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Title: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 19, 2010, 02:40:34 PM
Yes, I know I'm working on Nixon 1960, now in the year 1990, but apparently that isn't enough for me, so I'll be starting this timeline soon. The original is in "Alternate History" on this forum.

This timeline is inspired mostly by "The Commonwealth that never was..." by Kalwejt, though I've changed several of the elements.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 19, 2010, 02:47:04 PM
America and Onward Part I
The Death of a Nation
In 1932, Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt was swept into office to replace Republican President Herbert Hoover. Over Roosevelt's three terms, he expanded government's role in the economy in the name of aiding Americans. However, despite his best efforts, the economy sunk further into the muck. Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II did nothing to help America's economy, with most of America's naval power ruined or in need of repair, the war was costly and Roosevelt was forced to take money from his precious social programs, which didn't put him in public favor. As resouce shortages started to appear because of so much many, food, and building material being used to fund the war, riots began breaking out in every major city. By 1943, the war was underfunded, and so was America. Becuase so many of America's allies had been attacked or were currently at war, America had nowhere to turn for funds to feed everyone. By 1944, the bloodiest of all the riots occured in Washington DC with cops and elected officials being pounded to death in the streets. President Roosevelt attempted to call in the national gurad, but they themselves were under-funded and the government couldn't afford to pay them, let alone supply them with weapons and uniforms. In the greatest day of terror the United States had ever seen, starving workers stormed the Whitehouse on February 29th, 1944, and inadverdantly or no, killed President Roosevelt. Vice-President Henry Wallace was lucky to escape with his life. With no head of government, out of repair infrastructure, and an under funded military, the federal government collapsed, and that was the end of America as we knew it.


One of the "endless" food lines in America's major cities, before the major riots occured
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 19, 2010, 03:04:29 PM
For the total of nine or less people that have read this, do you have any:

Comments, Questions, Complaints, Compliments, or Critiques?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 19, 2010, 06:53:29 PM
'Twould appear to be a slow day on the forum...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 19, 2010, 08:41:22 PM
America and Onward Part II
The Aftermath

After 1944, all chaos broke out. Riots and violence occured along state borders while state governments themselves tried to take control of as much as they could and consolidate power. In certain regions of the United States, leaders began to consolidate power. In the North-East, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, who had worked for the Roosevelt Administration, had become the de-facto leader. However, in a vicious dispute with Virginia and Maryland, two of his sons, Jospeh and John became victim to the riots and the fighting and were beaten to death by angry Southerners. Such was the practice of the day, with sons dying all across America because of disputes for food and land.

In 1947, as America fell deeper into the mire, Canada decided to expand, taking control of Maine and nearly invading Washington State as well. The same thing happened in New Mexico with Mexico. It appeared that America, which had led the world for much of the early twentieth century, up to the Stock Market Crash of 1929, would never be the same.

By 1950, state governments had combined to form their own independen states, while Canada and Mexico had both taken control of certain parts of the country. The map of what had been the United States of America was:

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1)Green: The Pacific Progressive Coalition led by Earl Warren. Theh PPC was mainly a leftist/progressive state devoted to wealth redistribution and fairness.

2)Yellow: the Western Plain led by Robert Lafollete Jr.  The Western Plain was founded on the populist sympathies of the poor farmers in those areas. As the sparsely populated states began to united, son of the famous Progressive Robert Lafollette, Robert Lafollette Jr who was originally from Wisconsin, took power.

3)Gray: The Great Lakes Coalition led by Robert Taft Jr. One of the only regions still devoted to the ideas of captialism and the free market, the GLC was run by Robert Taft of Ohio who had previously been a United States Senator. Of course, the capitalism in the GLC was much more restrained and regulated.

4)Blue: New England led by Joseph Patrick Kennedy. Often sarcastically called "The People's State of New England", new England was much more corporatist than outsiders realized, and the government was mainly composed of "nationalised" corporations, at the head of which was Joseph Patrick Kennedy.

5)Red: Dixie led by Richard Russel. Mainly founded on the principles of White Supremacy, the Dixie was one of the worst off places because it failed to gain the subsidies it had gotten from the Federal Government in the days before 1944.

6)White: taken over by neighboring countries; New Mexico by Mexico and Maine by Canada

In 1951, when things had seemed to settle down, former Vice-President Henry Wallace emerged from hiding in New England. He had been hiding there since the collapse of the american government in 1944. New England Leader Joseph Patrick Kennedy had kept him safe.

In Europe, after prolonged occupation by Germany, the United Kingdom was finally liberated by rebel forces. In France, however, a different story emerged of a totalitarian regime ruled by leaders appointed by Germany. Russia, on the other hand, had consolidated power while Germany had concentrated on its Western front and had significant influence in Eastern Germany. It was rumored that the Soviet Union might send troops into the Nordic Peninsula.

Former Vice-President Henry Wallace, after a short period of re-emergence, began meetin with regional leaders Warren, Lafollette, Taft, and Kennedy about the re-unification of America. Wallace didn't dare approach Dixie after his first and only meeting with leader Richard Russell,who had thrownhim out after he suggested that Dixie give up its sovereignty.

Coments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 19, 2010, 08:48:37 PM
Awesome so far! Rarely does someone create such terrific timelines this early on.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 20, 2010, 12:48:28 PM
Awesome so far! Rarely does someone create such terrific timelines this early on.

Finally! Response!

Thanks, I just hope I haven't peaked...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 20, 2010, 01:02:27 PM
America and Onward Part III
America the Beautiful

Vice-President Henry Wallace, who since 1951, had become the head of the "Re-Unification Movement", had helped organize the 1951 American Re-Unification Convention, where delegates, chosen by local leaders from different parts of the Pacific Progressive Coalition, the Great Lakes Coalition, the Western Plain, and New England, went to vote at the ARC.

At the 1951 American Re-unification Convention

America, seven years ago, was torn assunder by greed, poverty, hate, and hunger. We stand here now, the result of seven years of work re-building our respected areas of the nation, to vote on whether America once again, will be made whole. We all know that our Founding Fathers would be rolling in their graves if they could see us here today. All the work in the American Revolution, and all the work America under-took civilizing the continent from coast to coast, and all the work our people too repairing America after the dreaded Civil War, was destroyed on that deadly day in 1944. That is why I stand here today to petition all the delegates here to vote for the re-unification of America, this great country.
                               -Former Vice-President of the United States Henry Wallace
                                          August 16, 1951 Day 1 of the American Re-Unification Convention

This kicked off the debate, with more people speaking about vague platitudes of unity rather than specific policies which would ensure that 1944 never happened again. President of the Great Lakes Coalition Robert Taft was the leader that was most worried about what would happen after re-unification. He was the only leader at the convention openly opposed to Progressivism. However, he knew the importance of American Unity and decided that the convention should go forward.

The Final Ballot:
For Re-Unification: 396
For Continued Sovereignty: 4

America would be re-united.

The New Land

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Blue: The Renewed States of America
Red: The Confederate States of America
Green: The Independent Hawaii
White: States/Territories taken over by neighboring countries; Alaska by Russia, New Mexico by Mexico, and Maine by Canada


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 20, 2010, 04:39:37 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 20, 2010, 05:25:58 PM
America and Onward Part IV
Nation Building

With the creation of a new nation, there woudl be a series of meeting between former regional leaders.

The Renewed States of America Constitutional Convention of 1952
February 15, 1954-March 29, 1954
A constitution, of course, would have to be made, as well as the assigning of voting districts and how elections woudl be held. Thd final provisions that were in the RSA Constitution included rights to propert, free speech, free press. However, there were also provisions hidden among all the legal garble that statesd obscure things about "Presidential Emergency Powers". With so much legal garble, regional leaders hired aides with reading and legal skills to read through sections of the continually revised constitution. However, even those aides didn't tell GLC Regional Leader Robert Taft about "Presidential Powers", "Emergency Authoritative Powers", or "Economic Crisis Action" provisions.
      In the constitution, it was decided that the President would be elected by a majority or plurality of the American people. people were already beginning to form parties and to think of former US Vice-President Henry Wallace as a possible candidate for President. The President would be voted on every five years and take office on January 1 of the year after the election. The first election would be held in 1955. The same went fot Congressmen and Regional Governors.
     At the convention, it was also agreed that they would have another meeting, as of then to be scheduled, where they would amend the constitution to rule on how to elect Congressmen.

The Renewed States of America Electoral Representation and Districting Convention of 1952
At that convention, held between June 5, 1952 and July 1, 1952, it was finally agreed upon that the states in participation of the Renewed States of America, would receive one representative for every 50,000 people in that state. There would be one House of Congress, called the House of the Elected, and it woudl be responsible for the passage or failure of laws that were proposed, either by the President or by a member of the HoE.

Finally, it was agreed by delegates in October, that they would hold a special election in 1953 to decided the President and the Congressmen. With this, though, would come a census in January of 1953, so that by the time the election would happen in October, they would know the assigned districts that Congressmen would be elected in.

Coming Up: The 1953 Special Election


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 20, 2010, 05:48:44 PM
At least some of the states reuinited. Very good. Keep it coming.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 21, 2010, 02:33:49 PM
America and Onward Part V
The 1953 Special Election (Part 1)

Because of the political climate, there weren't very many political contenders. Earl Warren, Robert Lafollette Jr., and Joseph Kennedy all voiced strong support for former Vice-President Henry Wallace. However, there were other, smaller candidates, such as former General Douglas McCarthur, who had served in World War II and has been a national hero before America's collapse. McCarthur, since barely escaping the death trap called Europe in 1944, had lived gone into Canada until 1949, when he had moved into New York City which had been rebuilt to some extent, and since 1949, had been somewhat politically active and even had been a delegate to the American conventions hosted by Henry Wallace.

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The former General Douglas McCarthur; Henry Wallace's only credible contender?

There were only a few other candidates who had the name recognition or willingness to run. Former Congressman Joseph McCarthy, who had been a Representative of Wisconsin in the Great Lakes House of Representatives between 1950 and 1952, and had become famous for his speeches decrying the re-unification of America because

It is obvious that all the leaders of the various regions of what used to be the United States have sworn themselves to an agenda of progressivism and socialism. Therefore, it is my opinion that this new nation, the Great Lakes Alliance, should no opt to join with them because they are motivated only by thoughts of control and power.

...considered running, however, he endorsed McArthur who was a war hero and much more respected. By June, he announced that instead of running for President, he would run for one of the Congressional seats that would be voted on in December. Old "Tail Gunner" was planning one getting back in the game.

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The last candidate who received any sort of publicity was the Liberal Harold Statssen, who had been Governor of Minnesota until 1943. He had survived most of the depression and collapse and had been active in the re-unification.

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Campaign funds came mostly from Hawaii, where several of the rich had been able to flee during the darkest days America had experienced; between 2936 and 1949. There were some rich who were pprogressive and ardent supporters of Henry Wallace, and some who were Conservative and supporters of General McCarthur and his efforts to drive out communism.

There was no Vice-Presidential system then, because a system of succession had been set up in the constitution saying that the Speaker of the House woudl be next in line in case of the death of the President.

Because of the lack of radio wires, telecommunication, and travel at those times, and because there was no formal polling company, many people had no idea how the election would turn out, or even of some of the main issues of the campaign. Much history was lost because of this, and not many scholars have formal records regarding polling or even the popular vote of that historic election.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 21, 2010, 05:07:01 PM
Does anybody care to comment? I know parts of this are unrealistic, but you don't need to keep me out in the dark with this.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 21, 2010, 08:55:18 PM
Note: the election map will appear at a later date because of the difficulty I found in manufacturing the map on code alone. I had to adjust electoral votes, colors, and percentages all using the map code, and the map i tried to work with map Colorado fall into the ocean for no reason.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: sentinel on October 22, 2010, 09:30:51 AM
I like it so far, but is the President elected by plurality or a majority? You said he's elected by a plurality or a majority, but thats like saying you want chicken and steak when you can only have one.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 22, 2010, 09:58:49 PM
I like it so far, but is the President elected by plurality or a majority? You said he's elected by a plurality or a majority, but thats like saying you want chicken and steak when you can only have one.

It only depends on whether there are two or more candidates. It's just a matter of who has the most. In the case that one candidate wins 51% or more of the electoral votes, then he won the election because he won the majority. If there are multiple candidates, and someone rises above the rest to get 35% of the electoral vote, then he wins because he has the most. The winner is the one who ranks first in the electoral vote count, whether he has 50% or no.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 08:12:17 AM
Note: I will be using a 2008 map for the election, only because of the color choices, and that map code has been giving me heck.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 08:28:18 AM
Wallace Wins Election! Becomes First President of the Renewed States of America!

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Former United States Vice-President Henry A Wallace (IA): 79 electoral votes

General Douglas MacArthur (NY): 35 electoral votes

Former Governor Harold Stassen (MN): 4 electoral votes

McCarthur was dismayed at his electoral landslide. However, his supporters, including the Congressional candidates Barry Goldwater and Joe McCarthy, believed that in the future, their movement could win, and they formed the American Patriot Party to channel this movement. Wallace's enthused supporters, on the other hands, created the Progressive Party, which would be the ideological opposite of the American Patriot Party.

On radio, on December fifth, after all the ballots were counted, and all the states were accounted for, former General McCarthur conceded the election to the President-elect Henry Wallace.



Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 09:23:26 AM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 09:38:13 AM
Historically notable elections to the House of the Elected:

In Arizona, writer and part time businessman Barry Goldwater Jr. was elected to the HoE.

In Wisconsin, former Congressman of the GLC Joseph McCarthy won his election.

In Massachusetts, Robert Kennedy, son of Massachusetts Regional Governor Joseph Patrick Kennedy won a seat in the HoE.

Also in Massachusetts, Thomas P O'Neil was elected to Congress.

In California, James Roosevelt, who was hurt by his family name, won election narrowly in a three way race, to the HoE. He woudl use his seat there to try to cleanse his family name.

In Connecticut, former banker Prescott Bush won election to the HoE.

Historicaly Gubernatorial Elections were in:

California, where former PPC Presidentr Earl Warren became the first Governor of his state.

Massachusetts, where former New England leader Joseph Kennedy won his election.

Ohio, where Attorney Robert Taft Jr. was elected Governor of Ohio. His father had been the Regional Leader of the Great Lakes Coalition.

In New York, businessman Nelson Rockefeller was elected Governor. He had gone through depression in the forties because of the death of his family, including his brother Winthrop. However, by 1953 he was fully recovered.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on October 23, 2010, 11:03:19 AM
I like it =)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 02:40:07 PM
America and Onward Part VI
The First Term of President Henry Wallace

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On January 1st, 1954, former United States Vice-President Henry Wallace became, according to the Constitution, the President of the Renewed States of America. Wallace had, like America in the past few years, a roller coaster of a ride. When the United States of America were in existence, he had been President Roosevelt's Agriculture Secretary and Vice-President. After America dissolved, he had gone into hiding in New England, protected by the "King" Joseph Patrick Kennedy. In 1950, Wallace began his political re-emergence, meetign with political leaders in different regions of the United States. By 1953, he had arranged the reforming of parts of the United States, had helped form the Constitution, and was a candidate for President.

Wallace's first few weeks in office were spent creating governmental ministries, such as the Ministry of Wealth Distribution, and the Ministry of Diplomacy. The only objection in the newly filled Congress was from Conservative members, who, upon taking office, became members of the American Patriot Party. At the time, there were only two parties in Congress, American Patriot, and Progressive.

By June of 1954, the Ministry Heads, also known as the President's cabinet had been selected. The cabinet was composed of political allies who had helped Wallace re-form America and had helped his rise to power.

The Wallace Administration
Minister of Wealth Distribution and Economic Planning: Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Minister of Diplomacy: Robert Lafollete Jr.
Minister of Warfare: Richard M Nixon
Minister of Justice: Earl Warren

Kennedy, Lafollete, and Warren were all new hands. However, Nixon was a virtual unknown at the time. He had been elected to Congress in the Pacific Progressive Coalition in 1950, and had been elected to the RS HoE in 1953. he had served in World War II and had been one of the "lucky ones" who was able to make it back to America before the entire war effort collapsed and funding stopped. Nixon had been an ally of Earl Warren and was a self described "Moderate Progressive".

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Minister of Warfare Richard Nixon: Progressive Rising Star?

Wallace's first term was characterized by infrastructure projects that helped to creat jobs and to build the economy. The largest and most successful of his public works projects was the American Transportation Act of 1954 which rebuilt broken down roads, made new roads, and connected roads between the four major regions to promote commerce thorughout the country. He also tried to meet with the CSA Leader Strom Thurmond who succeeded Richard Russel in 1953, however, as before, negotiations with the CSA fell through because of Wallace's and Thurmond's ideological break down, and Wallace tried to attach strings to trade deals, such as desegregation and equality.

In his first term, Wallace would also take what American Patriots called, in the words of Congressman Barry Goldwater, "A turn too far to the left", when he announced The American Nation Corporation Creation Act of 1955, which created government run corporations that would produce basic goods and services.

We have seen what abuses of the free market have done. Do none of us remember the Great Depression? Throughout the 1920's, economic de-regulation led to the most disastrous time of that nation we loved. Now, the American Patriot Party announces that I'm too far to the Left?! They, my fellow Americans, are the ones too far to the Right, with their continued demands that wealthy business owners and fat-cat stock brokers control the economic fate of the nation.
                              -American President Henry Wallace; February 13, 1955

Examples of such corporations were The American Medical Corporation, responsible for hospitals, doctors, and the general health; The American Arms Manufaturing Coporation which was responsible for the production of weapons in times of conflict and war; and The American Machinery Manufaturing Corporoation which was one of the largest and most expansive companies, and which was responsible for the production of cars and other forms of machinery. All corporations were run by a man appointed by the President and approved by Congress.

Without the existence of many commercial corporations, several more rich people fled to Hawaii. However, this was not publicized and barely noticed by many except in higher income areas. The only actual businesses not run by the government were small and local businesses such as general stores and supply shops, which all ordered from either local farms, or from the larger American Corporations. This was a new country and a new economy.

Congressional Balance of Power, 1954-1955:
Progressives: 78; Leader; Robert Kennedy
American Patriots: 40 Leader; Joseph McCarthy


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 02:55:58 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 05:11:46 PM
American and Onward Part VII
The 1955 Presidential Election

Because of the success of Wallace's first term, which had only been two years, the Progressive Party was looking for him to run again, a calling he gladly accepted.

The American Patriot Party was in a less well off position. It had lost by a landslide in the previous and first election and didn't have the national organization that the Progressive Party had. Possible candidates, but no definite candidates, included:

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former General and 1953 nominee Douglas MaCarthur

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Wisconsin Congressman Joseph McCarthy

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Arizona Congressman Barry Goldwater

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Ohio Governor Robert Taft Jr.

However, Taft, McArthur, and Goldwater all declined running. This left McCarthy being the only contender for the nomination with national prominence. He gladly accepted the nomination at the 1955 American Patriot National Convention.

Former Minnesota Governor Harold Statssen announced that, instead of running for President, he would instead run for Congress from Minnesota. He was hoping to become relevant on the political scene by 1960, when he hoped it would be his year.

The last candidate to announce his entry was the "Centrist" candidate Prescott Bush who was a freshman Congressman from Connecticut. His reason for runnign was:

As this new nation progresses, we need a leader with an eye, not for partisanship, but for the American people. I have been an independent voice by entire tenure in Congress despite my registration in the Progressive Party. President Henry Wallace has given too much power to the Federal Government in running the economy, while Congressman McCarthy asks for just the opposite: a land ruled by only wealthy businessman and anarchy. I represent a middle road and I hope America will agree with me on election day.

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Congressman Prescott Bush-A new leader of a new movement

With Bush's announcement, the Centrist Party formed, and three members of Congress, two of them Progressives (John Lindsay and Margaret Chase Smith) and one of them (Gerald R Ford) an American Patriot, joined the new party. along with Bush, this made the balance of power:

Progressives: 67
American Patriots: 39
Centrists: 4

Coming up: The results!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 05:45:37 PM
President Henry Wallace Wins Re-election!

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President Henry A Wallace (P-IA): 70 electoral votes
Congressman Joseph McCarthy (AP-WI): 42 electoral votes
Congressman Prescott Bush (C-CT): 6 electoral votes

Despite having won re-election, President Henry Wallace was furious. He was specifically furious with Kennedy.

Wallace: I thought I told you to close the bastard out of New England!
Kennedy: Hank! Connecticut was the bastard's home state!
Wallace: You think I'm talking about that pipsqueak Bush? What about McCarthy, huh? You knew he had support among Catholics, and you let him have ballot access in the East, the place that would, in you words, be "Solid Wallace Territory", Hah!
Kennedy: Now listen, Hank. We may be the party bosses, but this is a democracy. I tried to shut him out, but the local leaders were themselves afraid after they saw polling data that showed that there was an amount of support from McCarthy in that state. They were scared for their own political futures.
Wallace: Get out of my sight.

Despite their loss, the American Patriot Party was delighted. They had taken two new states, plus one of the states in which they were strongest had gained an electoral votes in the two years since the first election. At his Conceding speech, Congressman Joe McCarthy announced:

Yes, President Wallace won re-election. However, he lost ground this year. We have brough two new states under our wings and have gained more territory. Meanwhile in the East, the Centrist Party is beginning to work away at the Progressive Party. Old Henry Wallace just might have to get his act together in time for 1960, ot he may face some opposition!

The crowds of supporters, mostly rural Conservative farmers, and some former businessmen, cheered.

At Bush's home in Connecticut, he was there with his family, including his son George who was thinking about moving out West to Arizona or California and starting his own business there, the mood was joyful. They had beaten out the Liberal Lion Henry Wallace in two states that should have gone easily for him.

Tonight, America, you spoke! Even though we were third in both the electoral and popular vote, we have proven that there is a Center in America that does not want either the Anarchist excesses of the American Patriots, or the Authoritarian excesses of the Progressives; and in the future, we are there to show that if our voices will not be heard by either two parties, they will still be hears. We hope to make gains in the future, and I assure you, We Will!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on October 23, 2010, 05:51:06 PM
Interesting concept. I like this.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 06:49:45 PM
Historically important Congressional races:

In Wisoconsin, despite losing the state in the general election, Joseph McCarthy won re-election to the HoE, as he was allowed to run for both the Presidency and his House seat at the same time.

In Connecticut, the same thing happened to Prescott Bush, who won re-election while running for the Presidency. He, however, won his home state in the Presidential election.

In Minnesota, former Governor Harold Stassen won election by a less than 50% margin to the HoE as a Progressive. He was looking forward to 1960.

In Arizona, Congressman Barry Goldwater won re-election.

Historically Important Gubernatorial races:

In the state of California, Congressman James Roosevelt ran, winning with 54% of the vote.

In Ohio, Robert Taft Jr. won re-election.

In New York, Nelson Rockefeller won re-election.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 23, 2010, 09:22:04 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 24, 2010, 01:43:27 AM
Great!! :D


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 11:42:33 AM
American and Onward Part IX
The Second Term of President Henry Wallace

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President Henry Wallace had won re-election. With that, he retained his place as the President of the Renwed States of America. However, Despite the enthusiasm his supporters felt at his re-election, things were not as well as they seemed. The American Corporations, despite strict government oversight, were not doing that great. It was said that supply shipments were late, and that products that arrived were of a lower level of quality than expected. Wallace wanted to knuckle down on the corporations, and msot of all, on Joseph Patrick Kennedy who was at the head of the American Corporations. However, Kennedy was both powerful and popular, and his son Robert was the House Majority Leader in charge of the Progressives. So, for the moment, Wallace would consolidate his power and begin meeting with Congressmen to discuss ousting Robert Kennedy from his position as Majority Leader.

However, at the same point, the Kennedys themselves were plannign on moving up on the political leader. Joseph Patrick Kennedy had recently met with several Progressive Governors, as well as with all of President Wallace's Ministers, and the heads of several American Corporations. Meanwhile, his sone Robert was meeting with military officials, especially with Minister of Warfare Richard Nixon, and also building up connections with other Progressives in the HoE. The Kennedys could very soon be "movin' on up".

Because of the failures of the American Corporations to provide supplies to farmers and small stores, discontentment was growing among the Western famers that had never been friendly to Wallace in the first place. Wallace asked Minsiter of Diplomacy Robert Lafollette Jr. how he, a Progressive, was able to control them, and Lafollette admitted that he had never been popular as leader of the Western Plain, and had relied upon the impovershed in the cities for popular support. However, Lafollette had, at one point, support from the farmers.

In order to boost patriotic fervor, Wallace announced that he would begin negotiations with Canada in order to reclaim the state of Maine, which had been enveloped by Canada in the period between 1944 and 1950. Wallace also began negotiations with the USSR, which was the dominant power in the world at that point, in order to talk about regaining Canada for the United States. The USSR had come upon hard times, and saw this as an opportunity to gain massive amounts of supplies for their starving. Eventually, Wallace negotiated the trade of one ton of various grains in order for the United States to take control of Canada. Immediately, this quota of grain was put on rural farmers, while the United States military began paving "The Road to Alaska" in order to funnel military supplies up there. Wallace saw a strategic move in order to make Alaska the "buffer zone" in case of a Soviet attack. Canada, which in the wake of World War II had become a rural, lawless wasteland without Americans buying timber from there, voiced no complaint.

Because of Wallce's new building and farming planse, severa farmers protested. However, they had little voice in government because of the few Congressmen there were to speak for them. Their most vocal advocates were Congressmen Robert Dole of Kansas, and Congressman Barry Goldwater of Arizona, who spoke about the burden that Wallace's actions had put on America's workers and farmers. However, they were in the minority, and the Centrist Party had no clear stake in standing with the "Farm Party" that was the American Patriots.

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House Minority Leader Barry Goldwater (AP-AZ) speaking against Wallace's plans for America

In 1957, as the "Road to Alaska" began construction, riots began popping up in major cities and in the Mountain/Plains West where the most was being demanded of the workers. One worker famously spoke:

President Wallace tells us we're in a worker's paradise. If this is a worker's paradise, then why do I hate it?
                                               -Speaker Unknown

This was one of the most famous shots at the President of late. The American Patriots, who had made gains in the last election, and the Centrist Party which was looking forward to 1960, were both gearing up for a full out Presidential campaign. Donors from Hawaii for either Party were growing and money was being poured into states such as Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and  Rhode Island; all of which were state that either the Centrists or the American Patriots had the possiblity of winnign in the 1960 election.

Two years after the election and they were already gearing up to throw me out.
                                                                     -President Henry Wallace; June 3, 1957
Congressional Balance of Power 1956-1960

Progressives: 70; Leader: Robert Kennedy
American Patriots: 44; Leader: Barry Goldwater
Moderates: 4; Leader: Prescott Bush

More to Come!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 12:05:09 PM
Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 24, 2010, 01:31:44 PM
The American Patriots will pull off an upset in the next election. I can feel it.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 06:46:30 PM
The American Patriots will pull off an upset in the next election. I can feel it.

Right now I'm not sure if I'm going to make this a Distopia timeline, or a story about a new America. I originally planned for this huge dystopia, but now that people, or at least you, are observign the elections, I'm not sure on how to proceed.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 07:08:42 PM
America and Onward Part X
A True King's Murderers

In 1958, President Henry Wallace announced that he woudl not run for re-election. This was not a surprise, but it did create an open field.

After having consulted with my closest friends and adivsers, I have made the decision that, come 1960, I will not run for re-election. By then, I will have served this great country for six years, and after the campaign is thorugh, for seven. I came in with much momentum, doing my best to distribute wealth fairly, and make government an institution for the people. I hope that when I leave office, people will remember me that way.
                                         -President Henry Wallace; November 3, 1958

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President Henry Wallace announcing his intentions to not run for re-election in 1960. An angry worker from Michigan had thrown an egg at the President. The car manufacturer was quickly escorted away by the Secret Service.

It was unlikely, at least at the time, that America, at least the majority of America, would remember him that way. Riots and strikes were forming in major cities, and farmers in rural areas were refusing to ship out their good, focusing more on feeding the community around them. This put Wallace's plans for Alaska on hold, at least for the moment, however, he was determined to press on, appropriating more funds from richer areas in order to pay farmers more for farming, and workers more for working.

In 1959, President Henry Wallace was glad to announce, after two years of fighting with the country that had elected him, that the "Road to Alaska" was open, and the Alaska was paid in full. Despite the good news, the full payment for Alaska did not mean anything for several families around America except empty stomachs.

In February, the President made his first true diplomatic voyage, meeting with the Prime Minister in Great Britain. It was seen as a symbol that the new country would finally begin expanding and would join the United Nations soon, which at the time was dominated by Soviet controlled nations and the Soviet Union itself. Since America's collapse, the Soviet Union had consolidated its power in Eastern Europe, controlling all of Eastern Europe except Poland and Germany. Meanwhile, Nazi Germany held control of France and Poland. Nazi Germany and the USSR shared an uneasy alliance and an even un-easier border.

After leaving his return vessel after his diplomatic mission, Henry Wallace began shaking hands with members of the crown in New York City, when he noticed a glint coming from the tops of one of the buildings...

President Henry Wallace Shot Dead! October 1, 1888-February 13, 1959
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President Henry Wallace was shot down by an unknown assailant earlier today in New York City after de-boarding the USS Roosevelt! While shaking hands with members of the crowd, the gunman fired from an opposing building and made his getaway. The President was immediately taken to the hospital when he was announced dead on arrival. His funeral will be held this Friday and attended by various national leaders including the new President Joseph Kennedy, members of the cabinet, and Congressional leaders. The nation mourns.

Kennedy: Now why'd you ever get into this business?
Agent: To get on the inside of this government.
Kennedy: Why?
Agent: To work my way to the top. To become powerful.
Kennedy: You seem like a smart young man. Too bad you got into killing Presidents, I could've made you part of my cabinet.
Agent: You still can. No-one knows.
Kennedy: What's your name, anyway?
Agent: Shriver. Sargent Shriver.
Kennedy: Funny name.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 24, 2010, 07:12:13 PM
:(


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 07:18:58 PM

Care to explain?..........


