A Second Chance - CONCLUSION

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

October 5th, 1969
...And in political news, Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusett, brother of President John Kennedy has been hosptialized by a near fatal accident. After a party attended mainly by Attorney General Robert F Kennedy's aides, the Senator agreed to give one aide, Mary Jo Kopechne, who is the Attorney General's personal secretary, a ride home. It is believed that Senator Kennedy's blood alcohol level was above the legal limit last night, and he ended up veering far off the side of the road in upstate New York. However, both he and the Kopechne are alive and recovering.

In the hospital, where Attorney General Robert F Kennedy visits his wounded brother.
    Bobby: You've got to stop this life-style. It'll only lead to ruin.
    Ted: **Groan**...You know I like a good time.
    Bobby: And it's these 'good times' that will only get you killed. Look, Ted you're married. You have children. You're a Senator of the United States. You can't go running off, getting drunk, and having your way with one of my aides, let alon my secretary.
    Ted: Look, Bobby. I can do this myself.
    Bobby: You better. Look at how far the family's come. We don't need your ways ruining it.
    Ted: Tell that to Jack...

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

From the desk of Chairman Robert Dole, October 16th, 1969
As the year continues and we draw closer to 1970, and its mid-term elections, resources will be allocated to areas the Republican National Committee believes they woudl be best used on. Such areas include but are not limited to:

    Ohio; where Congressman Robert Taft Jr. is expected to run again
    Michigan; where former Governor George Romney is thinking of running
    Texas; where Congressman George Bush is expected to run again

Observance of these states and others will continue until July of 1970 where the committee will make its final decision of resource allocation going into the elections. However, reserve funding will also become available at that time in order to help candidates in case of a tight races.

[feeblepizza]

Nice butterfly about Mary Jo Kopechne. Now Teddy may actually have a chance when he runs for POTUS.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

December 1st, 1969
Yesterday, Ambassador to the United Nations James Roosevelt announced that he will resign at the end of the year, saying 'At the United Nations, I can no longer defend the actions of this administration'. This is seen as a rebuttal of President Kennedy's foreign policy, especially in regards to Operation HANOI which commenced eariler this year, which includes a full invasion of Northern Vietnam. Roosevelt, having been one of the few prominent Liberals in Kennedy's administration, has served as a Congressman between 1955 and 1965, Secretary of Defense between 1965 and 1967, ans Ambassador to the United Nations from 1967 until now. With his leaving the Kennedy Administration, it is a symbolic gesture of Liberalism's disowning of President Kennedy and his policies despite the passings of the Environmental Protection Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1969 earlier this year. Possible candidates for Roosevelt's replacement include Labor Secretary Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and Director of Central Intelligence Sargent Shriver. Another possible reason for Roosevelt's leaving the Kennedy Administration is that people believe he wants to run for Senate in 1970 against incumbent Ronald Reagan. However, Ambassador Roosevelt has declined to comment.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

From the desk of Chairman Robert Dole, December 3rd, 1969

Going into 1970, funds have been decided to be allocated to three key states that the Republican National Committee believes can go Republican in the mid-term elections. All three likely candidates have declared. Information on these three states is below.

    Ohio: Congressman Robert Taft Jr. has announced his candidacy and intends to win the Republican nomination for Senate
    Texas: Congressman George Bush has announced his candidacy and intends to win against Senator Ralph Yarborough. Texas Governor John Tower has declined Senate candidacy, so it is believe the Bush will be the nominee
    Michigan: Former Governor George Romney is still deciding, however, he leans very much for running for the Senate seat, and no other major candidate has expressed interest in running. This leads the committee to believe that Governor Romney will be the nominee.

Republicans are expected to make modest gains in the mid-term elections next year because of fatigue with Democratic policies. The committee is hoping that this fatigue will continue into next year.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The Year in Perspective
During the rough and rowdy year of 1969, many things happened. Politically, the spirit of upheaval and anarchy that existed for the past three years seemed to continue with filibusters, outcry, and a new strategy in Vietnam. Senator Ted Kenned of Massachusetts, called by some the "Playboy Senator", was hopsitalized last month because of a car accident where it is believed that he was under the influence. Both he and the woman in the car survived, though Senator Kennedy is facing probation and charges for drunk driving.

With the war in Vietnam, President John F Kennedy has proposed what soem call the "final solution" in Vietnam. This solution is Operation HANOI, which involves a full invasion of Northern Vietnam. So far, the Operation has received mixed success, though the Whitehouse and the Pentagon are optimistic.

