bit early for another Kennedy to try to become president. |
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Post by doug181 on Jan 26, 2017 12:06:34 GMT
I think RFK ride support as brother of slain Jack
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Post by lordroel on Jan 26, 2017 14:13:32 GMT
I think RFK ride support as brother of slain Jack Ore maybe not. |
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