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 24, 2010, 07:24:30 PM

Poor President Wallace was assassinated!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 07:27:14 PM

Poor? You like Wallace? You hate Joseph Patrick Kennedy? You don't like Sargent Shriver? You like Wallace?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 24, 2010, 07:29:14 PM

Poor? You like Wallace? You hate Joseph Patrick Kennedy? You don't like Sargent Shriver? You like Wallace?

I hate Wallace with all the fiber of my being. It's just sad to see him die.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 07:42:54 PM

Poor? You like Wallace? You hate Joseph Patrick Kennedy? You don't like Sargent Shriver? You like Wallace?

I hate Wallace with all the fiber of my being. It's just sad to see him die.

OK. I thought your frowny face was a comment on my writing. I thought it meant "fail", as in "nice try, assassinating the President! That's not going to boost  your readership! (looser)"


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 08:44:24 PM
America and Onward Part XI
Camelot Rising; the First Term of President Joseph Kennedy

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On February 13, 1959, Minister Joseph Patrick Kennedy took the Oath of Office and became the Second Presidenf of the Renewed States of America. He had garnered the office through manipulating his way through "Post-American Politics" (politics after the collapse of the US), and had become the next in line for the Presidency once Henry Wallace became President. After Wallace's fatal shooting, Kennedy was sworn in.

Despite having only served the end part of Wallace's second term at that point, Kennedy was already prepared to unveil his new cabinet, which was quickly confirmed by Congress in the wake of the death of a President.

The Kennedy Administration:
Minister of Wealth Distribution and Economic Policy: James Roosevelt
Minister of Diplomacy: Richard M Nixon
Minister of Warfare: Omar Bradley
Minister of Justice: Robert Sargent Shriver

The surprise pick for Kennedy's cabinet was that of Justice Ministry agent and complete unknown, Robert Sargent Shriver. The only record of him outside of his birth certificate and the Justice Ministry records was him being on record as one of the delegates from New England voting for the ratification of the Constitution, and the Re-Unification of America.

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Minister of Justice R Sargent Shriver, the new kid on the block

As for Kennedy's activities as President, he earned the nickname "Moonbeam" from his constituents for his perceived obsession with space exploration as a viable means for the future. Between 1958 and 1959, House Majority Leader Robert Kennedy, the Presidents' son, sponsored forty three bills involving the shifting of federal funds to the new National Aerospace Exploration and Advancement Ministry, or "NAEAM", which was pronounced "name".

Kennedy also sent more funding up to Alaska, where the RS was building infrastructure and military bases. Several of his own party began referring to him as the "Warpig" because of his continued funding of military projects.

Kennedy appointed the first Alaskan President, which was agreed to under the Alaska Pact which stated that Alaska would be a separate state from the RSA, however, the President of the RSA could appoint the leader, and Alaska was pledged to help defend America. This began what some called "Buffer Zone Diplomacy", which explained why the RS hadn't approached Mexico about giving back New Mexico. They saw it as a good buffer zone between them and the Confederacy.

as for the new Alaskan President, Kennedy chose a seasoned hand at politics...

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Washington Congressman Henry M Jackson was chosen to be the First President of Alaska. He had served in politics since 1941, working for the United States, the Pacific Progressive Coalition, and the Renewed States, and was seen as an able choice.

Through all of this, the economy continued to tilt downward. Throughout the rest of 1959, both the Centrist Party led by Prescott Bush, and the American Patriot Party led by Barry Goldwater, were preparing for the 1960 election.

In Congress, the Kennedys pulled off another coup in the ousting of House Majority Whip George McGovern, a Wallace  supporter, and the filling of that positiong with Minnesota Congressman Hubert H Humphrey, a Kennedy ally. House Minority Leader Barry Goldwater said privately "These damn Kennedys have got to be stopped!"

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New House Majority Whip Hubert H Humphrey

In October, 1959, President Kennedy was glad to announced the first attempt at space exploration by America. Many inside his cabinet saw it as foolhardy and reckless. Minsiter of Diplomacy Richard Nixon privately told New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, "I don't want any damn part of this." Nevertheless, Kennedy's plans moved forward...

It's more of a test, really. We're just trying to see if we have the capabilities to launch rockets. We're not putting anyone inside there or planning an exploration of the Moon! The fact is that in 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik, and we've got to make sure that we can counter that. It's part of our pride as Americans.

Even so, many in the cabinet felt that the rocket was not ready. NAEAM head scientist Niels Bohr said, privately, of course,

If this rocket fails, and it will, this will be the greatest disgrace for America since World War II. It'll  make the world think that America is that easy to beat, that easy to disgrace, and God-forbid, that easy to conquer.

On October 30, the day of the launch, only a handful of scientists, the President, two members of his cabinet; Nixon and Roosevelt, and Arizona Congressman Barry Goldwater were there. Goldwater was there as a representative of the state of Arizona, where the launch was taking place.

T-Minus Five, Four, Three, Two, One...

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Kennedy: sh**t!
Nixon: sh**t!
Roosevelt: sh**t!
Goldwater: sh**t!
Bohr: This is what you asked for, Kennedy.

To be continued...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 24, 2010, 09:26:18 PM
Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 25, 2010, 10:20:04 AM
America and Onward Part XII
The 1960 Presidential Election

The 1960 American Patriot National Convention

For the American Patriots, 1960 was seen as their year. They had spent the last six years in the new America as the Minority Party, and with the souring economy, the food shortages, government inefficiency, and heavy taxation; their more Conservative approach was seen as a viable alternative. There were a number of candidates who stepped forward to run for the American Patriot Nomination. They were:

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House Minority Leader Barry Goldwater of Arizona

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House Minority Whip Robert Dole of Kansas

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Congressman and former House Minority Leader Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin

Governor Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio

Eventually, Congressman Goldwater won the nomination at the convention to thunderous applause. He was seen as the best choice for the American Patriot Party, as he had been there since the beginning, and had been one of the most vocal critics of the Wallace Administration.

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House Minority Leader Barry Goldwater accepting the American Patriot nomination for President



The 1960 Centrist Party National Convention

As for the Centrist Party, no-one opposed Congressman Prescott Bush's nomination for President, however, there were a number of speakers at the convention, who were seen as the future of the Centrist Party, including...

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House Centrist Party Whip Gerald Ford of Michigan

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Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York who recently changed his party registration

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Congressman John B Anderson of Illinois

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Congressional candidate Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois

The Keynote Speech was given by none other than
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Congressional Candidate George Bush of Arizona, and the son of House Centrist Leader Prescott Bush



The 1960 Progressive Party National Convention

The Final, and largest party, the Progressives, held their convention as well. President Joseph Kennedy announced he would not run for re-election given his age. This lead to a number of candidates announcing their running, including...

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Minister of Wealth Distribution and Economic Policy James Roosevelt

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Congressman Harold Stassen of Minnesota

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House Majority Whip Hubert H Humphrey

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Congressman and former House Majority Whip George McGovern of South Dakota, a rare "Plains Progressive"

Many of the candidates for the Progressive nomination were seen as insufficient for various reasons. McGovern was seen as a fringe candidate and Wallace supporter. Stassen was seen as a rogue Liberal that would take their party in the same direction as McGovern. Roosevelt was too connected to the Roosevelt name, and to the Kennedy Adminsitration. This left only one choice.

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House Majority Whip Hubert H Humphrey of Minnesota accepting the 1960 Progressive Party Nomination for President.

Coming up: the Results


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 25, 2010, 01:04:07 PM
House Minority Leader Barry Goldwater Wins Election to the Presidency!

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House Minority Leader Barry Goldwater (AP-AZ): 60 electoral votes
House Majority Whip Hubert H Humphrey (P-MN): 50 electoral votes
House Centrist Leader Prescott Bush (C-CT): 8 electoral votes

This isn't done yet. More to Come...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 25, 2010, 01:05:21 PM
YAY FOR PRESIDENT GOLDWATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 25, 2010, 02:44:16 PM
Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 25, 2010, 03:54:10 PM
VIVA LA GOLDWATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 25, 2010, 04:11:38 PM
America and Onward Part XII
The Conservative Revolution

Election night, only one month ago, was America's repudiation of the over-bearing and authoritarian policies of the Wallaces, the Kennedys, and the Humphreys! That election night was the night that the farmer, the worker, the businessman, the tax payer, and most of all, the American family went to the ballot box and voted "No" to the progressive politices of the Progressive Party! And that, is why I stand here today, as America's newest President for America's newest decade!

So spoke newly sworn in President Barry Goldawter, who had won the election of the year before by expanding traditional Conservative territory and combining it with working class areas that had at one time voted over-whelmingly for Progressives and Democrats alike.

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Minister of Wealth Distribution and Domestic Policy: James Rhodes
Minister of Diplomacy: William Buckley
Minister of Warfare: Richard Nixon
Minister of Justice: Robert Taft Jr

As for the background behind Goldawter's cabinet, Congressman James Rhodes of Ohio, an American Patriot, was chosen because of his experience in small business. Writer, author, and speaker William Buckley was chosen for his ability to communicate and negotiate. The only member of the Progressive Party in Goldwater's cabinet, he had been chosen because of his experience in the position as well as to appear bipartisan. Robert Taft Jr. was chosen for the final position because of his experience as an Attorney.

The first steps the Goldawter Administration took were in the method called "Privatization". Goldwater passed Legislation that allowed people to bid on pieces of the American Corporations. With those pieces, they would take their property and set up Independent corporations which would copmete for both government and private business based on availibility, quality, pricing, and so forth. Several Progressives and even some Centrists protested, but Governor Nelson Rockefeller (C-NY) endorsed the move, saying:

This is how America was run in the old days. I should know, my parents and grandparents became rich because of the free market, and because of that, they were able to feed people, not with hand-outs, but with jobs. This will allow economic growth and deficit reduction.

By shifting operating, production, and shipping costs off to private owners, Goldwater was able to reduce taxation and to reduce the deficit. Goldwater's first year in office was deemed successful because of that.

As the new heads of the new privately owned corporations worked to make their businesses more efficient and more appealing to local store-owners, which had become the main distributors of commercial products, more goods were bought by store-owners, and with that, more goods were available to the buyer. The economy gradually improved as time went on, and by 1963, with the improving economy, it looked like the Progressives might be up for another loss in 1965.

In 1963, President Goldwater attempted to pass the Balanced Budget Amendment, authored by House Minority Leader Robert Dole (AP-KS). The amendment stated that the Renewed States of America was required to acheive a balanced budget by 1970, and to maintain it from then on, by "whatever means necessary". The Amendment was opposed mainly by Progressives, but also by some Centrists, chief among them Congressman John Anderson of Illinois.

President Goldwater, your attempts to neuter, yes, I said neuter, the livelihood and opportunities of the poor of the United States of America is utterly outrageous. Nay, not outrageous, but barbaric. Barbaric, I say that you should attempt to leave poor and starving families out in the cold for the sake of you 'balanced budget'. If my fellow countrymen are willing to support this, then I say 'what a country we live in'.

However, Congressman Donald Rumsfeld (C-IL), went against the comments of his colleauge Anderson, and supported the amendment, saying:

How are we to survive, as a union, if we do not adhere to the principles of a balnced budget and a good government? Well it is my opinion that we can not continue down this path. Throughout the fiscal years of 1954 to 1961, we had continually ballooning deficits that not only caused payment shortages and debt, but also caused the continued weakening of the Renewed States dollar.

Seeing the conflict in his own party, House Centrist Leader Prescott Bush was worried about his party falling apart. He began talking to his son, Congressman George Bush of Arizona, about re-uniting the party. The Bushes talked with family friend Gerald Ford about finding common ground between the warring factions. In Prescott Bush's words:

Centrism alone isn't going to unite these people. We need something more.

However, nothing, at least for the moment, came from those meetings. There was talk about Rumsfeld joining the American Patriots and Anderson joining the Progressives. This would skim two people from the Centrist Party's already thin ranks, leaving Prescott Bush, Gerald Ford, George Bush, and Margaret Chase Smith of New Hampshire.

Eventually, the Balanced Budget Amendment, which required two thirds of Congress to vote for it failed, however, Goldwater promised to get back to that, and the American people supported him.

In 1964, with high approval ratings, a good economy, and a much reduced deficit, President Goldwater announced that eh would be running for re-election. Not many wanted to challenge him, and rather focus on re-election.

The Progressives that announced that they wouldn't run were:
House Majority Leader Robert F Kennedy
Former House Majority Whip Hubert H Humphrey
Former Minister of Wealth Distribution and Domestic Policy James Roosevelt

The Centrists that announced they would not be running were:
House Centrist Leader Prescott Bush
Congressman George Bush
Governor Nelson Rockefeller

With that, more minor candidates such as Harold Stassen, George McGovern, JOhn Anderson, and Margaret Chase Smith had a chance to win their respective parties' nominations.

Congressional Balance of Power 1961-1966
Progressives: 62; Leader: Robert F Kennedy
American Patriots: 40; Leader: Robert J Dole
Centrists: 6; Leader: Prescott Bush


Coming up, the 1965 Presidential Election...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on October 25, 2010, 05:20:30 PM
I hope Goldy can get his budget passed.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 25, 2010, 07:56:14 PM
VIVA LA GOLDWATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think it would be more accurate if you said..

VIVA EL GOLDWATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 26, 2010, 06:12:02 PM


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 27, 2010, 09:14:39 AM
The 1965 Centrist Party National Convention

After years of internal disputes between the Conservative wing led by Congressman Rumsfeld, and the Liberal wing led by Congressman Anderson, the Centrist Party was hoping to re-unite for the convention and the 1965 Presidential election. However, it was not to be so, as Rumsfeld and Anderson continually traded jabs at the convention. The candidates that year were:

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New Hampshire Congresswoman Margaret Chase Smith
Smith, a leader and role model to responsible and Independent women, was seen as a good Centrist choice. She had originally lived in Maine until Canada took it over and she escaped to New Hampshire. There, she was elected to Congress in New England in 1950, and in the Renewed States of America in 1953.

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Congressman Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois
In 1960, he had been elected to Congress as a Centrist, and was seen as a rising star. However, since then, Rumsfeld had butted heads with the more Liberal wing of the Centrist Party, which was represented by John Anderson, who was from the same state as Rumsfeld.

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Congressman John Anderson of Illinois
The leader of the Centrist Party's Liberal wing, Anderson had become one of the most outspoken critics of President Goldwater, even more so than the Progressive Party Leadership. Cenrists were scared of both him and Rumsfeld taking the Centrist nomination.

After several rounds of balloting and a couple of convention floor fights, only one winner would emerge the nominee, and it would be history making as Margaret Chase Smith of New Hampshire was nominated on the eleventh ballot for President. She was the first woman not only to be nominated on a major party ticket, but also to receive delegates at a major party convention.

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Congresswoman Margaret Chase Smith of New Hampshire; the first woman nominated on a major party ticket in the short history of the Renewed States of America

More to come...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 27, 2010, 03:16:56 PM
The 1965 Progressive Party Convention

Held in Boston Massachusetts, the majority of the convention held a somber mood. Not only because of the lack of candidates that could revitalize the Progressive Party, but because former President Joseph P Kennedy had died the previous year, leaving no living President that the party could look back to. As with the Centrist Party, there were only three major candidates for the Progressive nomination:

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Minnesota Congressman Harold Stassen
Stassen was by far the least likely to win the nomination and the most despised of the three candidates. The major reason was that he had run as an Independent in 1953, and that he had only joined the Progressive Party to get elected to the Presidency.

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South Daokota Congressman George McGovern
McGovern, despite being considered a "fringe" candidate, was admired by much of the Progressive Party, and had been an ally of Pformer President Henry Wallace. McGovern had served as House Minority Whip from 1954 to 1956, until House Majority Leader Robert Kennedy had managed to oust him and replace him with Hubert H Humphrey.

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House Majority Whip Hubert H Humphrey of Minnesota
Humphrey was the candidate favored by the establishment. However, he at that point was "old news" as he had been nominated the previous election and had lost. Despite that, Humphrey received a good showing.

After seven rounds of balloting, Harold Stassen, who only had the support of a delegate from Maine and a few from California and Minnesota, dropped out of the balloting and endorsed McGovern for the Presidency. After the ninth ballot was done, Humphrey too, conceded and endorsed McGovern. McGovern became the nominee

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South Dakota Congressman George McGovern, the Progressive nominee for President.

Robert Kennedy: Dammit! I told you not to give up! I told you not to let that bastard have the nomination! Now we're ing doomed!
Humphrey: I tell you, as far as the party's concerned, I'm gone, finished! They're never going to nominate me again! Did you think they would, what with all your "establishment support" that you said you'd give me?
Robert Kennedy: Well, then, we better hope that '70 is our year, otherwise, we may be gone by 1975 with these polls...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 27, 2010, 05:13:34 PM

anyway, if anyone's wondering about Robert Kennedy saying "Now we're ing doomed", that's the stupide auto-censor stuff blocking out what Robert Kennedy's really saying (sounds like a conspiracy).


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 28, 2010, 02:11:29 PM
The 1965 Presidential Election was the first time that there would be televised debates. Because of the good economy under Goldwater and the resulting technological advances, television was much more common than it was five years ago, and was in the homes of as many as 40% of Americans, and growing everyday. McGovern hoped to gain traction off of the debates, however, he floundered and came off looking more extremist, thus giving votes to Goldwater and Smith. On election night, the victor was no surprise, but the results were.

President Goldwater Wins Re-election!

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President Barry Goldwater (AP-AZ): 80 electoral votes
House Majority Leader George McGovern (P-SD): 28 electoral votes
Congresswoman Margaret Chase Smith (C-NH): 10 electoral votes

The American Patriot Party, while ecstatic over their landslide victory as well as their taking of the House of Elected, were not the only victors that night. The Centrist Party, for the first time, had gotten ten electoral votes, and they had made a big enough impact nation-wide to tip New York in Goldwater's favor.

Meanwhile, the Progressive Party was stewing. House Majority Leader Robert F Kennedy was furious.
Kennedy: I told you we'd lose with that bastard as our nominee
Humphrey: Look, I couldn't win, you knew that and I knew that.
Shriver: Calm down, Bobby. Look, if you're so puset about the loss, why don't you run, you've passed up your chance twice.
Humphrey: Yeah! Why do you always need to run someone else, specifically me, as the "establishment" candidate? You should run! You're more popular than any of us! And besides, Goldwater probably won't want to run after ten years as President, and you'll face a weaker candidate like Taft!
Kennedy: I just might do that...

More to come...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 28, 2010, 03:19:26 PM
Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?

Any thoughts?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: #CriminalizeSobriety on October 28, 2010, 03:22:55 PM
What were the three best states of each candidate?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 29, 2010, 01:25:24 PM
What were the three best states of each candidate?

Goldwater: Arizona, Utah, Wyoming

McGovern: Minnesota, Oregon, and Wisconsin (He had a less than easy time picking up his home state)

Chase Smith: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Any predictions or thoughts about the future?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 01, 2010, 02:03:12 PM
I may put an update up tonight or tommorow. I'll definitely have time by Wednesday. Right now, I've got a bit of a writer's block.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 02, 2010, 05:37:00 PM
American and Onward Part XIV
The Second Term of Barry Goldwater

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A 1960 Goldwater For President campaign poster

With his landslide re-election, President Goldwater felt a mandate to continue with the rest of his agenda. Despite havign campaigned against Wallace's purchase of Alaska from Russia, Goldwater realized the strategic value of Alaska and, using "The Road to Alaska", sent more troops and supplies there. He also wanted to organize Democratic elections and have the Alaskans decide for themselves if they wanted to be an Independent State, or an American state. However, a vote owuld never come forth because of continued complications, and the issue would remain stagnant.

With a new Congress that was on his side, President Goldwater re-introduced the Balanced Budget Amendement to Congress. With new House Majority Whip James L Buckley (AP-NY), and with the help of some Centrists in Congress, a vote went to the states for the amendment, where Goldwater needed two thirds of the vote for the Amendment to be added to the Constitution. When a vote went to the states, the states passed it, and President Goldwater would finally reach the end of the fight for the Balanced Budet Amendment.

In 1967, after the uneventful 1965, the debate came up about Civil Rights. While in the original constitution, women had been given the right to vote and to run for office, those privileges were not given to minorities. Almost every member of Congress agreed that something sould be done, except for Congressman John Schmitz (AP-CA), who opposed Civil Rights Legilsation.

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Congressman John G Schmitz (AP-CA), the sole voice of opposition to Civil Rights Legislation

However, Schmitz was seen as a very minor threat to Civil Rights legislation, something even the most Conservative politicans, including the President, and the Minister of Diplomacy William F Buckley supported. One reason Schimtz was a man alone was that the South, which had been the most racist region in the Old United States, was gone and was a sovereign country. Without the South, Schmitz was isolated. While Goldwater favored a more state oriented approach to Civil Rights, Progressives said that it should extend from the Federal Government. Eventually, a compromise was reached, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed. It said that people of all races and genders had the right to vote, and that all government run buildings were to be officially desegregated. However, the bill would not infringe on the property rights of individuals, and the rights of people to reject anyone they wanted from their property was left intact.

With that victory, some of the Far Right, led by John Schmitz, were alienated from the American Patriot Party, while some Conservative Centrists were attracted to it. In 1968, Congressman Donald Rumsfeld (C-IL), officially announced his switching from the Centrist Party to the American Patriot Party.

By the time that the debate was over, and a vote was to be taken, there was only token opposition from Schmitz, and one die hard Progressive who believed that the Civil Rights Act of 1968 didn't go far enough. Therefore, the act passed the HoE by a wide margin: 115-2, with one Congressman absent. Therefore, in elections on, People of all races would be allowed to vote. This would endear the minority community to the American Patriots, which would deeply dissatisfy the Progressives because they had been as big, if not bigger, proponents of civil rights legislation. They would forever blame Goldwater for positioning the minority community behind him.

With the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, Congressman John Schmitz announced that he would leave the American Patriot Party, and he formed a new party, the American Independent Party. However, he would gain very little traction, being the only member of his party in the HoE. Meanwhile, in the state of New York, something different happened. Civil Rights Activist Malcom Little, who was known for Civil Rights demonstrations that sometimes threatened police, announced that he would be runnign for Mayor of New York in 1969, the year that the Mayor's seat was up for re-election. Not many people expected him to win,  however, people felt that his candidacy was mroe about name recognition, and an eventual run for Congress in 1970.

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Civil Rights Activist Malcolm Little-also known as Malcolm X-a candidate for the Progressive Party nomination for New York City Mayor, challenging Progressive Mayor John Lindsay

In 1969, Goldwater began meeting with more world leaders, specifically with the United Kingdom, Canada, and China. Goldwater was determined to put America back on top, and to make America strong enough to fight off both the Nazis, who controlled Germany, Poland, and France; and the Soviet Union which controlled the rest of Eastern Europe plus much of Asia. America also faced a third threat, that of Japan, which at the time was still fighting skirmishes against Chinese forces lead by nationalist leader Chang Kai-Shek.

Congressional Balance of Power 1966-1971
American Patriots: 59; Leader: Robert J Dole
Progressives: 50; Leader: Robert F Kennedy
Centrists: 7; Leader: Prescott Bush, Gerald Ford
American Independent: 1; Leader: John Schmitz

More to Come...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 03, 2010, 07:28:24 PM
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Is anyone here still reading? I finally finished the update on AuH2O's second term, which is on the previous page.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 07, 2010, 07:00:37 PM
America and Onwar Part XV
In China

Throughout World War II and into the fifties and the sixties, China had suffered a roller-coaster of a ride. In 1908, China's monarchy collapsed after thousands of years of conitnual take overs. In 1912, the Republic of China was formed. However, the Republic did not last as the government became decapitated in 1916. In the 1920's Nationalist Leader Chang Kais Shek too power and re-united China. However, he was soon faced with rebellion by communists, who were led by Mao ZeDong. As China became torn apart by Civil War, the Sino-Japanese War started in 1937, with Japan's attempt to take over China. Because of that, Mao ZeDong and Chang Kai Shek agreed to an end of hostilities until the war's end.

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China's two main leaders-the Nationalist Chang Kai Shek, and the Communist Mao ZeDong-declared an end of hostilities until the Sino-Japanese War's end

However, China's "False Peace" was not to last as with America's collapse, the war continued on. In 1949, after years of internal struggle, Mao ZeDong was able to gain control of the country. However, even as he did that, the Soviet Union began taking an interest in China. Since the end of World War II, the Soviet Union had been in a better position as the world's main superpower because of America's collapse. With their several satellite states producing weaponry and providing soldiers, the USSR was looking to expand once more, and the Sino-Russo War began in 1950. By 1953, Mao had been killed during a Japanese air raid, and both the USSR and Japan made gains.

In 1956 Chang Kai Shek, who had been in exile since 1949, made hsi return and officially took order, having his troops take control of main borders. By 1965, China was beginning to show hope of survival, at least in a smaller form, as both the Soviet Union and Japan were suffering massive recessions because of resource and worker shortages. That was when President Goldwater began meeting with China to discuss a possible alliance.

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Meet the New Boss; Nationalist Chang Kai Shek-China's new, and old, leader

With the change in China's power, and a change in the tide of the war, it was hoped that China woudl be back on its feet by 1975. With an industrial boom in America, that meant more weapons were being produced, and it was believed that President Goldwater of the RSA and leader Chang of China were in the business of striking a deal to, hopefully, secure China's future.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 07, 2010, 07:01:18 PM
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Is anyone here still reading?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: feeblepizza on November 07, 2010, 07:03:35 PM
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Is anyone here still reading?

I'm reading. Please continue.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 07, 2010, 11:25:10 PM
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Is anyone here still reading?

I'm reading. Please continue.

I'm hoping to map out what's happening with Europe and the USSR in the next update, though that'll require more research than the brief update on China. I also want to include a map of Europe, highlighting who controls where, but that'll take work. After foreign affairs, I'll get back to the end of Goldwater's second term, and work on the 1970 election.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 07, 2010, 11:45:49 PM
I also have to do an update on the history of the CSA from 1944 on. that means that there'll be:
Europe and the USSR
The CSA
The 1970 election
and possibly a second update on Goldwater's second term.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 08, 2010, 08:09:05 PM
America and Onward Part XVI
Back in the USSR

Of all the countries that had been affected since the break down of the United States of America in 1944, Russia, or the Soviet Union had benefitted the most. Since World War I, or the Great War, Russia had gone through severl changes, the largest of which was the Russian Revolution in 1917, lead by the communist named Vladmir Ilyich Lenin. After the old Russia, dominated by the Czars, collapsed and the communists took over, Russia exited World War I to be more focused on feeding its citizens than on fighting a war.

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Soviet Leader Vladmir Lenin with his successor, Josef Stalin

In World War II, the Soviet Union had originally sided with Germany. Only after German attacked Poland and the Soviet Union did the USSR strike back and join the Allies in World War II. However, World War II would not be an easy fight, and several men on all sides would die. After America collapsed, the Soviet Union's leader Josef Stalin declared that Russia's involvement in the Allied Powers would no longer exist, as he said:

In this fight, there is only one thing that matters. In this fight there is only one purpose that matter. In this fight, there is only one cause that matters. Through our country's continued involvement in various alliances, we have abandoned that thing, that purpose, and that cause. And that thing, that purpose, and that cause is the advancement of Mother Russia!

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With that, the Soviet Union, which had only recently outlasted Germany in the fight for Stalingrad, went on the offensive in the war, driving back the Germands as well as taking new territory. By 1952, a stalemate and an understanding developed between Nazi Germany and the USSR. An unwritten and unspoken line formed as Russia began to have free reign over any territory East of Poland. With that, the countries of Norway, Sweden, and Finland all became satellite states of the Soviet Union, while Russia also expanded South. Because America was still developing at that point in time, the Soviet Union became the world's superpower.

In 1953, Stalin, at the age of 74, died. After brief infighting, Nikit Kruschev became leader of the Soviet Union. He hoped that he, like Stalin, would be able to maintain an iron grip on power, and retain it to his dying days.

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Nikita Sergeyevich Kruschev, the new leader of the Soviet Union

However, since the Soviet Union's dominance in the world since the fifties, things had nto been all well as Russia's military build up since then had done nothing to help the economy, only divert resources from things such as house repair, construction, and production of other goods. With resource shortages becoming a common occurence, Russia was slowly weakening. However, that did not mean it woudl relinquish its grip on the world anytime soon, as it began invading its neighbor to the south, China, in the 1950's. For the next few decades, the Pax-Russo was there to stay.

In President Goldwater's first diplomatic meeting with Chairman Kruschev in 1963, Kruschev uttered the famous words "We'll bury you!" President Goldwater was determined to make sure that never happened.

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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 08, 2010, 08:30:34 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 09, 2010, 09:47:35 PM
By the way, does anyone know where to get a usable map of Europe? I'm trying to map out who had what in Europe, and I want to be able to post the map here.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: TommyC1776 on November 12, 2010, 03:25:41 PM
Continue please with the 1970 Presidential Election.  Good TL by the way.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 12, 2010, 10:45:06 PM
Continue please with the 1970 Presidential Election.  Good TL by the way.

Thanks. With your new Timeline, will you still continue your 1896 Timeline?

Updates for this and Nixon 1960 will be coming in the next week, most likely on Tuesday or Wednesday.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 14, 2010, 09:11:26 AM
America and Onward Part XVII
Livin' in the CSA

Ever since the eighteen hundreds when there was talk of abolishing slavery, the South had always had an animosity for the North. With the election of President Lincoln, a Republican and an abolitionist, they decided that they had had it, and seceded. However, the existence of the Confederate States of America was not to last, because, after five years of war, the Confederacy surrendered to the Union and was forced back into the United States. However, the South, up until the Great Depression, always resented the "damn yankees" for that. With the collapse of the United States in 1944, and the takeover of regional governments, a group of states in the South quickly banded together, forming a makeshift Confederate States of America:

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The Confederate States of America as of 1945

The Confederacy was the best suited to survive all of the riots and the fighting, not because of food, supplies, or weaponry, but because of common unity, and the ability to convince the citizens to fight against the "damn yankees". By 1948, the CSA had begun to expand, as it was easy to convince other Southern States to join and the CSA easily conquered lands that had no fighting forces.

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The Confederate States of America as of 1948
Red: Original States
Pink: New Additions

By 1950, the Confederacy had expanded enough to become the most powerful nation in the territory of what used to be the United States of America. However, the Confederates were wary about further expansion, as it might lead to over expansion and that could lead to their demise. So after having reached Kentucky, Interim President Richard Russell ordered the stop of the Confederates' ragtag army. It was agreed by the interim President, and regional leaders such as Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Orville Faubus of Arkansas that a constitution woudl be agreed upon in 1952, and elections for President woudl be held in 1964.

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The Confederate States of America as of 1950
Red: Original States
Light Red: Recent Additions
Pink: Newest Additions

In 1952, the Constitution was written, and signed by a delegate from every state. The constitution established one six year term for the President, to be elected in 1954, and six year terms for Senators, which were to be elected in a special election in 1954 and run for re-election in 1957, and every six years from then. There were to be two Senators from every state, and no House of Representatives. As for Presidential Elections, the CSA would keep the electoral college, and give electoral votes to states per every thirty thousand people. However, it would not be easy to measure the total population, and there would be arguments about what to do with "the n**gers". In the end, it was decided that it would be decided by state about voting rights, though voting rights for minorities and women weren't encouraged by any famous official.

In 1954, the Presidential election, Interim President Richard Russell announced that he would not run for the Presidency. Because of that, the frontrunner was Interim Governor Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. However, there woudl be a small opposition from Lyndon Johnson, who had been a delegate to the 1952 signing of the Constitution, and was known for his connections and his role in helping to conquer Oklahoma. He had also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1944. Thurmond ran as the nominee of the newly created Constitution Party, while Johnson ran as an Independent. For Vice-President, Thurmond chose Interim President Richard Russell for lack of a better candidate. Johnson in turn chose Missouri official Harry S. Truman, who had served in the United States Senate and had been first head of the Agriculture Agency of the CSA.

The 1954 Presidential Election

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Interim Governor Strom Thrumond/Interim President Richard Russell-61
Lyndon Johnson/Head of Agriculture Harry Truman-29

With that, Strom Thurmond became the first elected President of the Confederate States of America. However, he would not be unopposed in everything he did, as Johnson's movement, composed of somewhat more Liberal elements, would create the Reform Party.
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Despite enthusiasm from the vast majority of the voting public, the economy was, as it had been before, in a shambles. However, this was the first time that the issues woudl be on the economy. In order to promote business, Thrumond would do as they were doing in the Renewed States of America, and call on the Legislature to finance a series of roads called the "Interstates" in order to promote trade between the states. The majority of the Senate agreed, and construction began. However, in order for the government to obtain funds, they would have to create a 10% tax on the income of every family. The first few steps of the CSA were hard, however, by 1957, the Interstates were completed. With that, Thurmond went about promoting commerce, using tax cuts and incentives. However, the economy would not pick up until 1959, when business would begin flowing.

The 1960 Presidential Election

In 1960, as President Thurmond was prevented from running for a second term, Governor Orville Faubus (C-AR) ran for an won the Constitution nomination, while Senator Lyndon Johnson (R-TX) was his sole opposition. After a long campaign, beginning in the summer, and going right up to election day, November 1st, Johnson was able to lead a successful ground campaign against Faubus, and pull out a victory just in time.

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Senator Lyndon Johnson (R-TX)/Senator Estes Kefauver (R-TN)-49
Governor Orville Faubus (C-AR)/Congressman Robert Byrd (C-WV)-41

With that, Lyndon B Johnson was elected President. In 1954, he had run for the Presidency and lost. However, he was lucky because neither the Constitution or the texas Constitution forbade him from runnign for two offices at the same time, and he won a cozy Senate seat in his home state of Texas. There, he became known as a reformer and an advocate for the poor, and was re-elected in 1957, and used his Senate seat as a stepping stone to the Presidency.
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Johnson's tenure as President was marked by small tax increases, especially on businesses, for something he called "The Great Society", which he claimed would help eliminate poverty. This was not popular with many "Constitutionites" as they were called, but Johnson's plans passed the Senate nonetheless and went into effect in 1962. Johnson also attempted to pass Civil Rights Legislation, but it failed in the Senate, running up against stiff Constitution opposition. Because of this, Johnson earned the nickname "damn yank", and would be stuck with it throughout the rest of his life.

The 1966 Presidential Election

Johnson's chosen successor was the progressive Governor Terry Sanford of North Carolina. However, the then-newly created Independent Party was not to have another consecutive term in Richmond, as Alabama Governor George Wallace was the Constitution Party nominee. His fiery rhetoric against the Johnson Administration's Civil Rights policies were heard ringing throughout the South.

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Governor George Wallace (C-AL)/Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)-64
Governor Terry Sanford (R-NC)/Congressman Ralph Yarbborough (R-TX)-26

With the election of George Wallace, the power of Richmond was turned once again over to the Constitution Party, who voiced strong opposition to the Johnson legacy of failed Civil Rights Bills.
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Wallace would become known during his Presidency for working to build up the country's military.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 14, 2010, 09:47:00 AM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 16, 2010, 04:14:06 PM
America and Onward Part XVII
Axis and Allies

In Europe, the situation would mirror China, with wars fought on multiple fronts. However, each power or alliance would have its own spheres of influence. The Soviet Union, which was at the time the leading power in the world, had consolidated its strength in Eastern and Northern Europe, while Nazi Germany, lead by a very old and weak Adolf Hitler, controlled Central Europe with parts of Eastern and Western Germany.

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Germany's aged leader, Adolf Hitler, who was expected to die soon. National Socialist Party Leaders at that point were already preparing a successor.

In Britain, Anthony Eden, who was a leading member of the Conservative Party, became Prime Minister after 1955, and remained Prime Minister because of the continued state of war Britain was in, and the fact that Britain's government had been amended to allow him to stay in.

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Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of Great Britain because of Britain's coninuing state of war

Since World War II, Mussolini in Italy had fallen and been hanged. However, immediately after hsi fall, German forces marched in, putting the nation of Italy under foreign control. As for France, Great Britain had helped to liberate it during the late forties and early fifties, and General Charles DeGaull had been installed as leader.

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General Charles De Gaull, first President of France up to his death in 1970

By 1963, President Barry Goldwater from America had begun to negotiate both with de Gaulle, and with Eden about re-joining the Allied Powers, which at that point included Great Britain, France, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and other countries. By 1964, Goldwater had garnered enough support from Congress to allow the Renewed States of America to re-join the Allied Forces.

The Allied Powers as of 1970:
Great Britain
The Renewed States of America
France
The Republic of China
Iceland
Norway
Denmark
Portugal
Ireland
Luxembourg
Beligium
The Netherlands

The Axis Forces as of 1970:
Germany
Italy
Poland
Austria
Hungary
The Czech Republic
Slovakia
Slovania
Serbia
Croatia
Bosnia
Greece
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 16, 2010, 04:26:42 PM


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 16, 2010, 09:44:35 PM
nuthin'?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on November 16, 2010, 10:15:37 PM
This is very good. Keep it coming!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on November 17, 2010, 05:08:45 AM
Just re-read this. Very good piece :)

This timeline is inspired mostly by "The Commonwealth that never was..." by Kalwejt, though I've changed several of the elements.

Thanks for an acknowledgement :)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 17, 2010, 03:08:02 PM

Thanks.

Just re-read this. Very good piece :)

This timeline is inspired mostly by "The Commonwealth that never was..." by Kalwejt, though I've changed several of the elements.

Thanks for an acknowledgement :)

You're welcome. As I was typing, it occured to me top put whose timeline it was that inspired this in the first place.

My next update will most likely be about the election of 1970, unless anyone wants updates focused on Hawaii and/or Alaska.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 17, 2010, 05:31:52 PM
America and Onward Part XVIII
The 1970 Presidential Election

The 1970 American Patriot Convention

Because of the success of the Goldwater Administration, there were several candidates vying for the 1970 American Patriot Nomination. The convention was filled with chatter about who Goldwater would endorse. However, Goldwater himself chose to watch the candidates play it out and deliver an endorsement only if the convention was split. Candidates included:

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Minister of Justice Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio

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House Majority Leader Robert J Dole of Kansas

Minister of Wealth Distribution and Economic Policy James Rhodes of Ohio

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House Majority Whip James L Buckley of New York

It was thought that House Majority Whip James Buckley would be the natural successor to the Goldwater legacy. However, after the first three rounds, the nomination would come down to being between Minister of Justice Robert Taft Jr. and House Majority Leader Bob Dole. In the fifth round of balloting, President Goldwater announced that if the convention did not have a nominee by the seventh ballot, he would announce an endorsement. However, Dole scraped by with victory in the sixth round of balloting and became the nominee.

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House Majority Leader Robert Dole, the 1970 American Patriot nominee for President

The 1970 Progressive Party Convention

After ten years of American Patriot dominated politics, Progressives were hoping that 1970 would be the year that they regained their previously held power. There woudl be a number of candidates that year.

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Congressman Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota

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Congressman and former Alaskan President Henry M Jackson of Washington

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Congressman Edmund Muskie of New Hampshire

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Former Minister of Justive R Sargent Shriver of Massachusetts

All four of the major candidates, each determined to win, would not give up, however, after the sixth ballot, Muskie finally dropped out, endorsing McCarthy. However, this did not help McCarthy as he had been consistently in third during the balloting. This only led another candidate to step out. As Minister of Defense Richard Nixon stepped out on stage people were wondering what he was doing.

I, I have been asked to come out here and speak before you tonight, not to put my own name into the nomination, but to place before you another name. For ten years, this party has been out of power. For ten years, the poor have been continually marginalized, while the practice of "privatization" has taken place, handing American Corporations into the hands of the rich and powerful. In order to present a unified front when we face the American Patriots this December, I have been asked to place into nomination the name of House Minority Leader Robert F Kennedy.

This was greeted with much applause as the convention saw that they finally had hope. Kennedy's weak points, specifically his connection to his father's administration and his being the establishment candidate were marginalized by his great speaking skills and his ability to appeal to minorities and the poor, two voting blocks the Progressives were hoping captialize on in the election, despite the good economy and the passing of a Civil Rights Bill by an American Patriot President. As Kennedy took the stage, once again there was much applause.

As we enter a new era, we need new leadership for this country. We need a leadership that understands the plight of the poor, the plight of the working. We need a leadership that can not only look back at mistakes, but can look to the future with bright hope and idealism, and the belief that there are no things that this great country can't do, whether it is feeding the poor, strengthening our national security, or bringin about peace in Europe. I assure, it can be done. Tonight, I ask that you nominate a leader that can do all these things. That is why I am running for President.

On the seventh ballot, Kennedy won by a large margin, becoming the 1970 Progressive Party nominee for President.

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House Minority Leader Robert F Kennedy of Massachusetts, the Progressive nominee for President

The 1970 Centrist Party Convention

After increasingly strong showings since 1955, the Centrist Party was looking to pull an upset and become "The Dominant Party in New England". Because of this, several candidates were vying for the nomination that year. However, only a few would be fron-and-center at the convention. Despite the optimistic attitude of the Centrists, there was also a sad, somber mood because of the death of their leader, Prescott Bush. In a special election to replace him, a Centrist had been elected in his place.

As the convention commenced, it was soon made clear that minor candidates would not stand a chance as the nomination came down to two people:

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Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield

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New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller

Hatfield represented a younger generation of Centrists who didn't care for the other two parties, and who rallied behind him because of his anti-war stances. Hatfield had become known as a critic of Goldwater's rejoining of the Allied Forces, because, in his words:

What President Goldwater has done will only lead to trouble. By rejoining the Allied Forces, the President has not only commited to endless war with Nazi Germany, but with the Soviet Union and with Japan. This will not result in Goldwater's so called 'spread of freedom', but only in the death of American boys. That is why I can not sit by and support Goldwater's entering into endless war.

Rockefeller, on the other hand, represented the establishment, corporatist, and decidedly more pro-war end of the Centrist Party. He had come from a wealth family that had survived the Great Depression and lived to tell of it. During the 1950's, he had been a delegate to the conventions organized by Henry Wallace, and had worked for Joseph Kennedy in the Ministry of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution. On the fifth ballot, despite a charismatic campaign by Hatfield, and a large coalition of Western pro-Hatfield delegates, Rockefeller pulled off a victory.

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Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York, the 1970 Centrist Party nominee, a charismatic campaigner and a good debater


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 19, 2010, 09:01:09 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 19, 2010, 10:27:41 PM
House Minority Whip Robert F Kennedy Elected President!

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Robert Kennedy (P-MA)-49 electoral votes
Robert Dole (AP-KS)-48 electoral votes
Nelson Rockefeller (C-NY)-21 electoral votes

Kennedy had won, but nowhere near a decisive victory. Scoring only one electoral vote above his competition, the closeness of the race woould be blamed on Rockefeller, who, using his family fortune, dropped a large amount of money into a North-East campaign, taking 21 electoral votes. However, the result didn't change that a Progressive was going to the capital.

Historically important Gubernatorial races:

In New York, Centrist Nelson Rockefeller won re-election to the Governorship

In Arizona, Congressman George Bush ran and successfully won the Governorship of Arizona

In Massachusetts, Edward Kennedy, brother of Robert, was elected Governor

In Illinois, Phil Crane was elected Governor

In Nevada, American Patriot Congressman Paul Laxalt was elected Governor

Historically Important Congressional Races:

In California, Barry Goldwater Jr., the son of President Barry Goldwater, won election to Congress.

In Connecticut, Loweel P Weicker was elected to Congress.

In New York, Jay Rockefeller, son of Nelson Rockefeller's brother, was elected to Congress.

In Oregon, Governor Mark Hatfield, limited to two terms but allowed to run for Congress and the Presidency at the same time, won election to the RS HoE, beating out Progressive Harold Stassen.

In New York, Civil Rights Activist Malcolm Little, just off of his failed mayoral campaign, won election to the House of Elected as a Progressive.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 20, 2010, 07:29:49 AM
nuthin'?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on November 20, 2010, 01:50:27 PM
This is very good. Keep it coming!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 21, 2010, 12:49:34 PM
America and Onward Part XIX
The Kingdom of Camelot

On January 1st, 1971, Congressman Robert F Kennedy became President Robert F Kennedy. His election was the return of the Kennedys to the Whitehouse, and what some called "The Return of Camelot". Despite a very close election only a month before, the country felt re-united with the swearing in of Kennedy by Minsiter of Justice Robert Taft Jr.

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Minister of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution: Richard Nixon
Minister of Diplomacy: Hubert H Humphrey
Minister of Warfare: Henry M Jackson
Minister of Justice: Richard J Daley
Ambassador to the Allied Forces: Robert Sargent Shriver
Head of the Council of Economic Advisors: Nelson Rockefeller
Governor of Alaska: Thomas O'Neill

Parts of Kennedy's cabinet were suprising, while other parts were expected. Nixon was expected to once again become the Minsiter of Diplomacy. However, he was suprisingly picked for MDPWD. Congressman Huber H Humphrey was picked for Diplomacy, a position he was seen as throughly qualified for. For warfare, Kennedy picked Congressman Henry Jackson, who had experience dealing with the USSR from his tenure as Alaskan President.

Under Kennedy's watch, three new cabinet positions would open: Ambassador to the Allied Forces, Head of the Council of Economic Advisors, and Governor of Alaska. Alaska had become a cabinet position upon the ratification of the Juneau Pacts, which agreed that Alaska would become a state, but would not have elections, and the leader would be appointed by the President of the Renewed States of America. The Alaskans were not happy about it, but it had not been their decision.

For the three new cabinet positions, Kennedy chose people ranging from close allies to bitter rivals. For Ambassador to the Allied Forces, he chose family friend R Sargent Shriver. For Governor of Alaska, he chose another ally, Congressman Thomas "Tip" O'Neil (P-MA). However, for Head of the Council of Economic Advisors, Kennedy chose political rival Nelson Rockefeller, who it was believed had caused the 1970 election to be so close. Stating his reason for choosing Rockefeller, Kennedy said:

Governor Rockefeller has worked in government a large amount of his life. He comes from a family that knows economics, that knows the business world, and he has the experience needed for this new job. He has dabbled in business, know the principles of economics, and has served as Governor of New York for the last sixteen years.

However, it was believed that Kennedy was giving Rockefeller the job in order to put him out of the public eye. Despite that, Rockefeller would become more visible than ever, holding countless press conferences to update the American public on the economy. The Council of Economic Advisors included such names as the economists Alan Greenspan and Paul Vocker, and politicians such as John Anderson and Gerald Ford, and businessmen such as George Romney (who had also been a Michigan Governor).

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Former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller-The First Head of the Council of Economic Advisors

Though the Renewed States of America had moved long past the days of the American Corporations in the 1950's, and it was at the time believed that private eneterprsie did more for the economy than public enterprise, this did not stop Kennedy's attemptes at "Progressivizing" the economy by raising taxes and funding more public works such as roads, parks, and National Forests. Kennedy appointed former MDPWD James Roosevelt to head the committee on natural preservation in Congress, despite not at that time being a member of Congress. In time, consumer activist and environmentalist Ralph Nader would become a ranking member of the council despite himself not being a member of Congress. He woudl propose many reforms.

One of the President's biggest "thorns" in his side was Congressman Malcolm Little (P-NY), and extremely Liberal member and the first African American in the RS Congress. He constantly battered President Kennedy because of his "moderate" policies, and because he, according to Little, did not do enough to end poverty.

The culmination of Little's grievances against President Kennedy came in 1974 when Little proposed The Great Society, a large piece of legislation that contained in it a repeal of the Balanced Budget Amendment, the creation of a nation welfare system, a  100% employmen clause, health unsurance for every American, and other pieces of Progressive Legislation. Even Minister of Diplomacy Hubert H Humphrey, one of the leaders of the "War on Poverty" during the Goldwater years balked at it.

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Congressman Malcolm Little (P-NY) proposing The Great Society

Eventually, when The Great Society came to a vote, it did not pass the HoE, failing 67-51. Even Progressives would not vote for the bill because of the sheer amount of national funding that it contained.

All through this, starting in 1973, the economy began to decline with rising oil prices resulting from recent Nazi victories in the Middle East, and with a new type of economic problem called "stagflation", a combination of high prices and growing unemployment. In order to counter this, Kennedy would attempt to trim the budget in certain places while at the same time stimulate the economy with the Interstate Economic Stimulus and Environmental Protection Package which created national parks in places such as Colorado, California, and Montana. This was seen not only as a way to preserve land and natural beauty, but a way to employ people to run the parks. Aside from doing that, the IESEPP would also funnel money to shrinking businesses and create large public works projects in out of work areas.

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MDPWD Richard Nixon and HCEA Nelson Rockefeller, the two "egg heads" behind the IESEPP

Also, in 1974, President Robert F Kennedy would re-arrange parts of his cabinet, specifically, the foreign policy bench. He would "release" Hubert H Humphrey, and instead replace him with Henry Jackson. Sargent Shriver became the Minsiter of Warfare, and Harvard Proffessor Henry Kissinger became Ambassador to the Allied Forces.

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Professor Henry Kissinger-The new Ambassador to the Allied Forces

In foreign events, Kennedy received the approval of Congress to send 5,000 troops over to the Middle East and France in order to fight the Axis powers, as well as weapons and 5,000 more troops over to China to fight the Soviets and Japan. Congressman Mark Hatfield (C-OR) filibustered the passing of both aid to China and aid to Europe for twenty seven hours before collapsing from exhaustion. In an excerpt from his filibuster, he said:

This can only hurt us. Our continual aid to Europe and China has gone on long enough. We have spent enough money and enough time in both places. This is not our fight, and we needn't lostlives or money over it. That is why I am now calling for a complete withdrawal of all American troops and treaties with both Germany and the Soviet Union immediately!

President Kennedy was quick to respond, saying:

You are right Congressman Hatfield. This endless war, starting in the 1930's has gone on long enough. It is time here and now to end it once and for all. The Soviet Union and Nazi German must both be crushed before America or any other country can breathe easy! I have in my hands a bill sending over not five, but ten thousand more troops to each front. The Soviet Union is weakening, Nazi Germany is weakening. It's time we did this deed and brought America home!

President Kennedy's new proposal passed Congress easily enough. However, while talking like a "war hawk", Kennedy practiced detente and had Ambassador Kissinger meeting with Soviet, Nazi, and Japanese leaders about peace treaties.

Congressional Balance of Power 1971-1976:
Progressives: 59; Leader: Edmund Muskie
American Patriots: 52; Leader: James L Buckley
Centrists: 6; Leader: Gerald R Ford
American Independents: 1; Leader: John Schmitz

More to come...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 21, 2010, 01:23:16 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on November 22, 2010, 02:23:46 AM

Oh, and I really like RFK's cabinet.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 22, 2010, 09:05:11 PM
America and Onward Part XX
Long Live the King

President Kennedy shot Dead by Unknown Assailant in Los Angeles!!

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President Robert F Kennedy November 20, 1925-November 22, 1974

While meeting voter in Los Angeles, California earlier today, President Robert F Kennedy, riding high approval ratings after a major Allied Forces victory in Turkey and a decrease in unemployment, was shot dead by an unknown assailant who had hidden himself among the crowd. The assailant was identified by witnesses as a six foot tall male with long black hair. However, after shooting President Kennedy, he disappeared into the crowd. The Los Angeles Police Department, the California State Police, and the Ministry of Justice have all begun investigation into the matter. One un-named Ministry official said that it could possible be the work of the Confederacy (though believed highly unlikely), or the growing "Anarchy" movement in Canada, which has remained a lawless baren land since the 1940's. Whiel investigation goes forth, the country mourns the death of its President. When notified of President Kennedy's death, Minister of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution Richard M Nixon took the Oath of Office, administered by Minister of Justice Richard J Daley. Nixon has worked in high level positions of government since 1954 and is believed highly qualified for the job.

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Richard M Nixon-The Fifth President of the Renewed States of America and the country's new leader

With the death of President Kennedy, approval of the Administration went up, going to 82%. President Nixon promised swift retribution for the Kennedy's assassin, as well as a continuation of Kennedy's policies at home and abroad.

In a small apartment in the filthier side of Los Angeles, a filthy room full of men cleaning and oiling guns, smoking, and drinking. The men range from their forties to their twenties. One man, aged thirty, was the object of attention. He was six feet tall, with long dark hair, sunglasses, and with a joint between his finger tips.
Arthur: Well, I guess you had to do it.
Jim: Damn straight! That er Kennedy wanted to send more of us to dies out there in ing Turkey!
Lee: He could've been a great President, if he hadn't ing decided that we needed to die, damn it!
Arthur: I guess you're right...
Jim:  it, I know I'm right and you do too! In this world, they're willing to kill us, and we have to kill back!
Athur: The whole country's gonna want to find you...

"...We could plan a murder or start a religon..."


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 23, 2010, 04:01:14 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 25, 2010, 07:57:44 PM
America and Onward Part XXI

As the fifth President, Richard Nixon, took office, he rode a high tide of popularity because of the death of President Kennedy and the sympathy vote. Because Robert Kennedy had been elected to the term the Nixon was at that point serving in, Nixon made very few re-arrangements to the cabinet.

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And as we move forward, we shall never forget the long career of public service that President Kennedy took upon himself. After having seen two fo his brothers killed during that dark period called the nineteen forties, he had first to recover from depression, and next to take it upon himself to dedicate his life not only to serve the people in his Congressional district, not only to serve Congressional Progressives, but to serve all. The poor, the minorities, those that needed a helping hand, spare change, or merely acknowlegment of their plight. Kennedy dedicated himself to helping all these and more. Today, we mourn as only a nation can mourn for such a President, for such a believer in and lover of life, for such a man.
                                                          -President Richard M Nixon, November 22, 1974

Nixon went immediately to work in the name of Kennedy's legacy, passing large public works projects and tax increases on the very wealthy. He would also petition for more military funding and a greater commitment of troops in Europe, Turkey, and China.

However, despite immense public sympathy for Nixon and for the Kennedy family, not everyone was happy. The youth population, which at one point had voted in droves for Kennedy, had become disenchanted with both Kennedy and Nixon by 1974. The de facto leaders of the emerging "Youth movement" were the members of the musical group called The Doors. Lead by guitarist Jimi Hendrix, singer Bob Dylan, and keyboardist Ray Manzarek, they were a group that emerged in the 1960's that began protesting the initial troop shipments by President Goldwater over to Europe and China. The Doors derived their title from the Aldous Huxley book The Doors of Perception, which Manzarek had read. The Doors of Perception was in turn based on a phrase by poet John Blake. The group ended up meeting in Los Angeles, having come from different parts of the country, and were during the sixties, locally known musicians in Los Angeles.

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Bob Dylan, lead singer of the group The Doors

In the political world, however, Nixon was still popular. Looking, as he always did, to his re-election chances in 1975, they looked pretty good. From the Centrist Party, there was only one credible challenger, Oregon Congressman Mark Hatfield, who was seen as the candidate of only the youth. From the American Patriots, the likely nominee would be House Minority Leader James L Buckley.

In early 1975, the Allied Forces, with new American troops, declared victory in Turkey. President Nixon, in order to capitalize on that victory, both militarily and politically, decided to visit Turkey.

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President Nixon leaving a helicopter landing in Allied Forces occupied Turkey

The greatest title that I believe history can bestow on one is that of 'peace maker'. Today, all of you here, whether you are troops from the Renwed States, troops from Britain, troops from France, or troops from here in Turkey, are all peace makers, because in this world, peace can only exist with the efforts of those like yourselves working to oust the military dictators the Nazis and the Soviets.
                -President Richard M Nixon's victory speech in Turkey; February 13th, 1975

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President Nixon shaking hands with a youn Navy veteran

With a sympathetic populace, high approval ratings, a recent military victory, and a seemingly well recovering economy, President Nixon welcomed his expected re-election with open arms.



Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Robespierre's Jaw on November 25, 2010, 08:03:59 PM
Bob Dylan looks too young there, here's a better picture:

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Nice at including pop culture references :)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 25, 2010, 08:10:24 PM
Bob Dylan looks too young there, here's a better picture:

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Nice at including pop culture references :)

You can already see your advice at work!

As for why Morrison's not in the Doors, it's not that he's dead, but that I may or may not have committed him somewhere else...I don't want to give too much away given that I might get a bunch of people screaming at me...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 27, 2010, 02:03:07 PM
Ugh. I had this whole update on the Centrist and AP nominations, but because my internet is messed up, if I close one thing, everything I have open relating to the internet closes. I'll have to retype it.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 29, 2010, 02:56:49 PM
America and Onward Part XXII
The 1975 Presidential Election

The 1975 American Patriot National Convention

The major issue dominating both opposition parties in 1975 was a matter of the war. There would only be two major candidates, taking different sides on the idea of sending American troops to fight Nazism and Communism in Europe and Asia. The two candidates were:

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House Minority Leader James L Buckley of New York

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Former Minister of Justice Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio

At the convention, there would be a brief stand off between the nationalist Buckley and the anti-war Taft, however, by the second ballot, Buckley easily won.

The 1975 Centrist Party National Convention

Just as for the American Patriot nomination, the Centrist nomination too would be dominated by the subject of foreign wars. On one side, a charismatic anti-war candidate would emerge, and on the other side, the corporatist establishment ran their candidate.

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Oregon Congressman Mark Hatfield, the anti-war candidate for the Centrist Nomination

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New York City Mayor John V Lindsay, the establishment candidate

At the convention, held in Connecticut, one of the numbers of speeches in support of Hatfield was not a speech at all as the band The Doors played for fifteen minutes despite fist fights between their roadies and Lindsay supporters. The set that The Doors played included songs by Hendrix and Dylan such as All along the Watchtower, plus a Manzarek original, Crystal Ship. The  Doors' performance made headlines and was seen as a definitve endorsement from the counter-culture of Hatfield's candidacy.

Despite desperate attempts by the establishment, Hatfield would be nominated. However, he would face stiff opposition as Lindsay announced his endorsement of Nixon instead of Hatfield. Nonetheless, Hatfield was the nominee.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 29, 2010, 10:08:05 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 30, 2010, 03:00:07 PM
President Richard Nixon Wins Landlide Re-Election!!!

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President Richard Nixon (Progressive)-95 electoral votes
House Minority Leader James L Buckley (American Patriot)-21 electoral votes
Congressman Mark Hatfield (Centrist)-2 electoral votes


Historically Significant Congressional Races

In New York, Progressive Congressman Malcolm Little won re-election, riding Nixon's wave.

Also in New York, African American woman Shirley Chisolm was elected to Congress, marking the first time an African American would be elected to the RSA Congress.


In Michigan, Centrist Gerald R Ford was re-elected.

In Kansas, American Patriot Robert Dole was re-elected.

In Oregon, despite losing his home state, Congressman Mark Hatfield was re-elected.

In New York, despite losing by a landslide, Congressman James L Buckley was re-elected in his district.

In Michigan, Congresswoman George Romney won re-election.

In Iowa, Tom Harkin, a Progrressive, was elected to Congress.

In Vermont, businessman Pete duPont was elected to Congress. The duPont family had moved from Delaware to Vermont in the fifties when the Confederacy had taken Delaware over.

Historically Sginificant Gubernatorial Races:

In Arizona, Governor George Bush was re-elected.

In Nevada, popular Governor Paul Laxalt was re-elected.

In California, Congressman Barry Goldwater Jr. was elected Governor.

In Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy was re-elected.

In Illinois, Governor Phil Crane lost re-election to his Centrist opponent.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on November 30, 2010, 03:50:39 PM
I was waiting for an update on the Progressive Primary. I'm still having some trouble seeing Nixon as a "Progressive." I would have thought him a better fit for the Centrists.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 01, 2010, 03:56:39 PM
I was waiting for an update on the Progressive Primary. I'm still having some trouble seeing Nixon as a "Progressive." I would have thought him a better fit for the Centrists.

As of now, there are no primaries, only conventions. Primaries will evolve during the eighties.

As for Nixon, he is more Centrist minded, however, he hopped on board with the Progressives in the "early years", and became a national figure during the Wallace and Kennedy Administrations. Despite his Centrist leanings, Nixon is "In it to Win it", and isn't interested in going according to ideology. Rockefeller has a similar ideology to Nixon, but believes that he can use his fortune to win outside of the Progressive Party. Nixon, not having the access to money that Rockefeller had, goes more with parties and establishments.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 04, 2010, 09:26:58 AM
America and Onward Part XXIII
The Long National Nightmare

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Minister of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution: Nelson Rockefeller
Minister of Diplomacy: Henry Kissinger
Minister of Warfare: Robert Sargent Shriver
Minister of Justice: Edward Brooke
Head of the Council of Economic Advisors: George Romney
Governor of Alaska: Robert Finch
Ambassador to the Allied Forces: Henry M Jackson

With his landslide re-election, Nixon believed that the job was his to institute true Progressive Reforms. With major gains by Progressives in the House of Elected, he was able to pass major tax increases, even those opposed by MDPWD Rockefeller.

Going back to the previous term, Nixon drew up a more moderated version of Congressman Littles Great Society. This included the re-institution of universal health coverage, as well as the nationalization of certain industries deemed "necessary" to the public health. This included the weapons and food industries.

Even as all this happened, the economy continued to worsen, its recent spike having been a fluke. Inflation, a new enemy to the RSA's twenty year old economy, began to emerge. This resulted in Centrist Leader Gerald R Ford temporarily aligning with the American Patriots in order make sure that the Balanced Budget Amendment was passed.

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More Conservative Centrists forged an alliance with the American Patriots in order to stop President Nixon's plans. As debate began to heat up and the "Conservative Alliance" attempted to filibuster The Great Society, MDPWD Nelson Rockefeller began to become an enemy of the President and was being shut out of cabinet meetings because of certain disagreements with the President. This was in 1977.

On the foreign front, President Nixon continued to send more troops into the Middle East, where the Allied Forces were making serious headway in the defeat of the Axis Forces. However, recent victories did not defuse the counterculture, which organized its own rallying point. In the California city of San Francisco in 1977, a large number of musical groups, players of the emerging musical genre "Psychedelica", they included such American groups as The Doors, and Chicago. The "event" which was a three day long concert, also included British groups such as Led Zeppelin which was lead by the guitarist duo of Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, and the group The Beatles, made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Peter Best. The event would come to be called "Frisco". Among the songs in Led Zeppelin's set, there was Clapton's "Layla", and the band's most famous song, the epic "Stairway to Heaven", known for its powerful instrumentation, its lyrics, it's folk intro, and its two guitarists.

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Bob Dylan (Left), guitarist for The Doors. Eric Clapton (Right) Guitarist for Led Zeppelin
Both bands were premiere acts at "Frisco"

In China, the Soviet Union lost a decisive battle against Allied Forces, while Japan surrendered. It appeared, across the world, that World War II, which had started in 1939, would end within the decade, ending the world's constant state of war.

In 1978, with sinking popularity, Nixon's chances at re-election in 1980 looked slim. Then it was revealed that in order to pass portions of the Great Society, accounting "errors" had been made, and it was revealed there was a deficit despite the Balanced Budget Amendment, and that this practice had begun in 1973, during Robert Kennedy's term. However, it was also revealed the Nelson Rockefeller, who had had his hand in a large amount of the domestic agenda, was not responsible for the accounting "errors".

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In November of 1978, President Richard Nixon was impeached of breaking the code of the constitution which he swore to defend upon taking office. Nelson Rockefeller would take office, pledging to "clean house". He became the first RS President to be a member of the Centrist Party.

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Congressional Balance of Power 1976-1981
Progressives: 70; Leader: Edward M Kennedy
American Patriots: 41; Leader: James Rhodes
Centrists: 6; Leader: Gerald R Ford
American Independents: 1; Leader: John Schmitz


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 04, 2010, 09:46:48 AM
awesome update =)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 04, 2010, 01:06:53 PM
America and Onward Part XXIV
God Bless the CSA

For the Confederate States of America, under President Wallace's watch, the economy had expanded and the military had grown. Confederate corporations were making a lot of money from crops grown in Latin American countries, and it was affecting the economy back home. While the Renewed States of America began falling into a recession, the Confederate economy expanded.

The 1972 Presidential Election

With a good economy, the citizens of the CSA felt no great urge to elect another of the "Damn Yankee" Reformers to office. The candidates for the Constitution nomination were Vice-President Robert Byrd and Texas Governor John Connally. Because of Connally's appeal to the establishment, as well as to people outside of traditional Constitutional strong holds, and because of his connections to oil, he won the nomination. In order to try to expand the Constitution Party, he selected Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew, a moderate, for Vice-President.

The Reform Party, on the other hand, nominated Florida Senator George Smathers and Georgia Governor James E Carter for President and Vice-President respectfully.

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Governor John Connally (C-TX)/Governor Spiro T Agnew (C-MD); 68 electoral votes
Senator George Smathers (R-FL)/Governor James E Carter (R-GA); 22 electoral votes

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Throughout Connally's term, there was a large amount of business de-regulation, accompanie by military growth as skirmishes with Mexico began to develop. However, they soon subsided after talks with then-RS President Nixon. With inflation hitting "Up North", businesses began settling more in the CSA. This caused continued economic growth.

The 1978 Presidential Election

Despite calls by some to former President George Wallace to come back, he declined, and the Constitution Party instead nominated Vice-President Spiro T Agnew.

The Reform Party had a tough convention fight between Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Tennessee Senator Howard Baker, and Senator Jim Folsom Jr. of Alabama. However, carter emerged victorious and selected Bentsen as his running mate in order to make Texas go Reform.

The 1978 election was special in the fact that it was the first time that the capital, Richmond, was able to vote. It would receive one electoral vote

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Vice-President Spiro T Agnew (C-MD)/Congressman John Tower (C-TX); 54 electoral votes
Governor James E Carter (R-GA)/Senator Lloyd Bentsen(R-TX); 37 electoral votes

The election was close, however, it all came down to Texas, which was one of the most hotly contested states of the election. Long after midnight, it was announced that Texas' eleven electoral votes would go to the Constitution ticket, thus delivering them the election.

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Agnew's term as President was marked by scandal. Within months upon taking office, Reform lawyers found allegations of vote fraud commited under his orders in states such as Tennessee, West Virginia, and Texas. This was marked by discoveries in 1980 that he had accepted bribes while Governor of Maryland and as Vice-President. In 1981, he resigned. Vice-President Tower took office.

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However, Tower's tenure didn't go nearly as well as he had hoped when allegations came forth that he was alcoholic and a womanizer, having had many affairs. While all this happened, the economy began slowing down, the northern recession caused boom having died down. In 1984, with scandals abounding, announced that he would be seeking election to a full term. For his own party's nomintion, Tower would face the Conservative Virginia Governor Pat Robinson while the Reform Party nomination was a battle between Alabama Senator Jim Folsom Jr. and Tennessee Senator Howard Baker.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 04, 2010, 01:44:45 PM
List of Presidents of the Renewed States of America:
1. Henry Wallace (Progressive-Iowa); 1955-1958
2. Joseph Patrick Kennedy (Progressive-Massachusetts); 1958-1961
3. Barry M Goldwater (American Patriot-Arizona); 1961-1971
4. Robert F Kennedy (Progressive-Massachusetts); 1971-1974
5. Richard M Nixon (Progressive-California); 1974-1978
6. Nelson A Rockefeller (Centrist-New York); 1978-?

List of Presidents of the Confederate States of America
1. Richard Russell (Independent-Georgia); 1945-1955
2. Strom Thurmond (Constitution-South Carolina)/Richard Russell (Constitution-Georgia); 1955-1961
3. Lyndon Johnson (Reform-Texas)/Estes Kefauver (Reform-Tennessee); 1961-1967
4. George Wallace (Constitution-Alabama)/Robert Byrd (Constitution-West Virginia); 1967-1973
5. John Connally (Constitution-Texas)/Spiro T Agnew (Constitution-Maryland); 1973-1979
6. Spiro T Agnew (Constitution-Maryland)/John Tower (Constitution-Texas)1979-1981
7. John Tower (Constitution-Texas)/Trent Lott (Constitution-Missouri); 1981-?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 04, 2010, 03:57:44 PM
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 04, 2010, 04:33:36 PM
America and Onward Part XXV
Rocky's Road

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Minister of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution: George Bush
Minister of Diplomacy: Henry Kissinger
Minister of Warfare: Donald Rumsfeld
Minister of Justice: Elliot Richardson
Head of the Council of Economic Advisers: George Romney
Governor of Alaska: Michael Gravel
Ambassador to the Allied Forces: Lowell P Weicker

Rockefeller's short tenure as President was defined by long and arduous court cases, and the trials of top Nixon Administration officials such as Robert Finch, Edward Brooke, and Sargent Shriver. Minister of Justice Elliot Richardson spear-headed the trials while American Patriots and Centrists alike united behind Gerald Ford in order to make sure that the trials were carried out. In the end, Edward Brooke and Sargent Shriver woudl both be convicted of, among other things, lying to Congress under oath during Congressional hearings about the cost of pieces of The Great Society, and certain military spending bills.

While Rockefeller was able to maintain public sympathy because of his "merciless" persecution of members of the Nixon Administration, that didn't stop the economy from continually worsening. Inflation continued to rise as employment dropped, and Rockefeller's approvals showed that he wouldn't stay popular for long. Among the lawyers that were in charge of prosecuting Nixon Adminsitration officials, besides Minister of Justice Elliot Richardson, there was also a lawyer named Ralph Nader who had worked for the Congressional Committee on Environmental Protection under James Roosevelt.


In order to combat inflation and the deficit left by Kennedy's and Nixon's "errors", Rockefeller agreed to both raise taxes and cut spending. This was not appreciated by the two major parties as they wanted it one way or the other and not a comromise. Rockefeller also delegated pieces of the Great Society to the states in order to relieve the Federal Government and to allow the states to decide for themselves what to cut and what to keep.

In foreign policy, Rockefeller was able to help maintain public approval. He used the final ousting of the Soviets from China, as well as the ousting of the Axis Forces from Iraq and Iran as tools in order to help him get enough support to pass reforms through Congress.

Minsiter of Warfare Rumsfeld would rather have been working on defeating the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany as soon as possible, however, he was tied up in gutting the Pentagon and getting rid of the continued waste that had evolved during the Kennedy/Nixon era.

With an improvement in the war, and the successful prosecution of Nixon Adminsitration officials, Rockefeller had a 53% approval rating at the end of 1979. However, because of his heart condition and his age, he announced that he would not seek a term in his own right, and endorsed MDPWD George Bush of Arizona for the Centrist nomination.

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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 07, 2010, 04:08:18 PM
A note on the music:

In the RSA, music developed more from jazz than from blues (though blues is a sub genre of jazz). In the 1960's, artists began adding heavier back beats along with distortions to jazz pieces involving guitar, piano, bass and drums. With the increasing popularity of psychedelic drug use among youth and artists around this period, music became more confrontational and harder to understand. This came into the mainstream of RSA in around 1967 with the release of the Doors' debut, self titled album. This, as well as jazz, contained some vague elements of blues. The jazzier roots of what became called "Psychedelica" by certain people due to the influence that psychedelic drug use had on the instrumentation and lyrics, was more emphasized by such bands as Chicago that used more horn style in their music. Another prominent Psychedelic group coming from the 1960's was Jefferson Airplane, founded in San Francisco.

In the CSA, meanwhile, a different style of music began to emerge. Led by singer and guitarist Elvis, it was called "Rockabilly", and had influences ranging from country to Gospel, to deep South Black Blues. As the popoularity of drug use even began to spread to the socially conservative Confederacy, music also began to become more distorted, picking up some influences from the Confederacy's neighbors to the North. The prime example for this is the formation of the Rockabilly band Lynyrd Skynyrd, where many effects from Elvis and Southern blues were utilized as well as psychedelic effects and distortion, leading to the modern form of music now called "Rock and Roll". Other bands emerging from the South were Creedance Clearwater Revival and The Allman Brothers Band.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 07, 2010, 07:51:02 PM
I hope Reform party wins this time ;)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 07, 2010, 08:24:58 PM

I most likely won't post the 1984 CSA Election until after the 1980 RSA election and the first term of the newly elected RSA President.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 07, 2010, 09:07:58 PM
America and Onward Part XXVI
The American Night; The 1980 Presidential Election

The 1980 Centrist Party National Convention

With a somewhat popular, or at least pitied incumbent President, there was a number of candidates willing to throw their hats into the ring for the Centrist Party nomination. They knew that 1980 would be their best chance to win actual election to the Presidency, and each candidate wanted to be a part of it.

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Minister of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution George Bush of Arizona
Bush was not only the establishment candidate, he was the son of the founder of the Centrist Party, former Connecticut Congressman Prescott Bush who had run twice for the Presidency. He was endorsed by President Rockefeller, who in 1970 had been the most successful Centrist candidate, wining the state of New York. George Bush had been elected to Congress in 1965, and elected Governor of Arizona in 1970, being re-elected in 1975, and being selected by President Rockefeller to be his Minister of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution.

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House Centrist Leader Gerald R Ford of Michigan
Gerald Ford had been there at the beginning, having run for Congress in 1953. Upon the announcement of the creation of the Centrist Party, Ford immediately endorsed him and stopped caucusing with the American Patriot Party. Since 1966 he had led the party in Congress, seeking a moderate yet fiscally Conservative approach to everything. He had led the charge against Nixon's domestic plans and had become a hero, not only to fiscally Conservative Centrists, but to some American Patriots as well. He was one of the most across the board respected candidates, and it was believed that he could draw voted from both sides.

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Congressman Mark Hatfield of Oregon
Congressman Hatfield originally entered politics when he ran for and won the Governorship of Oregon in 1960. He was re-elected in 1965. He first ran for the Centrist nomination in 1970, but lost to Nelson Rockefeller. However, he was also elected to Congress, giving him a stable political career. In 1975, he won the Centrist nomination running against John Lindsay. However, he lost by a landslide, only winning New Hampshire and its two electoral votes. While favored by the youth and the counterculture, the Centrist Party was not eager to re-elect him.

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Congressman John Anderson of Illinois
Perhaps the most Progressive of the candidates, rivaled only by Mark Hatfield, John Anderson was elected to Congress in 1980 as a Centrist. In Congress, he quickly settled into an inner-party dispute between himself and Donald Rumsfeld over the direction of the party. This resulted in Rumsfeld's leaving for the American Patriots. John Anderson was seen only as a repeat of the Nixon Era, and the party was even less enthusiastic about him than Hatfield.

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Congresswoman Lenore Romney of Michigan
The last major candidate to throw her name in for the nomination, Lenore Romney was wife of Head of the Council of Economic Advisers George Romney, she was elected to Congress in 1970 with the support of her husband and the support of Gerald Ford. She was seen as a repeat of Margaret Chase Smith, who had been nominated in 1965. However, her candidacy was taken seriously.


After continuouse rounds of balloting, both Romney and Anderson dropped out, with Romney endorsing Bush and Anderson endorsing Hatfield. After the eighth ballot, Ford also dropped out, endorsing Bush. With establishment support, Bush soared to the nomination on the ninth ballot.

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Minister of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution George Bush-The 1980 Centrist nominee for President


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 08, 2010, 01:13:59 PM
The 1980 Progressive Party National Convention

With all time low approval ratings, not many leaders of the Progressive Party, such as House Majority Leader Ted Kennedy, were willing to run and risk their political careers. This left a field for smaller candidates, and also for candidates that had been unable to win the nomination in the past. There were a total of three candidates running.

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Former Ambassador to the Allied Forces Henry M Jackson of Washington
Jackson was nowhere near the candidate the Progressives wanted. He had been involved in both the Nixon and the Kennedy administrations and was too much of an insider. However, he was the most experienced of the candidates and the most favord by a majority of the delegates.

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Congressman George McGovern of South Dakota
A well known and Progressive Congressman, and a rarity because of the fact that he was from South Dakota of all places, George McGovern had already had his shot at the nomination in 1965, losing by a large margin to then-President Barry Goldwater. However, he was willing to try again for the nomination, and had a decent chance because of the willingness of the delegates to separate themselves from the legacy of Nixon.

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Congressman Malcolm Little of New York
The third candidate to decide to run for the nomination was the far-left New York congressman Malcolm Little. With a shady past, a police record, and a history of hateful rhetoric towards both Jews and white people, he was the most unlikely of the three to win the nomination. However, his run was historic in the fact that he was the first man of African descent to have won delegates at a major party convention.

After only the first round of balloting, it became clear that Congressman Little would absolutely not be winning the nomination, coming in with a total of 25 delegates. On the second ballot, McGovern took the lead while Little came in with only 10 delegates. Little vowed not to give up, however, on the third ballot, he had zero, so he withdrew his name from the nomination and endorsed McGovern. Because of Jackson's connection to Nixon, despite his experience, he could not win, and McGovern once again won the Progressive Party nomination.

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Congressman McGovern accepting the Progressive nomination for President a second time


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 08, 2010, 03:56:09 PM
The 1980 American Patriot Party National Convention

After a ten year absence from the Presidency, the American Patriots felt ready and willing to take back the capital in New York. Therefore, a large number of candidates, some of which who had been nominated before, stepped up to the plate vying for the nomination.

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Governor Barry Goldwater Jr. of California
The heir to a political legacy, Governor Goldwater was the son of former President Barry Goldwater and felt ready to take "the throne". He had a ten year politica career, having been elected to Congress in 1970, and elected Governor of California in 1975. He was the one that the American Patriots felt most enthusiastic about.

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House Minority Whip James L Buckley of New York
Having already been nominated, Buckley was still in good standing with the party despite his landslide loss in 1975, and was respected among the delegates. Nevertheless, people felt that it was time for someone else.

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House Minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas
Despite being the 1970 nominee, Dole was also well respected and felt that it was time for another bid. However, his position as the "moderate" candidate among the group made him less popular than the rest. Ultimately, the delegates felt that Conservatism should carry the day.

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Former Governor Phil Crane of Illinois
One of the three Conservative candidate vying for the nomination, Crane had lost re-election in 1975 to his Centrist opponent. However, he felt that he had hope of carrying the day for Conservatism and threw his hat into the ring.

After the second ballot, Crane bowed out, endorsing Goldwater. At the fifth ballot, Buckley dropped out saying that 1980 was not his year. He also endorsed the young Goldwater. With the endorsements of two former opponents, and with most of the Conservatives backing him, Governor Goldwater won the nomination on the sixth ballot.

Governor Barry Goldwater Jr.- The son of a President and the 1980 American Patriot nominee for President


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 08, 2010, 03:59:17 PM
Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?

Any preferences going into the 1980 election?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on December 08, 2010, 04:30:18 PM
This is very good. Keep it coming!

I would probably vote for Bush over the has-been McGovern. I'm hopeful that he can ride Rocky's popularity to victory, but with the center-left dominating the previous decade, I think this election may go to Goldwater.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Robespierre's Jaw on December 09, 2010, 11:17:31 PM
My only concern is that you don't use photos from the era; Little I can understand but not George!



Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 10, 2010, 08:20:58 PM
My only concern is that you don't use photos from the era; Little I can understand but not George!



I wasn't sure what pictures to use, and I assumed that by 1980 he would look older. I'll look on wiki and google images to find photos relating to the specific time.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 10, 2010, 08:27:38 PM
Just changed the McGovern photos. The one on the bottom is of him at the 1980 DNC, so it should be pretty accurate.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 10, 2010, 08:48:50 PM
Following the American Patriot National Convention, another candidate would step out. He was John Schmitz, the sole member of the American Independent Party in Congress and a leader of a group of Paleo-Conservatives.

While we have fought this foreign war for years, only a few fringe candidates have bothered to opposed it. Even the American Patriots have only had one openly anti-war candidate. I have made the decision to run for the Presidency of these Renewed States to finally give true conservatism a chance.

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Schmitz would find little support among many people, even among Conservatives and American Independents, and garnered very few endorsements. Not even congressional candidate and fellow Paleo-Conservative Dr. Ron Paul (AP-PA) would endorse him.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 11, 2010, 03:48:08 PM
Governor Goldwater of California Elected President!

After a tough campaign that came mainly between Bush and Goldwater, both benefactors of political legacies, Bush's momentum stalled while McGovern lingered in third. Leading up to election day it appeared that the Progressive Party would be exteremely marginalized as Bush was picking up a large amount of disaffected Progressives. The 1980 election would make history because of it being the first time that Alaska would be given the right to vote, that having been undertaken by President Rockefeller in early 1980. While under ordinary circumstances the new state might have gone for Goldwater, because of what Rockefeller did for the state, it went by a very narrow margin for Bush. The addition of Alaska added one electoral vote to the election, and the state would also vote in one representative to the House of Elected. This upped both the election and Congress to 119.

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Goldwater-62 electoral votes
Bush-45 electoral votes
McGovern-12 electoral votes
John Schmitz-0 electoral votes

Historically Significant Congressional Races:

In Michigan, both Congresswoman Romney and Congressman Ford were re-elected.

In New York, Congressman Little lost re-election due to the amount of anti-Progressive sentiment. However, Congresswoman Chisholm won re-election.

In South Dakota, while losing his home state in the election, McGovern also lost re-election to his American Patriot opponent.

In New York, Congressman James L Buckley was re-elected.

In Illinois, Congressman John Anderson was re-elected.

In Oregon, Congressman Mark Hatfield was re-elected.

In Pennsylvania, American Patriot Dr. Ron Paul was elected to Congress having been defeated in his 1975 bid.

In New York, Chuck Schumer was elected as a Progressive.

In Alaska, in its first ever RS Congressional Race, businessman Ted Stevens was elected to Congress, defeating Progressive Alaskan Governor Mike Gravel, who had been appointed by Nelson Rockefeller, for the seat.

Historically Significant Gubernatorial Races:

In Illinois, former Governor Phil Crane was re-elected in the anti-Progressive wave.

In Pennsylavania, Centrist Bob casey was elected Governor.

In Connecticut, Ambassador to Allied Forces and former Congressman Lowell P Weicker was elected Governor.

In Vermont, Congressman Pete duPont, who was a member of the prominent duPont family, which had moved away from Delaware after it was taken over by the Confdereacy, was elected Governor.
In the biggest suprise of the night, writer and brother of James L Buckley, William F Buckley, was elected Governor of New York, beating Centrist/Progressive John Lindsay.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 11, 2010, 10:03:48 PM
nice update but terrible results.,..


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 11, 2010, 10:05:18 PM

Do you find the results inaccurate, or just going against what you hoped for?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on December 12, 2010, 01:15:27 PM

Do you find the results inaccurate, or just going against what you hoped for?

Speaking for myself, the latter. I don't think the results are inaccurate. As I've stated before, there would probably be fatigue against the Centrists after a Centrist and a Centrist-leaning Progressive dominated the last decade. And McGovern would be old news by this point, so I think the marginalization of the Progressives is justified.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 12, 2010, 01:56:25 PM

Do you find the results inaccurate, or just going against what you hoped for?

The results are accurate ;)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 13, 2010, 11:19:35 AM
America and Onward Part XXVII
Peace in Our Time; The First Term of Barry Goldwater Jr.

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Minister of Domestic Policy: Alan Greenspan
Minister of Diplomacy: Paul Laxalt
Minister of Warfare: Donald Rumsfeld
Minister of Justice: Robert Taft Jr.
Ambassador to the Allied Forces: Robert Dole

On January 1st, 1981, Governor Barry Goldwater Jr. took the Oath of Office, administered to him by then-Minister of Justice Elliot Richardson, and fulfilled his father's legacy by becoming President of the Renewed States of America.

Among his first acts as President, he garnered enough support from Congress to do several smaller acts which his father had intended to do but had never gotten done. Congress passed his small intiatives to rename the Ministry of Domestic Policy and Wealth Redistribution the Ministry of Domestic Policy. Also, Goldwater, with Congress, made the Council of Economic Advisers part of the newly renamed ministry. Lastly among his early small accomplishments, he destroyed the cabinet position "Governor of Alaska", and with local Alaskan leadership, including support from Congressman Ted Stevens, scheduled a special election in 1982 for Governor. This would be only the second time that Alaska would vote in an election determining its leadership or Congressional representation, the first having been the 1980 election.

With Congressman Donald Rumsfeld as Minister of Warfare, Goldwater called on the HoE to eliminate the draft, saying that it was archaic and the only dictatorships would need a draft. Goldwater also called on Congress to pass the Patriot Act, which boosted military funding for the next five years (1982-1986), claiming that with that extra funding, the Renewed States, along with the Allied Forces, could beat the Axis Forces who were at that point losing, and could force the Soviet Union to crumble. Intelligence estimates said that the USSR was near the brink of collapse.

In Goldwater's 1982 Governmental Review, the entire federal government was audited, looking for any wasted left behind from the Kennedy/Nixon era. The review swept all departments, even auditing the Council of Economic Advisors for waste. The result was that a large amount of waste hidden in the Ministry of Justice was eliminated, as well as smaller amounts of waste in the Ministries of Justice, Warfare, and Diplomacy.

In late 1982, Goldwater's Patriot Act began to pay off with crucial victories in Southeastern Europe. Years of fighting in the "underbelly of Nazi Germany" resulted in several puppet regimes surrendering.

As part of his domestic agenda, Goldwater passed any and all tax cuts that were believed not to effect the deficit. This was greeted with much applause by the middle class, who had been under the burden of Kennedy, Nixon, and Rockefeller tax hikes. Businesses were also relieved as they had been forced to operate with around 40% of their profits going away every year. It was expected that an economic boom was soon to happen, and Minister of Domestic Policy Greenspan was confident about it.

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Minister of Domestic Policy Alan Greenspan-The 'brain' behind Goldwater's economic agenda

By 1983, Italy was a complete member of the Allied Forces, while the puppet regimes of Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovia were all but gone. the Allied Forces, under the command of Renewed States general Colin Powell, along with French and British military leaders, were moving into Germany, Serbia and Montenegro, and Hungary. In December of 1983, the largest single military operation undertaken by the Renewed States of America was scheduled to happen. Led by Colin Powell, Allied Forces woudl break the Hitler's front lines, while at the same time a seperate group, led by French and Greek forces would deliver the "fatal blow" to the Axis underbelly, striking at several small countries in Southeastern Europe. The Berlin Blitz was about to begin.

We are well on our way to victory. Soon, the Iron Curtain that has seperate Eastern Europe from the rest of the world will have been torn in two while Democracy spreads throughout these lands which we have fought and bled for. After Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union have fallen, and their failed ideologies forgotten, only then will the world be free. Then we may go home and enjoy our comforts. But here, and now, we must march forward.
-General Colin Powell, December 8th, 1983, the eve of the "Berlin Blitz"

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General Colin Powell; A new leading face in the Renewed States Military

Despite a small amount of protest for the war, coming mainly from Congressman Mark Hatfield and former Congressman John Schmitz, there were even Paleo-Conservatives who supported it. Both Congressman Ron Paul and Minister of Justice Robert Taft were pushing for an effort to win the war as best as possible, and then to recall the military. This path was supported by President Goldwater, however, Centrists, Progressives, and a large amount of American Patriots believed that the military should stick around until all of the countries were properly functioning.

In the Berlin Blitz, which occured on December 9th, 1983, English and American forces* surged into the country side of Germany, while French, Italian, and Greek forces swept into Southeastern Europe. The official invasion lasted two weeks. Two long weeks for the Axis Forces, who were scrambling for a foothold in their own territory. As Allied Forces approached Berlin in the dead of winter on Christmas Eve, and a large amount of small countries to Germany's south surrendered, German dictator and leader of the Axis Forces Udo Voigt committed suicide, shooting himself in the head, in the names of his Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, the first leader of Nazi Germany.

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Udo Voight April 14th, 1952-December 24, 1983; 4th Fuhrer of Nazi Germany (January 3rd, 1983-December 24, 1983)

With Voight's suicide, troop moral completely collapsed. The Allied Forces marched through to Berlin, capturing it on New Year's Eve. With that major remaining members of the Nazi Party went into hiding, many fleeing the country. On January 6th, 1984, after a call from General Colin Powell and talks with Minister of Warfare Robert Dole, President Goldwater declared victory over the Axis Forces, which had dissolved in the time between December 24th and January 6th, a period of twelve days.

With victory declared, the President rook a tour of America. Everywhere, there was a sense of renewal, after the troubled 70's. Everywhere, it seemed that there was a renewed sense of hope and optimism. With the economy recovering and with victory over a forty year old enemy, President Goldwater's approvals shot up 68%.

However, there was still work to be done. With the USSR looming East of Poland, and with skirmishes in the dessert continuing, it was clear that World War II, which had begun in 1939, was not yet over.

On the domestic front, it was beginning to appear that an economic boom was forthcoming. With Goldwater's tax cuts as well as increased production because of the military, the economy was well on the road to recovery by the time 1984 rolled around.

As the economy recovered and the USSR showed signs of crumbling, it was no surprise when President Goldwater announced that he would be running for re-election. No credible challengerws to the nominatino were forthcoming.

*Under a program President Connally of the CSA started in 1977, around 3,000 Confederate soldiers joined RS ranks every year in order to help battle communism and fascism. It wass a small number, however, when haggling with a Congress that was against involvement with the RSA, it was the best President Connally could do. That act was one that started an alliance between that CSA and RSA (with certain civil rights concessions) that would later grow during the eighties.

Congressional Balance of Power 1981-1986
American Patriots-67; Leader-James L Buckley
Progressives-36-37*; Leader-Frank Church
Centrists-14-15*; Leader-Gerald R Ford

*In 1982, Mark Hatfield switched his party affiliation to Progressive


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 13, 2010, 12:59:20 PM
Sorry about making the 4th Fuhrer Udo Voigt, who would've only been around 31 at the time. If there are any suggestions as to who to change it to, I welcome them. I'm trying to compile a list of the Fuhrers, beginning with Hitler, then Arnold Gehlen, then I don't know, then either Voigt or whoever someone suggests to replace him.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 13, 2010, 11:27:14 PM
Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?

Note: The first term of Barry II isn't done yet. What is above is just what I've put up so far. Right nwo, it's only on 1964, however, the update will be filled in within the week (in theory). I'm also trying to work on a reasonable list of the Fuhrer's of Germany.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 16, 2010, 08:48:20 PM
Shameless Bump.

Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?

Note: The first term of Barry II isn't done yet. What is above is just what I've put up so far. Right nwo, it's only on 1964, however, the update will be filled in within the week (in theory). I'm also trying to work on a reasonable list of the Fuhrer's of Germany.

Barry II's term is complete now.

Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on December 17, 2010, 01:39:09 AM
Please don't edit updates into previous posts. It's a lot harder for me to follow the story if I have to sift through what I already read to find the update. Make a new post, even if it is just a short one.

Other than that, very good update. Keep it coming!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 18, 2010, 10:25:23 AM
The 1985 Progressive Party Nomination

With their biggest ever landslide defeat five years ago, a fer Progressive were afraid or nervous to risk their political careers running for the Presidency. Among notable Progressives that didn't run were George McGovern and Mark Hatfield, who had joined the Progressives in 1982. However, a field still emerged.

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Congressman Thomas P "Tip" O'Neil of Massachusetts
A member of the Eastern Establishment, who was supported by Congressman Ted Kennedy of the very same state, O'Neil had been a Congressman from 1954 to 1971, Governor of Alaska 1971-1976, and Congressman again from 1981 up to that point in time.

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Governor Mike Gravel of Alaska
A newer politician, who before his election to Alaska's Governorship, had been appointed Governor of Alaska by Nelson Rockefeller and had been a candidate for Congress in 1980. In 1982, he had only managed to win a tight three way race for the Governorship of Alaska by distancing himself from the national Progressive Party and reaching out to natives and environmentalists in the state.

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Progressive Minority Whip Walter Mondale of Minnesota
A well respected Progressive from the solidly Liberal state of Minnesota, Mondale was the favorite of the three major candidates. While O'Neil represented the old Eastern Establishment and Gravel represented the growing Wester Progressive movement, Mondale was the "generic Progressive".


1985 would be the first year the the major parties used the primary system where members of the party in different states would vote for who they wanted to be the nominee. There was still a large amount of power in the conventions, however the Primaries worked to keep the system more Democratic.

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Dark Green-O'Neil
Green-Mondale
Light Green-Gravel

Had O'Neil won California, the nomination would have been his. However, because of upset victories for Mondale in California and Ohio, none of the three candidates had enough support ot win the nomination. Because of that, the nomination would go to the convention, held in St. Paul, Minnesota.


On his home turf, Mondale worked like a race horse to capture the nomination, stealing just enough North-Easter delegates from O'Neil and just enough Western delegates from Gravel to secure the nomination, and he did.

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House Minority Whip Walter Mondale of Minnesota accepting the Progressive nomination for President


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 18, 2010, 02:59:50 PM
The 1985 Centrist Party Nomination

After incredible showings in the last election, and with more members in Congress and a greater base of support, there were a number of candidates representing different sides of the Centrist Party ranging from Libertarian to Populist.

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Governor Edmund G "Jerry" Brown Jr. of California
Having served a number of state offices before running for Governor including Attorney General and Secretary of State of California, Brown lost his 1980 bid for California Governor to Barry Goldwater Jr. However, because of Goldwater's election to the Presidency, Brown had been given a second chance at becoming Governor in the 1982 special election. He had been the nominee of both the Centrists and the Progressives, however his strict fiscal Conservatism lined up much more with the Centrists than the Progressives.

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Governor Robert P Casey of Pennsylvania
A Populist leaning Centrist known most for his siding with the American Patriots on a number of social issues but also being fiscally Liberal and having a large amount of union support, Casey was running primarily in order to champion the issue of abortion. He was afraid that in 1985, all three major party nominees would be pro-choice, as they had been in 1980. His Social Conservatism would be at odds with a large amount of his party, however he had accumulated his own following within the party.

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House Centrist Leader Gerald R Ford
As Mondale had represented the "Generic Progressive", Ford represented the "Generic Centrist". He was not the Libertarian Brown or the Populist Casey, but what the part had originally stood for, a strict centrist approach.

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Dark Yellow-Casey
Yellow-Ford
Light Yellow-Brown

Had Casey won New York, or Brown won Minnesota, the nomination would have had to go to the convention, taking place in Chicago. However, with close Ford victories in Vermont, Minnesota, and New York, he secured the nomination by a hair.


The keynote speech for the convention was given by a war hero who had worked tirelessly the past three years in order to bring down Nazi Germany and had succeeded.
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General Colin Powell

Powell's speech did not focus on foreign policy, Powell's strong suit, but instead on domestic policy which was where Powell mainly opposed Goldwater.

At long last, the man of the hour, Congressman Ford stepped on stage, greeted with thunderous applause. Despite a last minute attempt to draft Powell for the Presidency, who didn't attempt, Ford was easily nominated on the first ballot.

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House Centrist Leader Gerald R Ford accepting the 1985 Centrist Nomination for President


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 18, 2010, 08:26:04 PM
The 1985 American Patriot Nomination

With a good economy and recent victories overseas, including the toppling of Nazi Germany, there were few, if any, credible challengers. Despite protests from Pro-Life groups, Goldwater had made certain concessions with the Buckleys ensuring that there woudl be no major challenger from the Right. The concessions, however, included endorsements of pro-life bills as well as adding opposition to abortion on the official party platform.

As with the other two parties, 1985 was the first year that the American Patriots used the primary system. However, with no major challengers, Goldwater won every statewide contest on the map.

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Blue-Goldwater



At the 1985 American Patriot Naitonal Convention in Atlanta City, New Jersey, there was a joyous and hopeful attitude. The American Patriots as they saw it had no reason for their losing.

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Admiral John S McCain III
Admiral McCain, whose father and grandfather, both named John McCain, had risen quickly in the Navy ranks. He had had a rough childhood, being born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 when it was owned by the United States of America. In 1955, he and his family was finally able to return to America, when things had stablized. They settled in what was by then called the Renewed States of America. During the 1960's and the 1970's, McCain served as a member of the Renewed State Navy, becoming a hero and earning the Henry Wallace Award of Patriotic Valor, given to him by then-President Richard Nixon in 1977.

Other speakers at the convention included New York Governor James L Buckley, Indiana Governor Phil Crane, Ambassador to the Allied Forces Robert Dole, and Congrressman Ron Paul.
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Congressman Ron Paul of Pennsylvania

On the last night of the convention, President Goldwater spoke, raising the audience to thunderous applause.

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Five years ago, we swept into office with a mandate. A mandate to fix a broken economy, to win a broken war, and to rejuvenate a broken country. We did that all and with time to spare! That is why, tonight, I once again accept your nomination for President, so that we can continue to govern these Renewed States of America, and lead it in peace and liberty, so that every individual will receive the rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 19, 2010, 01:59:14 PM
America and Onward
The 1985 Presidential Election; The Results

President Goldwater Re-Elected!

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Goldwater-62 electoral votes
Ford-36 electoral votes
Mondale-21 electoral votes

The results were an obvious referendum on the success of the Goldwater Administration, Despite a lack of electoral improvement, having gotten the same number of electoral votes that he got five years ago, Goldwater was in a much better position. The effects of 1980 were still being felt as the Progressive Party placed third. However, hey had managed to regin Progressive strongholds such as Washington and Illinois.

Historically Significant Gubernatorial Races

In California, Centrist Jerry Brown was re-elected.

In Alaska, Progressive Mike Gravel was re-elected.

In Pennsylvania, Centrist Robert Casey was re-elected.

In Indiana, Congressman Birch Bayh, a Centrist from Casey's more populist wing was elected Governor

In Michigan, Congresswoman Lenore Romney was elected to the Governorship.

In New York, Governor William Buckley was re-elected.

In Nebraska, in a rare uplifting moment for the Progressives, businessman Bob Kerrey was elected Governor.

In Vermont, Governor Pete duPont was re-elected.

Historically Significant Congressional Races

In Pennsylvania, Congressman Paul was re-elected.

In New Jersey, Lieutenant Governor Joseph Biden was elected to Congress.

In Alaska, Congressman Ted Stevens was re-elected.

In Arizona, American Patriot Dan Quayle was elected to Congress.

In Massachusetts, Lieutenant Governor John Kerry, who was a veteran of World War II during the 60's and 70's, was elected to Congress

In Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy was re-elected.

In Connecticut, Connecticut Attorney General Joe Lieberman, a member of Casey's more Populist wing of the Centrist Party, won election to Congress.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 19, 2010, 02:45:04 PM
I want a progressive revolution!!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 19, 2010, 02:53:15 PM

Don't worry, your people will get their turn...;)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P! on December 20, 2010, 10:08:08 AM
This is some pretty cool stuff


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 20, 2010, 12:13:58 PM

Thanks.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 20, 2010, 03:44:56 PM
America and Onward Part XXVIII
The Second Term of Barry Goldwater Jr.

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With his landslide re-election, Barry Goldwater Jr. felt that he had met the standards met by his father, perhaps succeeded them in the realm of foreign policy. With his mandate, President Goldwater set out to topple the "Evil Empire" of the Soviet Union once and for all.

With General Powell's land forces and Admiral McCain's sea forces converging on the Soviet Union, and with a troop build up in Norther China, the "final battle" for the fate of the rest of the century seemed imminent.

In March of 1986, conflict exploded in Eastern Europe as RS Navy ships were fired at by Russian patrol ships in the Arctic Ocean. That moment was the "beginning of the end" of the Soviet Union as Allied Forces burst through the Russo-Chinese border and General Powell's troops took out Soviet forces in Eastern Europe and marched towards Moscow.

Soviet Party Chairman Gorbachev, a hardliner, unleashed all the forces of the Soviet military that had dominated the Eastern Hemisphere since the 1940's on the Allied troops. President Goldwater promised "strong resolve, and quick action" to end the fighting by any means necessary. In April as fighting continued, President Goldwater asked for an extension of the Patriot Act, as well as shipping over of 10,000 Renewed States troops to strategic locations around Europe and Asia. Congress, controlled by the American Patriot Party, and with a President that had a 67% approval rating, approved both acts.

As the fighting continued and it appeared that despite the Soviet economy being in a state of recession, a stalemate was occuring, President Goldwater sat down with some of his cloer and higher up advisors. In order to look for an end to the conflict, Minister Rumsfeld revealed secrets that had been in the works since the time of President Joseph Kennedy. They revealed the research of an abandoned project from "Old America" called the Manhattan Project which was research for the creation of an atomic bomb. Since the first President Kennedy began work on the old project, there had been a number of tests in Northern Canada, and the bomb had developed under the first President Goldwater, President Robert Kennedy, President Nixon, President Rockefeller, and the current President Goldwater.
       Maps further detailed that a strategic bombing could wipe out significant portions of Soviet military power, leaving factories, civilians, and Allied troops unharmed. Goldwater at first was not eager to drop "The Bomb" on Russia. However, American casualties were piling up and by June, it appeared that fighting would continue for some time.

Empire Building Manuscript, May 5th, 1986
Goldwater: Why wasn't I told about this?
Rumsfeld: I myself wasn't aware of it until 1984. Before that, it was listed under "Top Secret". Even in Congressional hearings in the late '70's when we were trying to clean out Nixon's damage, Congress couldn't get ahold of what it was.
Goldwater: When did this thing start.
Rumsfeld: The first Kennedy Administration.
Goldwater: Damn...How much do they say it can wipe out?
Rumsfeld: Deleted from tapes
Goldwater: Damn, that would win us the war.


Even today, the exact amount of land the Bomb was said to destroy hasn't been revealed.

By July, President Goldwater and Minister Rumsfeld had selected the strategic position where the Atomic Bomb, much advanced beyond 1940 levels of technology, was to be dropped.

On July 12th, 1986, the first Atomic Bomb was dropped in an area in the taiga where a large number of Soviet troops had been fleeing to to regroup. All Allied Forces had been on standby over twenty miles away. All in all, it was a relatively weak bomb, and only enough to wip out a large number of the troops there.

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A photo of the first atomic bomb drop, from over one hundred miles away. The flash made the exposion look much larger than it was.

Within hours, with over a third of the Soviet military wiped out, Russia was preparing a surrender. By July 13th, Gorbachev has surrendered.

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Final Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev issuing his public surrender

With victory over the Soviet Union, President Goldwater issued a Presidential decree stating that all American troops would be called home by 1987. This was greeted with much delight by the American people, who had become war weary since the 1960's.

Over the next three years, delegates from members of the Allied Forces convened to discuss the fate of the destroyed Soviet Union. The first order of business was finding Soviet leaders guilty of war crimes including ordered purges, murders, and other things. This was accomplished fairly quickly. The next step was the fate of the citizens and the government. On this Goldwater proclaimed that the Renewed States would not be party to nation building, and if the Allied Forces decided to go ahead with the "Yeltsin Plan", the Renewed States would bow out.

Domestically, the economy continued to do well with improvements and strengthening of many industries. By 1987, Goldwater's approvals were standing at 61%, and it looked like they were going to stay there. With several large initiatives out of the way, a good economy, and victory in World War II, Goldwater finished out the rest of his term in good standing.

Issues only heated up when Congressman Mark Hatfield (P-OR) proposed the atomic freeze amendment stating that the Renewed States, along with all other nations would immediately stop their production of atomic or nuclear weapons by 1990 and get rid of their arsenals. This was not supported by Goldwater and others for national security reasons, and even Congressman Ron Paul said that the country should not immediately disarm.

However, there was a growing "Atomic Freeze" movement in America that would not be ignored in the future. With the failure of the atomic freezein the American Patriot controlled Congress, President Goldwater finished out the rest of his term with moderately good approval ratings, thought it would later be said that for the most part, after 1987, President Goldwater was a "do nothing" President. Goldwater would later retort "Of course I was a do-nothing after 1987! There was nothing else to do!" Meanwhile, in Russie, different factions including the mafia and the KBG warred over who would rule the land.

WIth 1990 approaching, and an election, President Goldwater announced that he would not seek a third term as President, citing a wish to return to business and private life.

Congressional Balance of Power 1986-1990
American Patriots-67; Leader-Jack Kemp
Progressives-38; Leader-Walter Mondale
Centrists-14; Leader-Gerald Ford


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 21, 2010, 10:38:26 PM
Shameless Bump.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario) on December 22, 2010, 01:33:20 AM
Very good updates! Keep it coming!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 22, 2010, 10:45:44 AM

I'd say EXCELLENT updates ;)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 22, 2010, 11:00:13 AM

Thanks. :) Right now, I'm working on looking for a Progressive politician to lead the "Atomic Freeze" movement into the 1990's. Suggestions are welcome. After 1995, I'll probably switch perspectives to the CSA for the 84, 90, and 96 elections, then go back to the RSA.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 23, 2010, 04:45:11 PM
If any readers want to suggest candiates for 1990, I'm open to them. Right now I'm working on finding a good solid American Progressive to use as a candidate, but seem at a loss. It looks like Russ Feingold would be too young by that point, the Kennedy name would be tainted, Hatfield and McGovern would both be too old. What I really want is a staunch leader of the emerging Atomic Freeze movement. If this was taking place ten years earlier, there'd be too many to count.

Right now, the names rolling around in my head include Bruce Babbit and Bernie Sanders, though I'm undecided about either of them.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: izixs on December 24, 2010, 03:59:07 AM
Mayhaps Chuck Schumer? He'd be around 40, so on the young side. But might be a good option. Else Harkin might work.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: TeePee4Prez on December 24, 2010, 04:31:32 AM
Another error to point out:

Joe Biden would likely be PA, not DE.  Doubtful the Bidens would move to DE from PA in 1951.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 24, 2010, 09:14:22 AM
Another error to point out:

Joe Biden would likely be PA, not DE.  Doubtful the Bidens would move to DE from PA in 1951.

Oops. I was hoping to use politicians from Delaware and Maryland, and he was the first one that popped into my head. I'll edit it.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 24, 2010, 10:55:16 AM
Another error to point out:

Joe Biden would likely be PA, not DE.  Doubtful the Bidens would move to DE from PA in 1951.

Oops. I was hoping to use politicians from Delaware and Maryland, and he was the first one that popped into my head. I'll edit it.

I took out "Delware Senator Joe Biden" and put in "Alabama Senator Jim Folsom Jr."


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 25, 2010, 07:41:37 AM
Bernie Sanders would be a terrific leader =)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 25, 2010, 09:35:32 PM
America and Onward Part XXIX
Morning in America-The 1990 Presidential Election

The 1990 American Patriot Nomination

With the success of the Goldwater Administration, a number of candidates were willing to jump into the race. Representing different brands of Conservatism ranging from Moderate to Arch-Conservative to Libertarian, they were all willing to win their party's nomination.

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Congressman Ron Paul of Pennsylvania
Personally the candidate Goldwater favored to win, Goldwater and Paul believed in several of the same principles. Paul had first entered politics when he ran for Congress in 1975, believing the worsening economy to be because of continued warfare and a large amount of social spending. He lost in a Progressive landslide. However, in 1980, he was redeemed when he won the seat he had run for in 1975. For the next ten years, he was called the "First Friend", because of his close relationship with Goldwater.

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Governor Phil Crane of Illinois
Called by Progressives "Too Conservative for Nazi Germany, Phil Crane was still a somewhat attractive candidate because of his fifteen years of executive experience as well his success as a Conservative in a traditionally Progressive leaning state.

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Minister of Diplomacy Paul Laxalt of Nevada
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 1960, Congressman in 1965, and Governor in 1970, Paul Laxalt had a long and extensive political career, being a successful politician of the swing state of Nevada, as well as one of the leading members of President Goldwater's foreign policy team.

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Ambassador to the Allied Forces Bob Dole
A Senior politician who had been in Congress since 1956 and had served in leadership positions since then, he was one of the remaining 'lucky ones' who had been fortunate enough to survive World War II. After a twenty five year Congressional career and two runs for the Presidency, he was appointed Ambassador to the Allied Forces in 1981, where he served as a "senior statesman". It was said that 1990 would be his last run.



In order to show the strength of the West, which had been the most successful region for the American Patriots since 1960, more primaries that had been held in Michigan and New Jersey last year, were moved out to the West. This gave Paul, the Libertarian, and Laxalt, the Favorite Sone, the advantage.

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Light-BLue-Paul
Blue-Dole
Light Green-Laxalt
Dark Blue-Crane

While Paul won a plurality of the primaries, they had been low delegate primaries. This only put him with a shaky first place going into the convention, followed by Dole who only won two primaries, but he had won the crucial New York primary. Laxalt, who came in second place in state count, was third in delegate count, followed by Crane.

At the convention, the nomination came down to the moderate Dole vs. The Libertarian Conservative Paul. While Goldwater had already endorsed Paul, Dole took advantage of Paul's inexperience at the convention by swinging delegates over. However, both Paul Laxalt and Phil Crane endorsed Ron Paul, giving him the nomination.

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A campaign poster for Congressman Ron Paul, the 1990 American Patriot nominee for President


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 25, 2010, 09:36:20 PM
I felt it was finally due for an update.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 26, 2010, 10:35:27 AM
and who will paul pick as his running mate?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 26, 2010, 11:23:59 AM
and who will paul pick as his running mate?

In the "Renewed States of America", they don't have running mates. It just goes by cabinet. That's how Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, and Joseph Patrick Kennedy all became President. They were the Ministers of Domestic Policy and Wealth Distribution before they President they served under was either killed or impeached.

However, in the CSA, they have running mates.

I figured that in a society that I had the chance to organize into a "what makes sense" form of government, there woudl be no Vice-President. However, I included other things that didn't make sense, such as "Ministries", instead of departments. Because the governnment was orgnized primarily by the Liberal Henry Wallace, the term "Ministry" represents a more European flavor, though there are still election with electoral votes.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 26, 2010, 12:04:05 PM
...And to all you Progressives out there, don't complain about Paul. I personally didn't want him to win the nomination either (I wanted Laxalt), however, I felt that with Goldwater's endorsement and the accomplishments of the Goldwater Administration the last ten years, he would win.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 26, 2010, 01:19:32 PM
For those of you still reading, and who have been reading this entire time, I apologize for the lack of realism in this entire story. I know both American governments still resemble the actual American government, etc. After I finish this timeline with the 2010 RSA election, and the 2008 CSA elections, I'm thinking of doign an entirely different version of this, with more regions splitting up. The South will probably remain the way it is in this version. I want to get more into outlining different pieces of America, take New England/New York area, for example, saying that it becomes its own country:

Generally Liberal, ruled by people such as Chuck Schumer and the Cuomos. "Conservatism" represented by Mike Bloomberg, Rudy Giuiani, and Mitt Romney. "Far Right" is represented by Pat Toomey. Political center is represented by people such as the Caseys.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 27, 2010, 07:06:32 PM
A note on the Ministry of Justice:
The Ministry of Justice is responsibly for enforcement of laws prosecution, etc. Basically like the modern day Justice Department. However, the Minister of Justice is also the head of the Renewed States Supreme Court, which hears cases. The Court is made up of the Minister of Justice, plus two other justices, appointed by the President to serve until death, resignation, or impeachment. The Minister of Justice also swears in the President on January 1st after the election. If there is an outgoing President, the current Minister of Justice still swears in the incoming President, though he leaves his post once the new Minister of Justice takes office.

List of Ministers of Justice thus far:
Earl Warren (1954-1958)
Robert S Shriver (1958-1961)
Robert Taft Jr. (1961-1971)
Edward Brooke (1971-1978)
Elliot Richardson (1978-1981)
Robert Taft Jr. (1981-Current Date)

This is just filler while I try to come up with a list of candidates for the Progressive and Centrist nominations. When this is done, I'll probably copy off Benconstine and set up Appendixes to list everything. When that happens, I'll try to create a list of Associate Justices.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on December 27, 2010, 07:17:16 PM
There's only one criticism I have regarding this TL: rise of the Renewed States was simply too early.

Otherwise, very good job.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 27, 2010, 07:41:11 PM
There's only one criticism I have regarding this TL: rise of the Renewed States was simply too early.

Well, it took eight to ten years, but I concur. I don't want to argue, but didn't the Commonwealth take shape in 1936?

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Otherwise, very good job.

Thanks. :) Comments are appreciated.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 29, 2010, 05:29:16 PM
Out of curiosity, as I'm looking to continue this, if Delaware was taken over by the Confederacy, does anyone here know whether the prominent duPont family would stay there, or would they move to somewhere more hospitable, such as New York. This may or may not have a bearing on the future of both nations.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 29, 2010, 05:56:46 PM
Mini update:

As for the Centrist nomination, there were the two main politicians in the room. One, Pennsylvania Governor Bob Casey, was a Populist, pro-government spending, and socially conservative, while the other, California Governor Jerry Brown was a Libertarian, being socially Liberal and fiscally Conservative. The main amount of Centrists didn't want to have to choose between these two extemes. However, a viable candidate for the 'Centrist wing of the Centrist Party' had not stepped in by mid-1989. By September, there was a growing 'Draft Colin' movement as people turned to the war hero to lead the party in the Post-Rockefeller, Post-Bush, and Post-Ford world. Without those three standard bearers, the party had been left in chaos. Other possible choices included Nevada Secretary of Commerce John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, perceived rightful heir to the Centrist flag; and lawyer Rudy Giuliani who had worked for the Rockefeller Justice Ministry as a lawyer in the cases against the Nixon administration officials and a constitutional scholar for Minister of Justice Elliot Richardson. However, both possible candidate were relatively inexperienced and had little name recognition. Up until late 1989 would a candidate emerge for most of the Centristz to rally around.



For the Progressive who had been politically irrelevant the last ten years, they wanted a candidates that could lead them out of their slump. Some possible suggestions were Congressman Tom Harkin of Iowa and Congressman Chuck Schumer of New York, however both suffered a lack of charisma and a need for name recognition. The only real light that the Progressives saw was the candidacy of Congressman Ron Paul for the American Patriot nomination. With President Goldwater's endorsement, it seemed that he would win the nomination.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P! on December 30, 2010, 05:00:10 PM
This is pretty cool.

Though the RSA did form a bit early.

Also, what is up with the CSA? It seems like they have been ignored for a while.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 30, 2010, 05:06:04 PM
This is pretty cool.

Though the RSA did form a bit early.

Also, what is up with the CSA? It seems like they have been ignored for a while.

I primarily focus on the RSA, and every once in a while I'll give a summary of what's happened in the CSA. However, I'd be willing to expand their role and include more regular updates. Also, an update on the CSA would buy me time to work on finding suitable candidates for the Centrist and Progressive nominations. I could fill everyone in on the 1984 CSA election. That'll have to wait a few days though.

For the Centrist nomination, likely candidates are:
Jerry Brown
Bob Casey
Possibles are:
Pete DuPont (though he'd be relocated to New York)
Jay Rockefeller (he'd be in either New York or somewhere else)
Others, in case I'm completely bankrupt of ideas:
lawyer Rudy Giuliani who worked for the Rockefeller Administration
Nevada Minister of Commerce Jeb Bush, who was appointed there by a friend.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 31, 2010, 05:46:24 PM
First off: Part XXIX will continue, however, I'm skipping back to the CSA because of writer's block.


America and Onward Part XXX
A Time for Reform

With Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker (R-TN) having secured the 1984 Reform nomination for President, the Reform Party felt prepared to move forward. However, instead of choosing former rival Jim Folsom Jr. of Alabama for Vice-President, Baker chose Georgia Senator Sam Nunn as a symbol of the growing internation awareness taking place within the Confederacy. The new feelings of acknowledging the existence of other countries began in the late 1970's when President John Connally first forged relations with the Renewed States of America and sent small shipments of troops over to Europe to fight in World War II. At that point, with the war heating up as well as at the same time dying down, people began believing that the Confederacy should take a larger part in world events. Capitalizing on that, Baker chose Nunn who had a good image among the Northern neighbors, the Renewed States of America.

For the Constitution Party, President Tower who, according to the Constitution was allowed to run for a full term, was being challenged from the Right by Virginia Governor Pat Robinson, a major leader of the "Constitutionalist Christian" movement who had been a preacher on television before being elected Governor of Virginia in 1985 (Virginia held election years for Governor that were considered odd, not lining up with the Presidential or mid-term elections). Pat Robinson, having stirred his so-called "Moral Majority", beat President Tower in various polls held thorughout the country. However, the nomination was determined by the convention, not the polls, and Robertson narrowly beat Tower on the first ballot. He chose North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms for Vice-President.

Going into the election with a bad economy and eighteen years of Constitution domination of the political system, Baker was naturally leading. However, Robertson continued to campaign non-stop and somehow, he was gaining on Baker. However, election night showed the true results.

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Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker (R-TN)/Senator Sam Nunn (R-GA); 51 electoral votes
Governor Pat Robertson (C-VA)/Senator Jesse Helms (C-NC); 40 electoral votes

With Howard Baker's election, he was only the second President to be a member of the Reform Party, and the first one in eighteen years. Also, the election of 1984 marked the first time that the Reform Party would have majorities in both the House and the Senate. Senator Jim Folsom Jr. became Majority Leader in the Senate, while Congressman Al Gore of Tennessee became House Leader.

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During Baker's first hundred days, he passed a bi-partisn stimulus package, as well as tax breaks for the Middle Class. Also, with Senator Sam Nunn touring the continent, and with World War II dying down, President Baker was able to cut military spending, which made up for the stimulus as well as the tax cuts. In 1987, when World War II finally ended, Baker announced that the Confederacy would be joining the Allied Forces as a full time member, which involved contributing to the Reconstruction of Asia and Europe, a task that the Renewed States would not take part in.

Also, as a result of the end of World War II, the growing atomic freeze movement began to find a voice in Vice-President Nunn, who made visits to members of the Allied Forces in the name of international peace, attempting to convince all countries to forge an "Atomic Freeze Treaty" guaranteeing that they would no longer produce or maintain atomic weapons. Several nations refudiated the treaty, even France. They used the words of RS President Goldwater as their guide: "Maybe if your country had actually been involved in World War II, you wouldn't be so quick to disarm". This was seen as the major failure of the Baker Presidency.

However, even as the AFT failed, Baker's popularity soared as the economy did as well. In 1990, on his way out of office, Baker used his popularity to sign the Continental American Free Trade Pact, CAFTP, which Mexico and Canada both joined. The Constitution Party was incredibly upset at this, given that a large minority of them didn't believe in Free Trade. These protests were led by former Ambassador to the Renewed States Patrick J Buchanan of Maryland, who had worked for the Connally, Agnew, and Tower Administrations. However, the cries of the Constitution Party went unheard as the CAFTP was signed into law. The reason that the Renewed State did not sign into the Pact was that President Goldwater didn't believe that the CAFTP was Free Trade, but Organized Trade.

With his term ending on a fairly high note, Vice-President Sam Nunn was slated to win the Reform nomination while the Constitution nomination was a fight between Conservatives as former Ambassador Buchanan, former Vice-President Lott, and Senator Helms fought. Meanwhile, businessman H Ross Perot of Texas, an ally of Buchanan's on the issue of Free Trade sat back and watched, waiting for his turn to come.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 31, 2010, 06:26:10 PM
Well, that should satisfy "all y'all" for a couple days.

Next, I'm going back to trying to find suitable candidates for the primaries.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 31, 2010, 06:41:23 PM
For the record, because I may be presenting the 1990 Progressive Party nomination soon, Mario Cuomo would seem like the best choice for either 1990 or 1995, however, after the Kennedy years, I think that the Progressives would be tired of Catholics.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 31, 2010, 07:12:09 PM
The 1990 Progressive Party Nomination

After ten years of being out of the political spotlight, the Progressives were hoping that they would be spared the humiliation of fifteen or more years out of the Whitehouse. Because of that, there would be candidates emerging in order to "save the party" from a more humiliating candidate.

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Governor Bob Kerrey of Nebraska
A Progressive with business experience, he had been elected in a tight race in 1985. The one term Governor had chosen to run for the Presidency instead of re-election. His appeal was his slight moderation on economic issues, his war hero status, and his success in a state that had voted nearly straight American Patriot since 1953. Kerrey had been a war hero because of his service in World War II, specifically on the Russo-Chines border wars, where he lost part of his left hand. However, his leg was saved.

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Congressman Joe Biden of New Jersey (right)
A one term Congressman who had worked in local politics since the 1970's, and had been New Jersey Minister of Domestic Policy between 1976 and 1981, and Lieutenant Governor between 1981 and 1986. He was popular among blue-collar voters and Catholics.

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Governor Mike Gravel of Alaska
A political veteran who had run Alaska since 1982, as well as serving in local politics and being appointed Governor of Alaska under the Rockefeller Administration. He had run before and was seen by some as "yesterday's news", and by others as being vindicated, given that his primary opponent, Walter Mondale, had failed.

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Governor Lowell P Weicker of Connecticut
A staunch Progressive with ties to the Rockefellers and experience in a variety of positions, from Legislative to Executive, to foreign policy, Weicker was seen as an experienced candidate, but not a charismatic candidate, and his name recognition was not the best, although well known among pundits and party bosses.



In the primaries, Biden was able to pick up votes in blue-collar areas, Weicker picker up old Mondale territory as well as some new territory, Gravel was trapped in the West, and was weakened by Kerrey's presence, while Kerrey did well among Western farmers.

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Dark Green-Biden
Green-Weicker
Light Green-Gravel
Red-Kerrey

With tight primary races, it was difficult to determine who the winner was, and like in 1985, it went to the convention where Weicker, with his connections, was declared the winner. This was seen as a slap in the face of both the growing Western movement, as well as the traditional blue-collar east coast workers who had rallied behind Biden.

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Lowell P Weicker, the 1990 Progressive Party nominee for President


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on December 31, 2010, 07:50:45 PM
Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 01, 2011, 12:31:20 PM
The 1990 Centrist Party Nomination

After good showings in the 1980 and 1985 elections, Centrists believed that without Goldwater leading the way for the American Patriot Party, and with a depressed Progressive Party, they could truly become competitive.

The candidates included two familiar faces, who were known for being popular Governors as well as previous candidates. The others were not so well known.

Governor Jerry Brown of California
A popular Governor who was noted for being eccentric, believed that 1990 would be his years, with over nine years of governing experience under his belt and a previous run, along with name recognition, it seemed that he would be one of the top tier candidates for the nomination.

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Governor Bob Casey of Pennsylvania
Also a previous candidate with ten years of governing experience who was popular in his home state, Casey represented the exact opposite of what Brown represented. While Brown was seen primarily as a Libertarian, Casey was a Populist. However, these two politically hard to classify Governors both found a home in the Centrist Party and they were determined to make sure each other didn't take control of the party.

Governor Pierre S "Pete" duPont of Vermont
A member of the prominent duPont family, his family had moved far away from Delaware when the Confederacy took it over, and had settled in the mountainou state of Vermont, where they continued their wealth growth. It was there that Pere began in politics when in 1975 he was elected to Congress, and in 1980 when he was elected to his first term as Governor. While some of his positions were similar to those of Brown, he was more business friendly, and was on better terms with the establishment, the Rockefeller being family friends of his.



With duPont, Brown, and Casey taking away all the air from any other candidates, they remained the three major candidates, each with his own "sphere of influence".

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Weird, yellow and green pukey color-Casey
Yellow-duPont
Light Yellow-Brown

The biggest surprise, delivering Casey the nomination, was his victory in the double primary in April of Colorado and Arizona. Brown, who had been leading up to the date of the primary, had taken his leads for granted while duPont and Casey both campaigned hard. Casey eventually became more popular with rural communities while duPont attracted oil-men. With duPont drawing the fiscally Conservative vote away from Brown while Casey worked hard at getting votes from blue-collar workers, it was enough to give Casey wins in both states. With those victories, he became the 1990 Centrist Party nominee for President.

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Pennsylvania Governor Bob Casey-the 1990 Centrist nominee


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on January 01, 2011, 12:42:20 PM
I'm supporting weicker. bu he is the worst candidate progressives could nominate after gravel...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 01, 2011, 01:46:55 PM
I'm supporting weicker. bu he is the worst candidate progressives could nominate after gravel...

Yes. Biden and Kerrey would do a lot stronger, and trust me, one of them will.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 02, 2011, 01:15:38 PM
Casey Wins by Narrow Margin! First Centrist Elected to Presidency!

The campaign had been rough. No one had expected Casey to win. However, with an uninspiring Progressive candidate symbolizing not the emerging spirit of the nineties, but that of the seventies, and a gaff-prone American Patriot nominee who struck more than some people as more than a little crazy, Casey won. Fighting all odds, he worked on attracting blue-collar workers in states on the borders, such as Michigan, Indiana, and Colorado. With Paulappealing to Libertarians and Conservatives only and Weicker struggling to hold together a restless base, Casey won.

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Casey-46
Paul-40
Weicker-33


Historically Significant Congressional Races

In New Jersey, Joe Biden was re-elected.

In Nevada, Nevada Minister of Comerce Jeb Bush was elected to Congress.

In New York, lawyer Rudy Giuliani was elected to Congress.

Also in New York, Chuck Schumer was re-elected.

In Iowa Tom Harkin was re-elected.

In Vermont, Bernie Sanders was elected to Congress.

In New York, Congressman Jack Kemp, first elected to Congress in 1970, was elected to a fifth term in Congress.

In California, former Admiral John McCain was elected to Congress.

Historically Significatn Gubernatorial Races

In Arizona, Congressman Dan Quayle was elected.

In Vermont, Howard Dean was elected Governor.

In New York, New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo was elected Governor.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 02, 2011, 01:16:09 PM
JulioMadrid's not going to be happy...But he will with the next election.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Dancing with Myself on January 03, 2011, 01:35:30 PM
What's going on with the south? Do they have the six year term or a Congress?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on January 03, 2011, 02:10:51 PM
JulioMadrid's not going to be happy...But he will with the next election.

at least, paul didn't win ;). but yes, I'll probably be happier in the next election if you say me that =)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 03, 2011, 03:00:53 PM
What's going on with the south? Do they have the six year term or a Congress?

Presidents get six year terms, can only be elected once consecutively, no-one has yet run for a second term.

Congress, Senators have six year terms, elected on off years (President elected on sixty and sixty six, Senators elected on sixty three and sixty nine).

Congressman have three year terms, elected every election.

Governor terms vary between three, two (insane, quirky states), and six.

Each state gets one Senator, and Congressional representation per every 30,000 people. Senators do not count when it comes to awarding electoral votes, thus explaining why Richmond and Delaware only have one.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Dancing with Myself on January 03, 2011, 03:57:34 PM
What's going on with the south? Do they have the six year term or a Congress?

Presidents get six year terms, can only be elected once consecutively, no-one has yet run for a second term.

Congress, Senators have six year terms, elected on off years (President elected on sixty and sixty six, Senators elected on sixty three and sixty nine).

Congressman have three year terms, elected every election.

Governor terms vary between three, two (insane, quirky states), and six.

Each state gets one Senator, and Congressional representation per every 30,000 people. Senators do not count when it comes to awarding electoral votes, thus explaining why Richmond and Delaware only have one.

Are you going to do a separate tl about the south? Or would you mind if i was to make one?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 03, 2011, 07:49:09 PM
What's going on with the south? Do they have the six year term or a Congress?

Presidents get six year terms, can only be elected once consecutively, no-one has yet run for a second term.

Congress, Senators have six year terms, elected on off years (President elected on sixty and sixty six, Senators elected on sixty three and sixty nine).

Congressman have three year terms, elected every election.

Governor terms vary between three, two (insane, quirky states), and six.

Each state gets one Senator, and Congressional representation per every 30,000 people. Senators do not count when it comes to awarding electoral votes, thus explaining why Richmond and Delaware only have one.

Are you going to do a separate tl about the south? Or would you mind if i was to make one?

The South actually has its own tl within this tl going, it's just smaller and more low key. There have been three major updates on it. I'm not sure what parts they are, but they're titled "Livin' in the CSA", "God Bless the CSA", and "A Time for Reform".
The Presidents so far have been:
1. Richard Russell (Independent-GA) 1945-1955
2. Strom Thurmond (Constitution-SC)/Richard Russell (Constitution-GA) 1955-1961)
3. Lyndon B Johnson (Reform-TX)/Estes Kefauver (Reform-TN) 1961-1967
4. George Wallace (Constitution-AL)/Robert Byrd (Constitution-WV) 1967-1973
5. John Connally (Constitution-TX)/Spiro T Agnew (Constitution-MD) 1973-1979
6. Spiro T Agnew (Constitution-MD)/John Tower (Constitution-TX) 1979-1981
7. John Tower (Constitution-TX)/Trent Lott (Constitution-MO) 1981-1985
8. Howard Baker (Reform-TN)/Sam Nunn (Reform-GA) 1985-Current Date

However, you're welcom to make your own alternate version of the South and the new confederacy if you want. :)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Dancing with Myself on January 03, 2011, 08:42:49 PM
What's going on with the south? Do they have the six year term or a Congress?

Presidents get six year terms, can only be elected once consecutively, no-one has yet run for a second term.

Congress, Senators have six year terms, elected on off years (President elected on sixty and sixty six, Senators elected on sixty three and sixty nine).

Congressman have three year terms, elected every election.

Governor terms vary between three, two (insane, quirky states), and six.

Each state gets one Senator, and Congressional representation per every 30,000 people. Senators do not count when it comes to awarding electoral votes, thus explaining why Richmond and Delaware only have one.

Are you going to do a separate tl about the south? Or would you mind if i was to make one?

The South actually has its own tl within this tl going, it's just smaller and more low key. There have been three major updates on it. I'm not sure what parts they are, but they're titled "Livin' in the CSA", "God Bless the CSA", and "A Time for Reform".
The Presidents so far have been:
1. Richard Russell (Independent-GA) 1945-1955
2. Strom Thurmond (Constitution-SC)/Richard Russell (Constitution-GA) 1955-1961)
3. Lyndon B Johnson (Reform-TX)/Estes Kefauver (Reform-TN) 1961-1967
4. George Wallace (Constitution-AL)/Robert Byrd (Constitution-WV) 1967-1973
5. John Connally (Constitution-TX)/Spiro T Agnew (Constitution-MD) 1973-1979
6. Spiro T Agnew (Constitution-MD)/John Tower (Constitution-TX) 1979-1981
7. John Tower (Constitution-TX)/Trent Lott (Constitution-MO) 1981-1985
8. Howard Baker (Reform-TN)/Sam Nunn (Reform-GA) 1985-Current Date

However, you're welcom to make your own alternate version of the South and the new confederacy if you want. :)

Oh, okay. thanks :)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 08, 2011, 11:11:07 PM
Shameless Bump. I pretty much have Casey's first term planned out, I just need to take the time to write it down.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 13, 2011, 07:27:23 PM
America and Onward Part XXXI

With the ushering in of 1991, big changes were coming to the capital of New York city, as the first ever elected Centrist President, Robert Casey, took office. He was also the third Catholic President elected to the office.
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Minister of Domestic Policy: Joe Biden
Minister of Diplomacy: Birch Bayh
Minister of Warfare: Colin Powell
Minister of Justice: Joseph Lieberman
Ambassador to the Allied Forces: George Bush

Domestically, Robert Casey believed that government should work for the people. He empolyed this method with the Human Welfare Act of 1991, which established a system to help the unemployed by giving them benfits such as money and health coverage while they were out of work. Many American Patriots as well as fiscally conservative Centrists such as Pete duPont protested this act saying that it would end up with a violation of the Balanced Budget Amendment. However, with the support of Progressive in Congress, Casey was able to pass the bill.

In foreign policy, Casey attempted to forge his own path. Moving away from what Casey called "The Diplomacy of War", he instead chose to work using diplomacy. Ambassador to the Allied Forces George Bush, who was a Centrist hero, lead this new foreign policy with complete re-entry into the Allied Forces and contribution to the reconstruction of Europe and Asia by sending Renewed States troops over there. Many American Patriots, led by former Congressman Ron Paul of Pennsylvania, Casey's home state, rejected this saying that it would tie up America with un-needed commitments.

Since our defeat of the Soviet Union in 1987, We have been content to sit idly by and watch as our allied pick up the tab in reconstructing the damaged Europe and Asia left behind by decades of war. I shall attempt to end the 'Politics of War' that has dominated our foreign policy since this great country's creation, and substitute it with a 'Politics of Aid', for Eastern Europe, a 'Politics of Peace' for the Middle East, and a 'Policy of Diplomacy' for the world.
-President Robert P Casey, March 19th, 1991, "The Politics of Diplomacy" Speech

What President Casey has done in this foolish and statist attempt is tie up our country with un-needed obligations in foreign lands. He talks about us 'doing our part'. In case he hasn't forgotten, we did our part and those nations now asking us for help only have that ability because of what we did. Our so called 'debt' to the world has been paid and re-paid time and again. This great country is not the policeman of the world, is not the charity of the world, and is not the ruler of the world, and the Renewed States of America should not act in each of these roles which are all inappropriate. Our international manipulating will only lead us into foreign conflicts with native groups and further obligations.
Former Congressman Ron Paul, April 2nd, 1991

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Former Congressman Ron Paul speaking out against Casey's interventionist policies

As the debate raged on about reconstruction, it naturally brought up a new topic. At the beginning of World War II, much controversy had originally erupted in Germany because of Hitler's ability to blame the small ethnic group the Jews on Germany's problems. It was realized that the Jewish people who had been spread out all over the world wanted a home in Israel, which at the time was a part of Palestine, but had been ejected from that area.
Originally brought up by interim leader of Poland Karol Wojtyla, who had been a leader of Polish Catholics during the days of Nazi Germany and the Axis Forces, the idea of the creation of a nation "Israel" was soon brought forth. Mapping out a small slice of land along the Eastern Meditterenean Sea that included the Holy City of Jerusalem, the foundation was laid in 1992. In the Renewed States of America, the act was supported by such politicians as Minister of Justice Joe Lieberman (C-CN), and Congressmen Chuck Schumer (P-NY) and Russ Fieingold (P-WI); all of which were Jewish, work began in late 1992 to evacuate pieces of Palestine, much to the ire of the Palestinians. Allied Forces Troops soon met with resistance in the form of terrorism. While the clearing still continued, it only angered more and more people in Palestine. By mid-1993, Casey was sending troops into Palestine and the rapidly filling up Israel. As the violence heated up in Israel, in the Renewed States of America, opposition piled up.

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Polish Interim Leader Karol Wojtyla

Casey has done as any well meaning internationalist might do. He has ruined a formerly pleasant situation in the Middle East, known for its hostility and violence towards the West, and transformed it into Jihad, or Islamic Holy War.
-Former President Barry Goldwater Jr., September 24th, 1993

It seems that our itnerest in the Middle East is dominated more by oil and ideology than anything else! Look at how North American companies have begun setting up in Israel, ready to make large profits from the oil they plan to begin pumping once they get their hands into Iraq and Arabia! Meanwhile, zionists here at home led by our own Minister of Justice have insisted on their own private holy war for the reclamation of the Holy Land! This is preposteroud foreign policy altogether!
-Former Congressman Ron Paul, October 7th, 1993, at a debate with Congressman Russ Feingold

As hopes for any true progress seemed to go down the drain for President Casey, he did make progress with the Confederate States of America, led by the internationalist President Samuel Nunn. He and Casey became good friends, and Nunn soon brought up the issue of an atomic freeze.

More to Come...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 13, 2011, 07:27:59 PM
Well, I finally updated. I hope you like it. The rest of Bob Casey's term should be up soon.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 13, 2011, 09:46:46 PM
Any opinions before I move one to the second part of his term (1994-1995)? Hopefully it'll be up by this weekend.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Person Man on January 13, 2011, 10:36:04 PM
94-95 you mean?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 14, 2011, 12:50:05 PM

Oops. Yeah, I'm more used to working with the eighties for some reason.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 14, 2011, 10:00:24 PM
The First Term of President Bob Casey Continued

As conflict raged in the Middle East and both American Patriots and Progressives alike geared up to defeat Casey, his approval ratings continued to drop. this was accompanied by the resignations of Birch Bayh, Colin Powell, and Joe Biden who claimed that they were finished with Casey. With the exit of three of his more popular cabinet members, Casey was forced to fill the void left by them. For Diplomacy, he chose his own Minister of Justice Joseph Lieberman. For Warfare, he chose Ambassador George Bush, a senior statesman and hero to many Centrists. For Domestic Policy, the largest of the Ministries, Casey had a tough time finding someone to fill it, but ultimately he chose Congressman Charles Schumer, a Progressive who had stood by him on foreign policy.

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The Robert P Casey Administration (1994-1995)
Minister of Domestic Policy: Charles Schumer
Minister of Diplomacy: Joesph Lieberman
Minister of Warfare: George Bush
Minister of Justice: Rudolph Guiliani
Ambassador to the Allied Forces: John S McCain III

In order to fill the void left in the Ministry of Justice and in the position of Ambassador to the Allied Forces, Casey chose relatively well known people for each. For Minister of Justice, he chose Congressman Rudy Guiliani who had worked for the Rockefeller Administration and was well known among Centrist circles. For Ambassador to the Allied Forces, he chose American Patriot, Congressman John McCain who had been a Navy Admiral and had headed Naval Forces near the end of World War II.

A formerly beautiful picture of Ambassador John McCain ruined by the stamp of 'Getty Images'

In terms of policy, Casey worked to extend government and to 'make it a force of good'. One of his first steps following the Human Welfare Act of 1991, as to pass the 1994 Renewed Infrastructure Act. This, for the most part, worked on rebuilding and repairing roads, fixing government buildings, providing better welfare housing, etc. However, an unforseen consequence was the closing down of several major highways for construction purposes, as well as the construction costs for repairing several government buildings across the nation. Despite this, Casey pressed on. As a Catholic, he believed life began at conception. He attempted to pass the Human Life Act, which offically defined life as beginning at conception and protected it from there one. Despite it being endorsed by unlikely allies such as House Majority Leader Jack Kemp, Indiana Governor Dan Quayle, and former Congressman Ron Paul, the act was repudiated by Congress because of a large amount of Progressive and Centrist opposition, as well as a small amount of moderate and Libertarian-leaning American Patriots.

In foreign policy, the greatest lasting legacy for Casey was the attempting to pass the Atomic Freeze Amendment. Supported by Congressmen such as Mark Hatfield (P-OR) and Walter Mondale (P-MN), it failed to pass Congress and was rejected by a large margin.

In Israel and Palestine in the meanwhile, progress had been significantly made in the way of clearing and securing land. The interim Israeli leader had begun work on a functioning government with emphasis on military. However, violence was at an all time high in the Israeli-Palestinian Territory and the Palestinian government had declared war on the Renewed States of America.

With all these events coming into play, the table was set for the 1995 Presidential Election. The Centrists were in a bad spot while both the Progressives and the American Patriots were looking for a jab. The Progressive, who hadn't had a President since Richard Nixon in 1978, were hoping that 1995 would be their big break.

Congressional Balance of Power 1991-1995
American Patriots-56; Leader-Jack Kemp
Progressives-51; Leader-Walter Mondale
Centrists-13; Leader-Jay Rockefeller


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 14, 2011, 10:05:55 PM
Any opinions?

And for the record, though the difference isn't easy, the picture of the Mack is from 1992, so it should be accurate. Also, there are only about three pictures of Bob Casey Sr. on google images, and I've used one three times and the other two each once.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 16, 2011, 09:34:56 AM
A note on the structure and hierarchy of the military:

First there is the Minister of Warfare, main military adviser to the President, as well as commander of military forces in the President's absence. He works on strategy, policy, and informing the President of military situations.

Following that, there are the heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Intelligence. These Heads actually command troops in the field in the event of major battles. The exceptions are for Air Force and Intelligence. However, with the army and the navy, the Head accompanies the fleet or commands the troops. Another responsibility is to head the Congressional Committee on the Head's subject. For example, Admiral John McCain, while not elected to Congress until 1990, was Head of the Navy from 1981 to 1990, and thus Head of the Congressional Naval Committee.

Active Congressmen may serve as Heads as long as they are deemed capable of handling the situation. It is unlikely that an active Congressman will be appointed Head of the Army or Head of the Navy because that requires going into open combat. An example of the military wing of a cabinet is:

Minister of Warfare: Donald Rumsfeld
Head of the Navy: Admiral John McCain
Head of the Army: General Colin Powell
Head of the Air Force: Congressman Ron Paul
Head of Intelligence: Congressman James L Buckley


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 18, 2011, 09:32:53 PM
America and Onward Part XXXII
The 1995 Centrist Party Nomination

With an ever unpopular war, President Casey had been expecting a primary challenge. However, he had expected it from someone like Brown or duPont. Instead, it came from House Centrist Leader Jay Rockefeller, newphew of former President, the late Nelson Rockefeller. He had taken the reigns of power in 1986 after Ford's retirement.

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President Robert P Casey Sr. of Pennsylvania
Despite havign started an unpopular war, many people were grateful for what he had done with entitlement programs, and more Conservative Centrists liked that Casey had not touched their guns and had worked to end abortion. Despite this, the war took center stage, as well as a slowing down economy.

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House Centrist Leader John D "Jay" Rockefeller Jr. of New York
A popular figure among Centrists, Rockefeller, like the Bushes, was a member of Centrist royalty. However, by a number, he was viewed as too Liberal. Despite that, he gained traction with his ardent opposition to the creation of Israel and the ensuing conflict that took place in the Middle East. Mostly, his slamming President Casey on the war is what allowed him to gain traction in early polls, rather than any other specific issue.

In the primaries, even though Casey was an unpopular incumbent, he was expected to win. However, Rockefeller got momentum from the first primary state of Vermont, and continuing West from there, won the majority of primaries held that year, for the first time successfully primarying a sitting President.

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Yellow-Rockefeller
Dark, strange Yellow-Casey

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House Centrist Leader Jay Rockefeller-The 1995 Centrist Nominee for President


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 18, 2011, 09:43:16 PM
This is to tide you all over. Hopefully, I'll be able to put up the AP and Progressive nominations up soon.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on January 19, 2011, 10:58:05 AM
I like Jay Rockefeller.. but I'll surely support the progressive.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 25, 2011, 02:48:19 PM
Shameless Bump.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on January 25, 2011, 03:44:33 PM
I like this TL more than I like A second chance, but I actually like both of them. update wherever you want xD


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 25, 2011, 03:54:31 PM
I like this TL more than I like A second chance, but I actually like both of them. update wherever you want xD

I'm glad you like both of them. I'm hoping to get this done before I finish "A Second Chance", so I can get on to the next timeline I have planned (will be revealed upon completion of this). Writing for someone's term is easy, but with the primaries and all, it's just about finding the right candidates and finding the work ethic to make the map.

In the future, I'd like to redo this so that there are more than just two countries, and there can be like four or five.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on January 25, 2011, 03:59:06 PM
Interesting work, Catchon. Keep it coming :)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 25, 2011, 04:06:02 PM
Interesting work, Catchon. Keep it coming :)

Thanks. :) I'd really like if you continued your Commonwealth timeline, so I could see the fate of the Conservative and Moderate parties.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Person Man on January 25, 2011, 04:09:24 PM
I want to see if Rocky pulls it off in 1995 and to at least see what happens with Israel and any possibility of American re-unification. Also, I wonder whatever happened to Canada and if the RSA will fill in the void.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 29, 2011, 05:20:20 PM
Expect some updates tonight, and maybe a change in all the maps.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 29, 2011, 05:48:29 PM
The 1995 American Patriot Nomination

For the American Patriots, it was believed that after seventeen years of being out of power, the election was for the Progressives to lose. While they felt that they wouldn't be the likley victors, that didn't stop major candidates from running.

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Former Congressman Ron Paul of Texas
Still politically active despite his losing of an election that should have been his five years ago, Ron Paul was once again ready to stand up to what he viewed as "Imperialism, Statism, and the Progressive Way". Of the three major candidates, he was viewed as the most nutty, and also as the candidate most opposed to Casey, having not supported American Intervention in the Middle East, not being for funding of European and Russian Reconstruction, and going against Casey's economic plans. The only areas he agreed with Casey on involved abortion and gun rights. Having already lost once, the American Patriot was not eager to go down the "Paul Path" once again.

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House Majority Leader Jack Kemp of New York
A favorite of more "mainstream Conservatives" and a proud supporter Goldwater-economics, Kemp had been amember of the HoE since 1971. A former football player who had, during the early to mid sixties, been one of the greatest in the nation, Kemp was viewed as an "All-American" sort of candidate. Since 1981 he had been among the American Patriot House Leadership. Among the major candidates, Kemp was viewed as the strongest.

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Governor Dan Quayle of Arizona
A fellow "dye in the wool Conservative" and a native of Indiana, Dan Quayle by 1995 was a rising star and a one term Governor to one of the most loyal American Patriot states. To some, he represented a new breed of politician when he announced his entrance into the race late in 1994, while to others he represented a 'dumb American' for his occasional gaffes. Nevertheless, by the first few primaries, he had emerged as one of the three largest candidates in the field.



In the primaries, Kemp turned out to be the dominant force with his endorsement from the establishment, his twenty five years of political experience, his celebrity, and his appeal to Conservatives. By the end it was clear that he was the winner.

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Blue-Kemp
Dark Blue-Quayle
Light Blue-Paul



At the convention, both Paul and Quayle endorsed Kemp. With both other major candidates endorsing him, Kemp accepted the nomination with nearly unanimous support from the delegates. Even though the tides of the election were not likely to turn towards them, the American Patriots were willing to give it all they had.

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House Majority Leader Jack Kemp of New York-The 1995 American Patriot nominee for President


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 29, 2011, 06:26:43 PM
The 1995 Progressive Party Nomination

Having been out of the Presidency since 1978, there was a growing rift in the mood of members of the Progressive Party. On one hand, there was a group that was losing all hope in the idea that the Progressive could win a Presidential Election. However, there was another group that felt momentum was on their side in 1995. After seventeen years of Centrist and American Patriot dominated politics, this group felt that the people of the Renewed States of America were once again ready to embrace the Progressive agenda. Among the candidates to announce their candidacy, five emerged as leading in various poles.

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Governor Mario Cuomo of New York
A popular member of the Progressive Party, Cuomo was the favorite to win the Progressive nomination for President, leading in the first two primaries on the list, Vermont and New York. However, he was hurt by the fact that Robert F Kennedy had been a Catholic, and there was a certain part of the Progressive Party thinking "Do we really need another Catholic?". Since his death, Robert F Kennedy had fallen from grace in RS history, having been revealed to  be part of the scandals that took down his successor Richard Nixon. Despite that, Cuomo received a number of endorsements from member of the establishment, including that of Congressman Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. His political experience included two terms as New York City Mayor and one term as New York Governor.

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Former Governor Joseph R "Bob" Kerrey of Nebraska
A contender from the previous election who had failed to gain his party's nomination, the fact that Kerrey was from the West was a helping factor for him as he attracted moderates and more Libertarian minded Progressives. Given that a number of Western Primaries were also open primaries, this helped him.

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Former Minister of Domestic Policy Joe Biden of New Jersey
A "Working Man Progressive" who attracted many disillusioned members of the party, Joe Biden's candidacy would primarily draw on hopes that he could take enough votes from Cuomo and combine them into a coalition that included working class voters and social moderates to win. However, he was not the favorite, polling a low second in New York and a fourth in Vermont.

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Lawyer and Environmentalist Ralph Nader of Connecticut
A lawyer who had begun his career working for the Robert F Kennedy's Justice Ministry, he first came to the public eye working with James Roosevelt on the Congressional Committee on Natural Preservation in the early 1970's. After work there, he became one of the many lawyers that President Rockefeller had prosecuting the higher up members of the Nixon Administration. Since 1980, he had worked as an environmentalist, lawyer, and a consumer activist, testifying before Congress a number of times. In 1985 it was suggested he run for President as an Independent, but he declined. However, ten years later after an obvious dearth of Progressive policy in the nation, he felt that the country was in need of someone like him.



In Vermont, the first primary of the season, Nader won a surprising victory. Many pundits were stunned and it shook the political world. Many people tried to find an explanation for it and they came up with one. They got the idea that a last minute Biden surge couple with a drop in Kerry's polls had caused enough support to swing to Nader to push him to second. However, that wasn't enough. The thing that completed it was a surprise snow storm that left a small part of the electorate unable to get to the polls. That gave Nader his victory, which he won with three tenths of a percentage of the popular vote. In the next primary, New York, Cuomo won big, as well as in Massachusetts. However, the rest of the season proved troubling for him as Biden surged in both Michigan and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Kerrey had been setting up in the West since the beginning, knowing that it was his only key to win the nomination. When the Western Primaries opened up, he won all six of them, handing him victory.

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Light Green-Kerrey
Dark Green-Cuomo
Blue-Biden
Blue-Green-Nader

With delegates in hand, at the convention, which took place in, ironically enough, New York City, Kerrey accepted the nomination with open arms. With the political winds swinging their way, the Progressives felt confident of victory that year.

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Former Governor Bob Kerrey-The next President?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 29, 2011, 06:34:09 PM
Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments, Candidates to root for?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 29, 2011, 06:38:54 PM
I'd like to redo all the maps, but when I use atlas forum maps with numbers from the EV calculator, the background is black, not white.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 29, 2011, 08:42:20 PM
Kerrey Wins! First Progressive Since Nixon in 1975!

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Former Governor Joseph R "Bob" Kerrey (P-NE)-58 electoral votes
House Majority Leader Jack F Kemp (AP-NY)-43
House Centrist Leader John D "Jay" Rockefeller IV (C-NY)-18 electoral votes

Kerrey's victory over the overly able opponents of Jack Kemp and Jay Rockefeller marked a new era for the out of power Progressive Party. When the Renewed States had first formed, they had been the dominant party. However, charismatic and enthusiastic campaigns by Barry Goldwater and later by his son had equalized the political spectrum, and by the Kerrey won election, the Renewed States had become center-right on the political spectrum. With this said, it was Bob Kerrey who would equalize the Renewed States political spectrum.
-An Emerging Era, Sean Wilentz

Historically Significant Gubernatorial Races

In New York, Mario Cuomo was re-elected

In Arizona, Dan Quayle won re-election

In Massachusetts, the Centrist Massachusetts Justice Minister, William Weld, was elected Governor

Historically Significant Congressional Races

In Oregon, longtime Congressman Mark Hatfield retired

In New York, both Jack Kemp and Jay Rockefeller were re-elected

In Pennsylvania, Colin Powell was elected to Congress with the endorsements of both the Progressives and the Centrists

In Arizona, George W Bush, son of Centrist hero George Bush, was elected to Congress

In Iowa, Tom Harkin was re-elected


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 29, 2011, 09:06:51 PM
Any comments?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: WBCKansas on January 29, 2011, 09:09:00 PM
Go Kerrey, he's a democrat from Nebraska :D yay oldies!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on January 29, 2011, 09:09:51 PM
If you're considering Kerrey some kind of a conservative, then go back to your school, kid.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: WBCKansas on January 29, 2011, 09:11:07 PM
If you're considering Kerrey some kind of a conservative, then go back to your school, kid.

I vote Democrat, even if they liberal, (except Obama, for obivous reason0


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 29, 2011, 09:12:27 PM
If you're considering Kerrey some kind of a conservative, then go back to your school, kid.

They never mentioned Bob Kerrey in my school. ;)

From what I read, he was economically moderate. I'm not talking Jerry Brown, just moderate. Nevada is a swing state, and it goes for Kerry. In South Dakota, Kerrey was able to build off of the electorate that first elected George McGovern. It was very narrow. I'll change it if need be, but it won't be easy.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: WBCKansas on January 29, 2011, 09:25:26 PM
sorry for call you sinner


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on January 29, 2011, 09:27:39 PM
If you're considering Kerrey some kind of a conservative, then go back to your school, kid.

They never mentioned Bob Kerrey in my school. ;)

From what I read, he was economically moderate. I'm not talking Jerry Brown, just moderate. Nevada is a swing state, and it goes for Kerry. In South Dakota, Kerrey was able to build off of the electorate that first elected George McGovern. It was very narrow. I'll change it if need be, but it won't be easy.

I was adressing the troll, Cathcon :)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: WBCKansas on January 29, 2011, 09:29:19 PM
If you're considering Kerrey some kind of a conservative, then go back to your school, kid.

They never mentioned Bob Kerrey in my school. ;)

From what I read, he was economically moderate. I'm not talking Jerry Brown, just moderate. Nevada is a swing state, and it goes for Kerry. In South Dakota, Kerrey was able to build off of the electorate that first elected George McGovern. It was very narrow. I'll change it if need be, but it won't be easy.

I was adressing the troll, Cathcon :)

Why cant you be my friend? Is it because I used to be evil?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 30, 2011, 10:48:26 AM
Okay, so coming up are the CSA 1990 and 1996 elections. Hopefully, they'll be up today, however I have homework, and I may have to finish the rough draft of a paper I didn't start, so I don't know.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 30, 2011, 03:08:23 PM
America and Onward Part XXXIII
Song of the South

The 1990 Presidential Election

In the 1990 election, with a good economy and an accomplished Reform President, Vice-President Samuel Nunn was favored to win both the Reform Nomination and the Presidency. For the Constitution Party, they were experiencing a great fissure over the issue of free trade. While one wing led by former Ambassador to the Renewed States Pat Buchanan called for an end to the Continental America Free Trade Pact, around 60% of the party called for the expansion of free trade.
    At the 1990 Constitution Convention held in Dallas, Texas, a state with a growing Constitution population, former Vice-President Trent Lott fought tooth and nail for the nomination. He was a proponent of Free Trade and had a strong Conservative record.

In the general election, Nunn was free to run on the economy while Lott tried to nail him on specific issues to no avail. The Constitution Party was forced to face the fact that the country was moving to the political center with a growing Latino population and the right of people of all colors and races to vote. That vote had been guaranteed by President Baker and had been narrowly accomplished during his term. Lott's chances for winning Texas were ruined when Texas businessman H Ross Perot announced an Independent candidacy for President, crying out against free trade and the deficit. Because of Perot taking precious votes away from Lott, the election was thrown to Nunn.

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Vice-President Sam Nunn (R-GA)/Congressman William J Clinton (R-AR) 42 electoral votes
Former Vice-President Trent Lott (C-MO)/Congressman Newt Gingrich (C-GA) 36 electoral votes
Businessman Henry Ross Perot (I-TX)/Former Ambassador Patrick J Buchanan (I-MD) 13 electoral votes



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Sam Nunn presided over continued economic boom during his term. However, he was mainly interested in foreign affairs and he worked on expanding and strengthening international relations. One of his first steps was to become friends with then-Renewed States President Robert Casey. He also continued to work towards an atomic freeze or at least arms control.

One of the most controversial issues was whether or not to support the nation of Israel. Israel had been created by the Allied Forces and RS President Robert Casey was himself a big supporter. However, Nunn wasn't so sure. He decided to focus more on the construction of the country rather than on sending troops over. Instead, he sent money, supplies, building materials, and military traineres to help build an army to defend Israel against the nest of enemies that surrounded it.

One of President Nunn's greatest domestic accomplishments was the Full Liberties Proposal which was what he believed was the final act of Civil Rights in the South. It not only desegregated all government buildings down to a local level, it also commanded all government agencies to be desegregated. One of what Conservatives saw as its biggest flaws was the fact that it forced stores and businesses to sell to people of all races and "colors". However, it passed, though it destroyed political capital for Nunn for the rest of his term despite the good economy.



The 1996 Presidential Election

Despite low approvals, the economy was good and there was an overall sense of good feeling in the Confederates States of America.

For the Reform Party, Vice-President Bill Clinton was the frontrunner, though he was being challenged by perrenial candidate Senate Minority Leader Jim Folsom Jr. of Alabama. After Clinton won, he went against the advice of others and instead of choosing Folsom, who he had come to despise after the small amount of primary battles, he chose Florida Governor Bob Graham, a moderate known for sometimes bucking the party line.

The Constitution Party had a much tougher time deciding who to nominate with Jesse Helms, Newt Gingrich, and Pat Buchanan fighting it out for the nomination. Finally, Buchanan garnered a plurality of delegates and convinced the others to go along with him. For Vice-President, Buchanan chose Texas Congressman Lou Dobbs. It was seen as historically the weakest Constitution Party ticket to be put out in the history of the nation, and in the end, neither candidate carried his home state.

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Vice-President William J Clinton (R-AR)/Governor Daniel Robert Graham (R-FL) 65 electoral votes
Former Ambassador Patrick J Buchanan (C-MD)/Congressman Louis C Dobbs (C-TX) 26 electoral votes

For the second time in the history of the Confederate States of America, a political party won three straight terms in a row. However, despite the weak Constitution candidate, the country was not as Liberal as some Reform Party members might like.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 01, 2011, 09:17:29 PM
America and Onward Part XXXIV
The First Term of President Bob Kerrey
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Minister of Domestic Policy-Joseph Biden (P-NJ)
Minister of Diplomacy-Jay Rockefeller (C-NY)
Minister of Warfare-Colin Powell (C-PA)
Minister of Justice-Lowell Weicker (P-CT)
Ambassador to the Allied Forces-Mark O Hatfield (P-OR)

The most pressing issue of Kerrey's first year in office was the "police action" in Israel and the surrounding countries. Since the chaos first erupted, counties such as Palestine had been swallowed by larger countries. The state of the Middle East was a mess and it would not be easily fixed.

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The Condition of the Middle East ca. 1996
Unlabeled Purple-Israel
Unlabeled Yellow-Kurdistan
Unlabeled Green-Syria
Unlabeled Red-Jordan

Collaborating with CSA Presidents Sam Nunn and Bill Clinton, as well as working with the Allied Forces, Kerrey was able to negotiate a pull out from Israel, leaving only troops in amounts similar to those of other countries. He also concentrated much more on "nation-building" rather than openly fighting terrorists from the neighboring Syria and Jordan. This involved Renewed States troops working to set up schools and infrastructure rather than concentrating on killing and rooting out terrorists. However, troop deaths did not go down. They went up. With the troops concentrating less on fighting and not being on the offense, terrorists had strengthened and were coming in more waves. Finally, working with Minister of Defense Colin Powell he authorized the "troop surge" in May of 1997. It was a two year plan formed with the correlation of several other nations. It was designed to slowly go over Israel peace by peace to root out terrorists and make sure everything was secure. Meanwhile, in safer areas the military would be trained. There was protest on both the Right and the Left, as well as international criticism.

There seems to exist today in our Northern neighbor the mindset that it is the responsibility of the West to intervene in Arab affairs, and to go about creating whatever nations that are wanted or wished for by individual groups of people. Now, with the actions of people like President Nunn and Vice-President Clinton, that mindset has infiltrated us to the South as well. We will continually lose money and troops before we learn our lesson because this nation seems to have in it a lust for war. This mindset needs to stop and we need to return the government to the people.
-Former CSA Ambassador to the Renewed States Patrick J Buchanan campaigning for President, 1996

The "mindset" the former Ambassador Buchanan was referring to seemed to manifest itself in the creation of the International Committee of Israeli Support headed by former Minister of Diplomacy Joseph Lieberman who was a strong supporter of Israel and an admirer of the Paleo-Liberal Henry M Jackson who was known for his staunch support of the RSA's allies and support for high military spending. Members included former Minister of Domestic Policy Chuck Schumer and former Ambassador to the Alllied Forces John McCain, who was planning on running for Governor of California in 2000.

ICIS Chairman Joe Lieberman (left); Friend and ICIS member former Ambassador to the Allied Forces John McCain

However, the troop surge went forward as planned. While President Kerrey's approval ratings dropped, he decided to let the surge work out as it would and turned towards domestic affairs. The nation as a whole had moved much mroe to the Right since its original founding in 1953. During the "Wallace/Kennedy1" era as it was called, nearly every service had been performed by the government on a national scale with the only private enterprises being locally owned businesses who sold to the people and to the government. While President Kerrey did not want to move the nation that far back to the left, he was a proponent of universal health insurance and in late 1997, the Progressive controlled Congress passed the Complete Health Protection Act which re-instated elements of both the American Corporations and the Great Society in that it gave government funded health coverage to every citizen of the Renewed States.

With that triumph, President Kerrey's approval ratings stood around 53% in 1998. However, with two more years of hist term until election night 2000, he didn't know if he'd be around. However, the economy was still going strong and if everything worked out, he would be able to claim victory in Israel, and he hoped that would boost his approvals.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 02, 2011, 10:34:48 AM
The First Term of President Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey Part Two

With a good economy, Kerrey was still on good ground as President. In 1998, he pushed the Environmental Preservation Plan It created the Office of Environmental Preservation. That passed despite a large amount of uproar from the American Patriots. Secondly, President Kerrey passed the Environmental Protection Plan, which amended the Environmental Preservation Plan in that the Office of Environmental Preservation, became the Office of Environmental Preservation and Protection. President Kerrey appointed environmentalist Ralph Nader to be the head of the OEPP.

However, that was only a minor accomplishment compared to the withdrawal of troops from Israel in late 1998. President Kerrey declared the combat operations were over and that with the Allied Forces in charge of Israel and a newly trained military, Israel would be safe. He withdrew all forces except for a small amount of advisers and trainers.

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In 1998, President Kerrey withdrew nearly all troops, claiming that Israel was in good hands...

With that acheivment, the President's approvals soared and he was able to pass other pieces of his agenda, concerning the creation of a minimum wage, as well as official National Parks. The idea of national parks had first come up during the "Kennedy2/Nixon" era, with Hames Roosevelt headed the Comission on Natural Preservation. However, it took over twenty years for the issue to be brought up again. Working with the Governors of the states of California, Nevada, Montana, Colorado, and others, various regions were set aside for preservation, and the eventual conversion into National Parks.

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States containing one or more Renewed States National Parks, ca. 2003

In foreign affairs, the Allied Forces Reconstruction of Eastern Europe and Asia wasn't going as planned. The Allied Forces had taken the liberty of drawing the borders as they saw fit, lumping certain areas together that should never have been lumped together. In volatile areas such as George, terrorists attacks happened daily and many a meeting of the Allied Forces was spen attempting to repeal certain barriers and re-adjust how they were doing things. Meanwhile, in Moscow, it seemed that the city was torn apart by three factions: The mob, the ultra-nationalists, and the ex-Soviets. All three factions were vying for control of Moscow in order to have a handle on trade and supplies so as to stake themselves out as the new powere of Russia. Allied Forces police actions didn't help either. They only added a fourth side to the already crowded conflict. With the city being torn apart, trade had decreased as companies had re-routed their transports so as to avoid the warring city and the chances that their goods would be stolen or the people taken hostage. This caused the fragile economy to stagnate and the loosely pieced together country of Russia was in no good shape by the year 2000.

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A de-railed train that was on its way from Moscow to Saint Petersburg - Suspects include the Ultra-Nationalists because the alleged head of the Moscow ex-Soviet movement was aboard and was killed

Despite the unrest overseas, President Kerrey maintained high approval ratings and was expected to win handily over any opponent, and was expected to crush primary opponent Vermont Governor Howard Dean.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on February 02, 2011, 11:59:21 AM
OK, I was expecting for this moment since last february haha... GO KERREY =). I've always liked that man ^^. and, obviously, progressives took power (after some years, OK...) !!!

clinton and kerrey could reunificate the USA, IMO.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 14, 2011, 02:58:07 PM
Shameless Bump. I'm not sure when I'll be able to update.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Jackson on February 15, 2011, 07:01:59 AM
Looking forward to seeing what happens on the foreign and domestic front, as well as who succeds both Presidents Kerrey and Clinton. Keep it up!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 15, 2011, 09:30:59 PM
Looking forward to seeing what happens on the foreign and domestic front, as well as who succeds both Presidents Kerrey and Clinton. Keep it up!

Thanks, and welcome to the forum.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on February 16, 2011, 09:46:58 AM
Bump something not shameless jajaa


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 16, 2011, 04:17:09 PM

I'll try but I don't think that Han, Dallasfan, and Mechaman will appreciate it.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 18, 2011, 09:06:01 PM
Update coming soon!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 18, 2011, 09:39:32 PM
The 2000 American Patriot Nomination

Because of Kerrey's complete and successful de-escalation of the conflict in Israel and Palestine, the American Patriot Party took a much more pro-war stance than in previous years. Also, with the success of the Kerrey Administration, a number of high profile candidates decided not to enter the race.

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Governor James Danforth "Dan" Quayle of Arizona
The most politically experienced candidate of the race, Quayle was seen as also the most Conservative. He had been the runner-up in 1995 and his supporters claimed that by right, 2000 should be his year.

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Businessman Steve Forbes of New York
Not only a new entry into politics, but a new entry into the American Patriot Party, Forbes had considered running in 1995 but declined. In 2000, he had decided he would run. Running on a platform made up entirely of economic principles, he was seen as one of the most Conservative on taxes. However, on social issues, he would only tell his positions when directly asked, and they would not be Conservative. Despite that, both former Presidents named Goldwater endorsed him and that gave him a significant boost.

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Former Ambassador John McCain of California
Despite not having much experience in electoral politics, having spent three years as a Congressman from Southern Califonia, McCain was respected among members of the American Patriot Party for his service during World War II not only as a soldier but also as Renewed States Head of the Army. However, going against him in the primaries was the fact that he had accepted a post in the Casey Administration and was a die-hard supporter of Israel and a friend of former Diplomacy Minister Joe Lieberman. Despite that, McCain did fairly well. Also that year, he was running for Governor of California.



In the primaries, despite opposition by both Forbes and McCain, Quayle swept a majority of the primaries. Even in certain mountain and plains areas where McCain was expected to do well with the military vote, Quayle won with margins ranging from .1% to 15%. Despite winning the last primaries of the season, California and Washington, McCain knew that his campaign for President, at least in 2000 was over as Quayle was the obvious victor.
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Former Ambassador McCain meeting reporters in the caucus state of New Hampshire

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Dark Blue-Quayle
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Light Blue-Forbes

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A campaign poster for Governor Dan Quayle of Arizona


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 20, 2011, 10:25:47 AM
Wow. Yesterday was the four month anniversary for this timeline.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on February 20, 2011, 12:53:04 PM
Wow. Yesterday was the four month anniversary for this timeline.

Congratulations =)
A Forbes presidency would have been interesting, but GO KERREY =)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on February 22, 2011, 03:40:19 PM
Interesting as always :)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 22, 2011, 03:44:37 PM

Thanks, though I'm starting to think I need more butterflies like people in different professions. Maybe Sonny Bono (don't know if that's spelled right) will get elected to Congress in 2000.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 26, 2011, 04:13:42 PM
The 2000 Centrist Party Nomination

1995 had not been an encouraging year for members of the Centrist Party. They had been soundly rejected with both Liberal and Populist wings of their coalition failing to deliver. Members of the more Populist wing of the party, led by former Minister of Diplomacy Joe Lieberman tried to justify Rockefeller's loss as reason that Casey should have been the nominee. While the talk leading up to the election continued, President Robert Casey, suffering cancer, died on May 5th of 2000.

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January 9th, 1932-May 5th, 2000
Governor of Pennsylvania 1981-1990
7th Presidetn of the Renewed States of America 1991-1995

Going into the primaries, that gave certain candidates bumps of sympathy and others losses in the polls. The full list of candidates was:

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Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut
A politician who had fallen out of favor with a large part of the Centrist Party for "steering Casey down the wrong path", Lieberman had been trailing in the polls until Casey's death. When that happened, he received a significant bump, but not enough to win him the nomination. He had been in politics since 1985 when he was elected to Congress. In 1990 he had been selected by Robert Casey to become Minister of Justice in the upcoming Administration. Four years later in early 1994 he had been chosen to become the Minister of Diplomacy where he remained until January 1st, 1996. Since then he had chaired his International Committee of Israeli Support.

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Former Justice Minister Rudy Guiliani
Guiliani had also risen to prominence through the Casey Adminsitration, though he was far more Liberal than Lieberman and was the protege of Jay Rockefeller. He had served three years in Congress and two as Justice Minister before going into a five year semi-retirement. It was after those five years that he stepped back into politics with his 2000 Presidential Campaign.

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Governor Judd Gregg of New Hampshire
A "solidly Centrist" candidate who was successful in New Hampshire, the most fiercely Centrist state in the union, Gregg had the most going for him in the primary season. He had served as New Hampshire Governor for ten years by 2000 and was the establishment favorite.

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Evan Bayh of Indiana
Another of Casey's "Populist" brand of Centrists, he was another "Solid Centrist" favoring business friendly policies, government run health care, and being pro-life yet moderate on most other social issues. He jumped in primarily to stop Lieberman who he claimed would "usher the party back into 1975", 1975 being the year the Centrists only carried New Hampshire. His candidacy was also attractive because he had been elected outside the North-East.



For the Centrists, the 2000 primaries marked the first year that primaries would be held in all thirty states. In 2005 the Progressives and American Patriots would adopt the same system.

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With the primaries eventually coming down to Gregg vs. Bayh, Gregg won out because of establishment favor. However, Bayh had succeeded in his goal of derailing Lieberman's candidacy which failed outside of New England. Witht that, Judd Gregg became the 2000 Centrist Party nominee for President.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on February 26, 2011, 05:16:34 PM
=) I always thought Gregg would be a terrific presidential candidate. But as popular as Kerrey is in your TL, I think he'll be reelected.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 12, 2011, 10:52:49 PM
Bump. :P Hopefully I can update this thing and finish it.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 12, 2011, 11:32:08 PM
With a soaring economy and a successful withdrawal from an unpopular war, President Kerrey's victory seemed like a forgone conclusion to everyone accept his opponents. Kerrey's weakness proved to be his attempt to be everything to everyone at once. Seeing the New York had previously gone for Jay Rockefeller, Kerrey focused a large amount of resources there, looking to have the first Progressive landslide since 1975 which was twenty-five years ago.

Because of the focus on New York, Congressman Gregg felt free to campaign in swing states as well as to make environmental protection an issue. Ordinarily Kerrey wouldn't have had a problem with environmental protection except he was working on winning the urban and working class vote. By election day, Gregg had poured enough resources into certain states to win Ohio and Oregon by narrow margins. Despite that, there was a poor electoral vote showing for the Centrists. However, there had been high turnout in ordinarily non-Centrist states.

Meanwhile, Quayle's gaffes didn't help his campaign. At many points he had meant to say one thing and it had come out as merely a collection of words strung together. His re-energization of the Conservative base had flickered out by election day and many an American Patriot would wonder just how far he could have gone without "his damn gaffes".

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President Joseph R "Bob" Kerrey (P-NE); 84 electoral votes
Governor James D "Dan" Quayle (AP-AZ); 22 electoral votes
Governor Judd Gregg (C-NH); 13 electoral votes


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 13, 2011, 10:01:40 AM
America and Onward
Part XXXVI

Having been re-elect in a landslide against two opponents, President Kerrey felt vindicated in attempting to push the rest of his agenda. However, with so much progress in his first term, many inside his administration had worried since the beginning of the election whether Kerrey's second term could measure up to his first. There was little left on Kerrey's agenda that would be called "sweeping" or "monumental" by people in the news. However, maybe it would become of value to historians.

In borrowing from his international friend President Bill Clinton of the CSA, he worked to institute something called Welfare Reform. Despite gutting of welfare and public works projects in the 1980's, certain pieces of the Great Society had been left intact because of the unwillingness of Congress to cut them. Also, since the 1980's programs had begun to regain their size and scope under the Casey and Kerrey administrations. Because of not only the need to curb spending because of the Balanced Budget Amendment, but in looking for a greater solution to poverty, Welfare reform became to focus of Kerrey's remaining years in office.

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President Kerrey announcing the project that would come to dominate his second term-Welfare Reform

In 2001, Kerrey became the President to have the Renewed States of America join the Continental America Free Trade Pact (CAFTP). The CAFTP had begun in the late 1980's with Confederate President Howard Baker creating it with Mexico and Canada. However, President Goldwter had refused to join viewing it as "Organized Trade" as opposed to free trade. Meanwhile, President Casey had refused on different reasoning, believing that it would be harmful to workers. Despite objections from the Right and Left, Kerrey signed into the CAFTP on September 2nd, 2001.

In order to curb possible deficit spending because of the Complete Health Protection Act as well as other projects and government growth, President Kerrey passed tax increases on the top 10% income earners in the country much to the digust of the American Patriots and some members of the Centrist Party.

It turned out welfare reform wouldn't come in one huge bill but in several smaller bills beginning with the Scholastic Reform Act which worked to reform schools to better prepare people for working in the modern world. This, he claimed would allow for less people to have to go into poverty because of job loss and would increase competition for workers. A number of American Patriots, surprisingly, would support the act because they also saw some positive affects. In the words of one Congressman "This will allow for much more competition in the market. With better education, better people will be hired. With better people hired, companies will operate better and thus be able to grow and hire more people." That was the justified reasoning for more Conservative members of the House of Elected to support the SRA.

Another principle part of Welfare Reform would be the Employment Training Initiative which allowed for people that were impovershed or relying on government programs for survival to go to government job training classes to allow them to get back into the workforce. This too, would pass the HoE, but rely on a much tighter margin because of less American Patriot support. However, with a Progressive plurality it would still pass.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 13, 2011, 05:28:37 PM
In foreign policy, President Kerrey prided himself a "peace-time President". After apparently successful withdrawal from Israel, use of Renewed States forces was at an all-time low and the only action generals had seen was in a few small police actions in Latin America.

Relations would strengthen considerably between the Confederacy and the Renewed States, specifically because of the friendship forged by Kerrey with the CSA Presidents Sam Nunn and Bill Clinton. The introducation of the CAFTP had only helped in that bond and commerce between the two nations had also led to cultural diffusion as well as businesses going to "both sides of the border". Southern crops would come to play a part in RS business while Northern automobile and technology manufacturers were better able to go into the South, and the number of Confederate citizens owning cars went up to 75%. A terrific recovery from the years of poverty that had dominated the South up until the late 1960's. Even as businesses traded more, there was increased travel between the two "sister nations" and the phrase "One country, two governments" became more common on television talk shows either in favor ro criticism of the new relations between the two countries.

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Presidents of the "Sister Nations" Bob Kerrey (Renewed States) and Bill Clinton (Confederate States)

As trade and travel increased, there was a growing, but very much in the minority, movement for, in the words of former Alaska Governor Mike Gravel "Complete and total Re-unification". People from both the Right and the Left called on the two countries to re-unite. One notable American Patriot proponent was former Congressman Bob Dole who was one of the few in the nation who could remember the time before the original re-unification, and he still carried members of "Old America". In a famous re-unification speech in 2002 he declared:
I remember the time before the countries we know today. The chaos. The poverty. I remember the fear that many of my generation came to know during that awful time of the Great Depression, when it seemed as if nothing could take the United States out of darkest hour. I also remember that horrible news that President Franklin Roosevelt had been killed. While my family had no love for the President's disastrous policies, we did mourn as we heard of the collapse of the United States. I remember that horrible time between 1944 and 1953 where chaos reigned supreme and I remember when Henry Wallace took the stage at the re-unification conventions calling for a united America. And now, I come here before you to once again call for a United States!
Despite the energy of the movement, the two countries had become all too settled in the way of life of the past fifty years and around sixty to seventy percent of each nation did not want to re-unite.

With all the discussion of Old America and re-unification, the Renewed States was reminded of something that was looming in 2003. The fifty year anniversary of the Renewed States of America.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on March 13, 2011, 07:33:50 PM
=)


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 13, 2011, 07:39:42 PM

Somehow I knew you were going to say that...


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 19, 2011, 08:50:59 AM
On December 1st, 2003, the Renewed States of America celebrated fifty years since the very first election was held. Back then the candidates had been former United States Vice-President Henry Wallace, General Douglas MacArthur, and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen. Wallace had won by a large margin, thus setting the course of the country for the fifty years to come.

Since it was the nation's fiftieth anniversary, the citizens and politicians alike were determined to make it an anniversary to remember, with a large amount of spending on fireworks, parties, banquets, alcohol, etc. across the country.

The night before the event on November 30th, members of the American Patriot Party hosted their own dinner, talking about the founders of modern RSA Conservatism. Speakers included California Governor John McCain, former Ohio Governor Robert Taft II (the son of Robert Taft Jr.), Congressman Ron Paul of Pennsylvania, and former Congressman Phil Crane of Illinois. Former President Barry Goldwater Jr. was there as well.

On the night of the event, President Kerrey held a banquet with notable members of the government as well as well known people from television and music. Sadly, Barry Goldwater Jr. was the only surviving President as Rockefeller had died of a heart attack in 1982, Nixon had died of a stroke in 1991, the original Barry Goldwater had died in 1998, and Robert Casey had died in 2000 of cancer. The three other Presidents were obviously dead as well, Robert F Kennedy and Henry Wallace both having been assassinated and Joe Kennedy dying of old age in 1963.
Figures from the music industry included jazz and blues singer George Ivan Morrison, singer and bassist Gary Weinrib of the band Thrill (Weinrib was born in Canada but had moved with his parents to America in 1955 when he was two), and lyricist, singer, and guitarist for the psychedlia group Heaven is Gone, Kurt Cobain. There were a small amount of complaint the following day of certain musicians such as Cobain being invited to the large banquet, however, they were dismissed. Cobain himself was hardly noticed seated at one of the very back tables.

After the banquet which was filled with passionate speeches by former Congressman Bob Dole, former President Barry Goldwater Jr., Pennsylvania Congressman Robert Casey Jr., Minister of Domestic Policy Joe Biden, and the President himself, the fireworks set to go off over New York City were filmed. It was a fantastic display that made the nation proud and re-vitalized Patriot Spirit.

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Fireworks over the capitol of New York City on December 1st, 2003


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 19, 2011, 06:46:52 PM
After 2003 there were no major actions by the Kerrey Administration. The only key things to go through Congress in 2004 were the other pieces of welfare reform, as well as a new energy package designed to keep RS dollars inside the North American continent when people payed for heating and electricity. The package consisted of funding to the emerging technologies of wind, solar, and hydro-electric energy.

Throughout 2004, President Kerrey focused mostly on international events. He, along with Ministers Powell and Rockefeller, travelled the world, visiting leaders and humanitarians. In a visit to Russia President Kerrey observed how the reconstruction was going since the job had first been started in the late 1980's. Returning from his trip he called on the House of Elected to "Pass an act contributing more money to the reconstruction of Russia so that one day she may rise up great and good again, this time as an ally and as a sister power". However, Congress was not willing to delve into foreign affairs and several members of the Congressional Diplomacy Appropriations sub-Committee were unwilling to negotiate for more than already stated funding.

Examing the budget for the upcoming year of 2005, President Kerrey was forced to raise taxes, seeing it as the only option in order to avoid cutting government spending programs. He also cut a large amount of military funding in the absence of any foreign conflict. Both moves were protested by the American Patriots in Congress, however they were not in the majority and the budget passed. Thus the Kerrey Administration began its twilight and public focus went onto the 2005 Presidential race.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 24, 2011, 06:54:43 PM
The 2005 American Patriot Nomination

With the Kerrey years entering twilight, it seemed there was new hope on the rise for the American Patriot Party. Because of that, there were several candidates willing to enter the fray.

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John McCain of California
A man who was nationally known as a war hero and a principle commander of Allied Forces during the final days of World War II, McCain was a man who could brag to have fought and commanded in the longest and most significant war in recent history. Not only that, but he had experience as an Ambassador and a Governor. This made him the early frontrunner for the American Patriot nomination. However, he would face challenges.

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Governor Craig Benson of New Hampshire
The main appeal that Benson was his outsider appeal. His political experience amounted to three terms as Governor of a state where Governors were elected in one-year terms. However, his experience in business and the Conservatism he had shown while Governor made him a possible heavyweight competitor against McCain. The fact that he, a member of the American Patriot Party, had been elected in a state practically owned by the Centrist Party was appealing as well.

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Congressman Ron Paul of Pennsylvania
An already two-time candidate for the American Patriot nomination and a one-time nominee, many in the party's hierarchy had long grown tired of Paul's ardent fiscal conservatism and some were often embarassed by Paul's rants on the Congressional floor. However, Paul had a large following among the "Goldwater wing" of the party. His advantage in this was the fact that the only American Patriots ever elected President had the last name Goldwater. Paul's political experience included three terms in the RS House of Elected (1981-1991, 2001-?), and ten years heading his own "America First" committee in Pennsylvania. He, as in previous campaigns, would receive the endorsement of his friend former President Barry Goldwater Jr.

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House Minority Leader Dick Cheney of Nebraska
A long-time member of the House American Patriot Congressional Leadership, Cheney was not expected to run dur a known health issue involving his heart. However, his years of Congressional experience, which began thirty years ago when elected to Congress in 1975, were attractive to a number of American Patriots whose primary focus was foreign policy. Cheney's campaign slogan would be "Security for a new century". Throughout his campaign the idea had been discussed of Cheney possibly promising to only run for one term if elected due to his heart condition. However, the idea was dropped because it would only shed light on the issue and make him seem "old and weak" as one campaign staffer put it.

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Former Governro Tom Tancredo of Colorado
Tancredo, dubbed by some as "even more bat-sh*t crazy than Paul", and having lost re-election to his Governor's seat in 2000, still persisted in running. However, his campaign appealed to "only those much farther to the Right than Quayle" (according to one anonymous Benson for President campaign aide). Tancredo would fair the worst out of all the candidates.



With the new thirty state primary system, A new schedule would have to be created. The traditional primary schedule had primaries going east to west on the map with the final one, traditionally, being California. However, with the new schedule and even more primaries, a much more wseeming random schedule was drawn up, with primaries scattered all over the place on different days to give candidates from different regions chances that East-Coast candidates usually had.

In the primaries, Tancredo was quickly shadowed out of the race as it became a race between four men. Cheney, after failing to win the Ohio primary in late February, dropped out. However, neither of the three candidates left in the race were willing to give up. Eventually, McCain would take the nomination.
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Purple-Benson
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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 24, 2011, 07:31:34 PM
The 2005 Progresive Party Nomination

With the success of the Kerrey Administration, there were a number of Progressives who hoped that they could be the one's to "Kerrey" on his legacy. However, it quickly became apparent that Minister of Domestic Policy Joe Biden, with Kerrey's endorsement, was the frontrunner. With that, support for other candidates radically decreased and there were only three total candidates left before the first primary.

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Joseph R Biden of New Jersey
Biden had a large amount of experience even before joining President Kerrey's cabinet. He had served as a Congressman for many years and had been Minister of Domestic Policy in President Casey's cabinet as well before resigning in 1994. Biden would by and large dominate the primaries.

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Ralph Nader of Connecticut
A fellow member of Kerrey's cabinet, Nader campaigned primarily on environmental issues, stressing his and President Kerrey's accomplishments in that area the last ten years and promising even more of the same.

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Eric Boucher of California
The former San Francisco Mayor who had been elected in 1995 and declined another term in 2000, Boucher was by far the most Progressive and radical of the three candidates. His tenure as mayor was controversial, filled with incredible increases on income tax for the rich, neutralizing all drug laws in the city, and further extending the city's already liberal welfare program. In the 1970's and 1980's, Boucher had been the lead singer for the "post-psychedelica/punk" band The Last Kennedy.



In the primaries, Biden would quickly show that he wouldn't be trifled with by any far left fringe candidates. However, Nader would lead a strong grass-roots movements in several rural states, eeking out victories in the North-East as well as pieces of the West. His biggest victory was in Oregon. However, he had little success beyond that. Boucher, being as far left as he was, won no primaries though he received nine delegates at the convention.
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Light Green-Biden
Dark Green-Nader


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 25, 2011, 05:15:26 PM
Bonus points for whoever knows who Eric Boucher, Gary Weinrib, and George Ivan Morrison are! ;D


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 26, 2011, 09:45:10 AM
The 2005 Centrist Party Nomination

The Centrist Party had fallen a long way since 1995. Their high point as a party had been from 1978 to the early 1990's. However, they had long retreated since then. Many political experts announced that the final rally for the Centrist Party had been the 2000 election and that with the failure to in any way measure up to the other two parties, it would sink into obscurity. It seemed that the idea would hold true when the front-runners were Connecticut Governor Joe Lieberman, Indiana Congressman evan Bayh, and former Justice Minister Rudy Guiliani.

However, there was one candidate, they believed, could save them. Despite his opposition to war in the Middle East and his working with the Kerrey Administration, the man was popular throughout the country. After the 2000 election, he had resigned from the Kerrey Administration and had been replaced by Congressman John Kerry. Since then he had retired and gone back to his home in Pennsylvania. However, there was significant calling, and on January 2nd, 2005, Colin Powell would enter the race for the Centrist Party nomination.

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Former Minister of Warfare Colin L Powell

Despite Powell's late entrance, he quickly surged in the polls, dominating the other three. Despite Lieberman getting good percentages in the North-East and Bayh doing well in some more Conservative states, the nomination was Powell's.
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Red-Powell
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With that, Colin Powell became the first African-American to be on a major party ticket in both the Renewed States and the Confederate States. The only man before him who had attempted such a thing was two term Congressman Malclm Little in 1980.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 26, 2011, 09:56:33 AM
In the general election, Powell was able to challenge Biden on several grounds. While Powell ran on a more fiscally conservative platform, he was also more socially liberal then Biden who was much more moderate on things such as abortion. This put some Progressives in a tricky spot.
Meanwhile, McCain, who saw Powell and Biden takin gpunches at each other, worked on putting himself above the fray and consolidating a strong coalition. With that coalition, McCain would win and become the first victorious American Patriot candidate whose name did not end with Goldwater.
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Governor John S McCain III (AP-CA) 51 electoral votes
Minister of Domestic Policy Joseph R Biden (P-NJ) 42 electoral votes
Former Minister of Warfare Colin L Powell (C-PA) 26 electoral votes

In the end, while Powell had failed to win or even to break thirty electoral votes, he had in the eyes of many, "saved" the Centrist Party by being a candidate of national prominence who was able to debate the issues and make the Centrist Party's position relevant.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on March 26, 2011, 12:18:47 PM
America and Onward Part XXXVIII

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Minister of Domestic Policy: Steve Forbes (AP-NY)
Minister of Diplomacy: Joseph Lieberman (C-CT)
Minister of Warfare: Norman Schwarzkopf (AP-NJ)
Minister of Justice: Warren Rudman (C-NH)
Ambassador to Allied Forces: Richard B Cheney (AP-NE)

On January 1st, 2006, John S McCain III, a man who had fought in World War II during the sixties and seventies, and a man who had commanded forces in World War II in the eighties, a man who had served as Ambassador to the Allied Forces and as Governor of California, was sworn in as the tenth President of the Renewed States of America. Known by many as a "die-hard tri-partisan Conservative", McCain's political positions were like those of the rest of his party. However, he had much better Congressional relations than others in his party and was good friends with some of the most Progressive of Congressmen, such as Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

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Congressman Russ Feingold (P-WI) a personal friend of President McCain

President McCain's cabinet was composed of both American Patriots and Centrists. However, Progressives who at that point were in the minority, protested that none of their party had been given jobs in the adminsitration. One American Patriot noted "They were so quick to shun us from the cabinet only ten years ago, and now they protest McCain's partisanship. Well, this cabinet is a lot less partisan than Kerrey's, and just as bi-partisan if not more so than Casey's. If you eliminate the question of Casey, then this is probably the least partisan cabinet in the history of the nation.

McCain's top priority would be to strengthen the country's defenses. Former Defense Minsiter Colin Powell, though opposed to war in the Middle East and very cautious about foreign intervention, did agree with McCain on that issue and helped in Congress to get pieces of the legislation through. Such things as border security were a large issue to McCain who claimed that "our country's enemies could come over the border at any time". However, at the same time, in order not only to make peace with Progressives but to "fix a broken system", legislation would be put forth to speed up the immigration process. The end result would be the Renewed States Border Reform, Improvement, and Security Act which would accomplish all the stated goals of the administration.

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"Stormin' Norman", the RS Defense Minister, in Arizona looking over the construction of a new wall meant to improve border security

Another issue concerning national security was the lack of Renewed States troops overseas. Over the past decade small wars had broken out over the globe, and some had become major problems. Despite for the most part, energy independence, there were still problems with gasoline prices as more confict in the Middle East made commerce between there and the rest of the world difficult. In order to "protect our ships, protect our men, and protect our way of life", McCain authorized the building of a military base in Tehran, the capital of the RS ally Iran. troops operating from there, in theory, would protect the Persian Gulf from getting shut down (as it periodically did at certain points in conflict where different sides controlled key areas) and allow RS ships to leave and go freely.
While Progressives attacked McCain, with activist Ralph Nader famously shouting on the House floor "No Blood for Oil!", McCain defended his actions. "I am not doing this for any oil company. I am not doing this for any oil executive. I am doing this to ensure the lives of our citizens are not endangered as they attempt to do their jobs in the Persian Gulf. I am doing this so that gasoline prices do not retain their current highs". Progressives would still attack, claiming "We shouldn't have to do business there at all! It's only because of wealthy oil companies, operated mostly out of the Confederacy, that there is any commerce there!" One Congressman, Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, would point out "For the most part, the people you're protecting are citizens of the CSA! The oil companies that are operating there are from the CSA and employ mostly from the CSA. You're not protecting this country's citizens at all!"

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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (P-OH) railing against President McCain

Because of that, McCain's administration would get off to a rocky start. However, the economy was still strong and the budget for fiscal year 2006-2007 would be balanced without any major cutting.

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President McCain after announcing the ability to successfully balance the budget without any major cuts


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 01, 2011, 03:26:23 PM
This will be finished soon, hopefully tonight.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 01, 2011, 05:52:05 PM
One of the boldest acts of the McCain administration involving both domestic and foreign policy was overseas trade. Whil relations with Europe and China had been good since the beginning of the creation of the Renewed States of America, those alliances had only involved promises of military and maybe economic aide during World War II, though friendly relations had extended after words. After 1987, President Barry Goldwater Jr. hadn't sought foreign relations, calling on his country to reel back its military forces. Casey hadn't advanced trade much better either, being a protectionist by nature. Kerrey had been mostly focused on withdrawal from Israel and Palestine as well as his several domestic initiatives, and he had already had his trade accomplishment with entering the RS into the CAFTP. That left McCain holding the bag.

Over several meetings with Chinese and Allied Forces leaders, in 2007 the Global Trade Initiative was announced. McCain's idealistic side came out with his attempts to get the nations of Africa and South America, as well as Russia to join. His hopes for jobs going to those countries and helping to build the economies of those countries shown through, and some citizens resented him for it. Congressman Kucinich claimed that McCain planned to "ship Renewed States labor overseas to help his corporate friends", and members of all three parties stood against him. However, they didn't have that much control over treaties and international agreements as they used to.

Perhaps won of his most major reforms happened in 2008 with the Renewed States Military Reconstruction and Reformation Act of 2008. The idea behind it was best said by the President himself:

Ever since the end of World War II in 1987, our country's military has not been able to handle the way wars will be run in the future. Our country's most recent conflict, that in Palestine ten years ago, proved it. We were not prepared for new types of guerilla warfare that, in my opinion, may become more prevalent among the conflicts we will face in the future. L-look, folks, in Palestine, a new type of warfare took over. Instead of tanks rolling through streets and lines of foot soldiers marching under one flag, our boys faced well-trained, hard to find militias, shooting from the roof-tops and from buildings, and afterwards easily blending in with the normal populace. If you look across possible brewing conflicts in, say, the old Soviet Union, now called Russia, wars are being fought between groups like that. In the Middle East, the fighting between Kurdistan and Iraq may soon spill into allied territory. I highly doubt that that will be fought with conventional styles and weaponry. What I am proposing is a reform to the military. Headed by former Warfare Minister Donald Rumsfeld, a one year study of possible enemy fighting and training techniques, new types of weaponry, and new types of armor will be conducted. These findings will be put into action and by the end of my first term, a whole new army will take shape.

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Other planned results of the RSMRRA would be the creation of the National Security and Intelligence Beaurea, headed by former Warfare Ministry employee Michael Scheuer, who would keep a good record of fiscal responsibility and accuracy in intelligence reporting. The NSIB would be responsible for the monitoring of terrorist activities in the Middle East, as well as activities by Russian nationals, the Russian mob, and former Soviet Communists (all three of which were engaged in a brutal urban war over control of Russia while the Allied Forces dumped large amounts of money into reconstruction and peace-keeping).

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First head of the National Security and Intelligence Beaurea Michael Scheuer

However, McCain's popularity seemed to end in 2008 with the deploying of Renewed States troops to Moscow on a "police action" on orders from an Allied Forces resolution. There, troops would be force to confront the brutal guerilla warfare in a different climate against not one but three sides all aiming for control of Russia. Meanwhile, Russian President Alexander Lebedev seemed unable to control his own nation and had resorted to near fascist tactics in attempting to keep at least a semblance of control.

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Russia's President at the time of RS intervention was the innefectual Alexander Lebedev


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 01, 2011, 06:31:13 PM
Immediately upon arrival in Moscow, Renewed States troops were greeted with a firefight between what appeared to be nationalists and communists, though it was hard to tell. Immediately as RS troops exited their vehicles, they were fired upon, immediately making bad press for the intervention. Over the next three months the "peace-keepin effort" seemed to turn into an effort for survival for the troops stationed there. The public, initially having been lukewarm about the entry of troops into Russia, turned against the President they had elected.

Warfare Minister Norman Schwarzkopf was made for a different reason. While initial plans had been to practically flood Moscow with RS troops and to quickly engage in combat with fighters that had enough courage to stick around while the NSIB and the Warfare Intelligence sub-division provided intel on where to root our leaders of the different factions, none of it had gone through.
Congress had restricted the amount of troops to be engaged in Moscow, concerned about troop loss. Also, the sheer beauracracy of the Warfare Ministry, despite continual efforts at reform by McCain, Kerrey, and Goldwater Jr., had prevented intel from reaching troops. In a quote on a book about the Ministry of Warfare, Schqarzkopf would quip "...and as for beauracracy, it arises naturally. You look at it, call for a reform package in Congress to supposedly wash it away, and it'll come back. In government it naturall compiles over weeks and months of not keeping the sharpest of eyes on things, and I'm afraid to say that our troops, our government, and our country learned that the hard way. For over thirty years it was the most important peace of government and we expected to cleanse it with so-called 'reform' bills. Had we known better before engaging in combat, I think that a lot of lives, money, and bad press could have been saved."

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"Stormin' Norman" visibly unhappy at a meeting of military heads after hearing the news about the RS entrance into Russia

Early casualties sapped McCain's popularity. However, after two weeks of literally camping in the streets, the troops would be set up with their own Barracks, and links of communication through phone and fax, through which they could receive intelligence on what they had to do.
Among top military "brass", there were concerns about Russia not being able to fend for itself. Even General John Abizaid, who was the commander of Renewed States troops in Iraq held these concerns, and programs were initiated in Moscow and several other cities in order to fully train Russian police and soldiers, and to work side-by-side with them. "We've become a police force here" Abizaid would testify, and RS citizens were not happy with their troops being used as a police force for other nations. Congressman Russ Feingold (P-WI) would say "If we are to be a police force, let us not be a police force alone. Why haven't other nations contributed to this fight? Why have we been mandated to serve another nation while no others contribute, our troops die, and they do the dirty work of an innefectual government unable to control its own people!

Even Conservatives would be upset with their President, who had been elected calling himself a "true conservative". Throughout 2009, more and more stories would come out of the newspapers and radios and TV's saying things such as "Renewed States troops in Moscow today arrested..." and citizens would wonder "Why are we arresting people?", and politicians would say "We are not a police force. If this is a war, so be it, but do not drag our boys into death merely because we feel an obligigation to serve Russia!".

By early 2010, President McCain announced he would not seek re-election because of his age and because of the fact that he wanted to be free to resolve the situation in Russia.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on April 02, 2011, 06:17:08 AM
Ron Paul = Harold Stassen 2.0. hahahaha


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 02, 2011, 02:53:16 PM
Ron Paul = Harold Stassen 2.0. hahahaha

Basically, only Stassen ran for President less times in this timeline. 1953, 1960, and 1965. Paul runs four. :P

Anyway, this tl will most likely be finished up by the end of the week. I honestly am at my wit's end on what to have happen. I completely pulled the Russian thing out of thin air. I'm just glad that it'll be finished with the 2010 election and the 2002 and 2008 CSA elections.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 03, 2011, 05:37:54 PM
Okay, I deleted a couple of posts. I don't really feel I'm proud of what I'm writing on this recently, but I want to get it done so I can move on to other stuff without the enigmatic "unfinished TL". Hopefully I can finish the portion about the RS today.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 03, 2011, 07:15:11 PM
The 2010 Renewed States Presidential Election

The American Patriot Nomination

For the American Patriots, there was no ture leader. Congressman Dick Cheney had died in 2009 of heart complications, Dan Quayle's star had fallen and he was unwilling to run, Ron Paul was seen as too crazy, Jack Kemp had died of cancer in 2009, and House Majority Leader Robert Taft II* was facing corruption charges.

Eventually, a field was narrowed down to:
  • Congressman Ron Paul of Pennsylvania
  • Former Governor Thommy Thompson of Wisconsin
  • Congressman Duncan Hunter of California
  • Former Congressman William O'Reilly of New York

While at first it seemed that the experienced Thompson, who had served as Governor from 1986 to 2006, had the advantage, he lacked charisma. Eventually former Congressman O'Reilly, who had been a journalist and a reporter before going into politics in 1985 (he left his position as Congressman in 2000), had been the leader of the Irish-Catholic Conservatives after the Buckley Brothers left the stage. Since leaving office in 2001, he had served as a talk-show host and was seen as a major Conservative activist. O'Reilly's style of debationg, though to some confrontational, seemed to draw in Conservatives tired of the more conciliatory approach that McCain had taken. He eventually won the primaries, beating out Hunter, Thompson, and Paul.

American Patriot Primary Map
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Former Congressman and Conservative Activist Bill O'Reilly of New York-the 2010 American Patriot Nominee for President

The Progressive Party Nomination

With an unpopular American Patriot incumbent, many in the Progressive Party believed it to be their chance to win the nomination and with it the Presidency. Those people were:
  • Former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont
  • Congressman Russ Feingold of Wisconsin
  • Former Congressman Joseph P Kennedy III of Massachusetts
  • Former Congressman Mike Gravel of Alaska
  • Activist Ralph Nader of Connecticut
  • Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio
  • Former San Francisco Mayor Eric Boucher of California

The 2010 primaries held a record list of entries, surprising to many. One of the many surprise of the campaign season was the re-emergence of the Kennedy clan after over thirty-five years of disappearance from the political scene after the assassination of President Robert F Kennedy. His son, Joseph P Kennedy III, had served as a Congressman from 1985 to 2005 and had taken his leave from politics, or so he though. The Kennedy legacy had long been tarnished by the years of history revealing some of the Kennedys' flaws. However, they had not vanished completely. JPK's campaign would revolve around attracting eastern ethnic whites to his campaign and focus on working class rights. He would also be more socially conservative than some of the other candidates which would help him to an extent.
As for the other candidates, Russ Feingold stood out as the most reasonable and electable. The only other hcoice besides Feingold and Kennedy seemed to be former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont. All the others were political has-beens or near radicals.

Progressive Primary Map
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Green-Feingold
Red-Kennedy
Blue-Dean
Yellow-Gravel

Despite a divisive primary season, in the end, Feingold was the decisive winner and he would be the one to face off against O'Reilly and whoever the Centrists nominated that year...

The Centrist Nomination

After a relatively good showing the year before, there was a large calling to re-nominate Colin Powell, and that time, theoretically, for a successful run. However, Powell declared that he was done with politics for good, having worn himself out campaigning the years before. Former Governor Judd Gregg was also unwilling to run. The Centrist Party leadership, in a desperate attempt to avoid the possibility of a Bayh, Lieberman, or Guiliani candidacy, fearing disastroud affects, called on the one remaining name that could stir the Centrist Party.

On January 9th, 2010, only days before the first primary, Nevada Governor Jeb Bush, son of retired politician George Bush and grand-son of Centrist Party founder Prescott Bush, announced his candidacy for President to much applause. With fifteen years' experience governinig outside of the Centrist stronghold of the Northeast, it was hoped he could at least exceed the previous elections' returns.

However, Bush would not go without a challenger as New York Governor Michael Bloomberg was in the race as well, and with billions of dollars to drop into a heavy campaign onslaught in the early primaries. However, Bush had one thing that Bloomberg didn't have-popularity.

Centrist Primary Map
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Blue-Bush
Green-Bloomberg

With that, a Renewed States political synasty would return to the political scene, and a political party would receive another shot in the arm.
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Nevada Governor Jeb Bush-The Centrist Party savior?

The General Election
With McCain's unpopularity, O'Reilly was facing an uphill climb against two very strong candidates. O'Reilly also had to face the fact that his primary win was based mostly in the North-East, a region that the American Patriots were not strong in nationally. However, he had the advantage of not even having a voting record to compare to McCain, as he had retired politically five years before McCain had been elected President. Feingold, on the other hand, was a good friend of President McCain and took large steps to avoid attacking him personally.
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Congressman Russell Feingold (P-WI)-58 electoral votes
Former Congressman William O'Reilly (AP-NY)-45 electoral votes
Governor John Ellis Bush (C-NV)-16 electoral votes

The election was a clear victory for the Progressive Party as Feingold, the first Jew on a national ticket, was elected President of the Renewed States of America. In a way, it was a victory, too, for O'Reilly, who had one pluralities in Eastern states where Catholics that might have voted Progressive came out for him. Also, it was a victory for the Centrists. Despite a clear electoral loss, they had taken over 25% of the popular vote and had won in states never even thought of as places that would go Centrist, such as Montana.

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Russell Feingold (P-WI)-the next President of the Renewed States of America

*Robert Taft Jr., son of the original Robert Taft, was not Robert Taft II. Robert Taft Jr.'s son would be Robert Taft II as he was the second person


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 03, 2011, 07:15:43 PM
There. :P Took me quite a while.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 04, 2011, 01:31:52 PM
Coming Soon! The final entry of the fate of the CSA!


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 04, 2011, 01:58:28 PM
During Clinton's tenure as President, a lot had been done in the area of free trade and communication with the Renewed States. However, at home, he faced a growing rumor of one or more sex scandals with women both in Arkansas when he was there, and when he was Vice-President and President. With hose headlines taking up the public's view of his Presidency, it seemed that the Reform Party would end its eighteen year reign in 2002.

2002
For the Constitution Party, 2002 represented the year that they would come back. It had been eighteen years since they held the capital in Richmond, and at that point they felt prepared to take it after years of disastroud nominees. The eventual winner of the nomination was Texas Senator and former Governor Rick Perry. For Vice-President, the convention chose Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, well known throughout the evangelical community and a former minister.

The Reform Party's convention was much more chaotic. However, embattle Vice-President Al Gore won the nomination, forced to choose former Governor John Edwards of North Carolina to win over the much more economically Liberal Reform Party members.
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Senator James R "Rick" Perry (C-TX)/Governor Michael Huckabee (C-AR) 59 electoral votes
Vice-President Albert "Al" Gore Jr. (R-TN)/Former Governor John Edwards (R-NC) 32 electoral votes

Perry's term started off successfully enough. However, he would soon face the crisis of growing terrorism in Latin America. Headed by Venezuela, which was one of the few surviving communist counrties, the problem had gone on since the nineties, but had only come to light and threatened the Confederacy with a terrorist attack on Miami in 2003. Pledging to do all he could to fight terrorism, President Perry began using the Bureau of Defense and Warfare for covert operations in Venzuela. It seemed the operations paid off with the resulting chaos in Venezuela in 2004, and fall of Panaman leader Manuel Noriega in 2005. However, Perry would also have to authorize troop Operation CLOSER THREAT which reulted in heavy bombings of military installments in Cuba and Haiti. Despite thise, he remained popular inside the Confederacy for "doing what had to be done" and the Constitution Party seemed prime to win in 2008.

2008
The Constiution Party easily nominated the popular and likable Vice-President Huckabee, who chose Senator Mel Martinez of Florida for Vice-President

The Reform Party nominated Senators and former Governor and 2002 Vice-Presidential pick John Edwards for President, and Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. of South Carolina for Vice-President.

The election was an historic one because for the first time, a Latin American was on a ticket, and for the first time an African-American was on another ticket. Despite all the media attention that this got, it soon became apparent that Edwards' candidacy was doomed. With the good economy and foreign policy triumphs of the Perry Administration, Huckabee was easily swept into office.
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Vice-President Michael Huckabee (C-AR)/Senator Mel Martinez (C-FL) 71 electoral votes
Senator John Edwards (R-NC)/Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (R-SC) 20 electoral votes

Since then, the Confederacy has mainly been upgrading its security and making sure no more terrorist attacks will happen. However, the economy looks to be heading into a recession and even the likable Huckabee hasn't been completely popular.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 04, 2011, 02:00:48 PM
List of Presidents of the Renewed States of America
1. Henry A Wallace (Progressive-Iowa) 1954-1958
2. Joseph P Kennedy (Progressive-Massachusetts) 1958-1960
3. Barry M Goldwater (American Patriot-Arizona) 1961-1970
4. Robert F Kennedy (Progressive-Massachusetts) 1971-1974
5. Richard M Nixon (Progressive-California) 1974-1978
6. Nelson A Rockefeller (Centrist-New York) 1978-1980
7. Barry M Goldwater Jr. (American Patriot-California) 1981-1990
8. Robert P Casey (Centrist-Pennsylvania) 1991-1995
9. Joseph R Kerrey (Progressive-Nebraska) 1996-2005
10. John S McCain III (American Patriot-California) 2006-2010
11. Russell D Feingold (Progressive-Wisconsin) 2011-Present

List of Presidents of the Confederate States of America
1. Richard Russell (Independent-Georgia) 1945-1955
2. James S Thurmond (Constitution-South Catolina) 1955-1961
3. Lyndon B Johnson (Reform-Texas) 1961-1967
4. George C Wallace (Constitution-Alabama) 1967-1973
5. John B Connally (Constitution-Texas) 1973-1979
6. Spiro T Agnew (Constitution-Maryland) 1979-1980
7. John G Tower (Constitution-Texas) 1980-1985
8. Howard H Baker Jr. (Reform-Tennessee) 1985-1991
9. Samuel J Nunn (Reorm-Georgia) 1991-1997
10. William J Clinton (Reform-Arkansas) 1997-2003
11. James R Perry (Constitution-Texas) 2003-2009
12. Michael D Huskabee (Constitution-Arkansas) 2009-Present

The End


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 04, 2011, 02:16:43 PM
I must credit Kalwejt for giving me the idea to do this through his "The Commonwealth that Never Was..." timeline. Thanks.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on April 04, 2011, 02:57:44 PM

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Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on April 04, 2011, 03:41:24 PM

Why so sad?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Niemeyerite on April 04, 2011, 04:04:09 PM
Fantastic TL, good job, Cathcon... I'm glad it finished with a progressive president, and no a common president: Russ Feingold!!!! The TL was more than great, congratulations again!!! I hope you'll begin other TLs soon, but I'm really enjoying 1980's upset TL =)
huckabee is the best president from the Constituion party we can have, IMHO.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Jackson on June 05, 2011, 01:55:18 AM
The terms "Good President" and "Constitution Party" are mutually exclusive.


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on June 05, 2011, 06:48:27 AM
The terms "Good President" and "Constitution Party" are mutually exclusive.

Did you like the TL?


Title: Re: America and Onward
Post by: Jerseyrules on March 11, 2012, 02:56:24 PM
The terms "Good President" and "Constitution Party" are mutually exclusive.

Did you like the TL?

I did ;)