In the cultural perpective, some would say that many things went horribly wrong. Singer and guitar player Bob Dylan, known for such songs as "Like a Rolling Stone" and "All Along the Watchtower", died in a motorcycle accident in April. Singer Jim Morrison of The Doors was arrested this March for "lewd behavior and indecent exposure" in Miami's Dinner Key Auditorium.

Robert Alen Zimmerman, who went by the name Bob Dylan; May 24, 1941-April 15th, 1969

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

December 5th, 1969
In the Oval Office, President Kennedy and his brother Bobby are alone, discussing who to replace UN Ambassador James Roosevelt with.
    Jack: It's obvious we need a qualified replacement fro Roosevelt. We need good international relations when dealing with this whoe situation in Vietnam.
    Bobby: I had my secretary draw up a list of possible picks.
(Bobby hands the list, which is on a single sheet of white paper, over to Jack)
   
List of possible replacements for Ambassador to the United Nations James Roosevelt:
    Director of Central Intelligence R Sargent Shriver
    Labor Secretary Lloyd Bentsen
    Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Daniel Patrick Moynihan
    Deputy Attorney General Gary Hart
    Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas
    Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas
    UnderSecretary of State Richard Perle
    Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine
    Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska
   
This is a list of names of people that have been seen as either qualified for, or willing to take the job of Ambassador to the United Nations. Other names on this list are seen as able to retie knots with other wings of the Democratic Party.
       

The President looks up from reading the list
    Jack: Hmmm....Who's this Gary Hart?
    Bobby: A lawyer that joined my department in 1966. He's a good man and I would trust him with the office.
    Jack: I don't think any of the major Liberals on this list, such as Yarborough or Muskie would be willing to accept.
    Bobby: I didn't either, but we need to reforge a connection to the Liberal wing of the party, otherwise, Sanford won't have the support he needs in 1972 to win the nomination.
    Jack: Senator Gravel definitely won't accept. He's too much of an ideologue.
    Bobby: What about Lloyd?
    Jack: Nah, he's too valuable in his current position.
    Bobby: Well, you have to make a decision, Jack.
    Jack: I'll talke to you tomorrow.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Comments, Questions, Critiques, Complaints, Compliments?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

December 5th, 1969
President Kennedy Announces Choice for UN Ambassador!
After four days of silence from the Whitehouse, President John F Kennedy has announced that he has made his choice for Ambassador to the United Nations. The choice, Deputy Attorney General Gary Hart, is unexpected. Gary Hart is a young attorney that was a legal adviser on President John F Kennedy's 1964 bid, and has served as Deputy Attorney General since 1967. People are wondering first and foremost, why Kennedy has made this choice. Other, seemingly more qualified picks, such as UnderSecretary of State Paul Wolfowitz, and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Daniel Patrick Moynihan, were dismissed. Kennedy's only respons came from his Attorney General and brother Robert F Kennedy, who has been Hart's boss since 1967. He said 'We in the administration have determined that it is now time for some fresh, clean blood representing us in the United Nations'. No other response has been forthcoming from the Whitehouse.

Deputy Attorney General Gary Hart, soon to be the new Ambassador to the United Nations

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I want to speed up this timeline, but at the same time, I want one of those epic TLs that span like 30 pages (some more). Right now, I'm not sure how to progress this to the 1970 mid-terms, which is right before candidates will begin gearing up for the election.

Are there any candidates that you would like to see?

Possible contenders for the Democratic nomination:
Sanford
Wallace
Liberal (McCarthy, McGovern, Gravel)

Possible contenders for the Republican nomination:
Hatfield
Reagan
Agnew
Rockefeller

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

January 4th, 1970
Actor Charlton Heston is Candidate for Governor of California!
In this time of doubt, California needs competent leadership. Not the shifty ways of our current Governor. Since taking office, Finch has passed extremely unbalanced budgets, raised taxes, not taken clear positions on both Civil Rights and gun control laws, and allowed racial riots to continue to burn portions of Los Angeles and San Francisco. As a Democrat, I promise to balance the busget, ensure complete racial equality, keep guns out of the hands of criminals, and to restore Law and Order to this great state!

-Actor Charlton Heston announcing his candidacy for the Governorship of California

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

January 6th, 1970
Kennedy Chooses EPA Director!
The Environment Protection Agency, which, according to the Environmentl Protection Act passed last year, is scheduled to open its doors on January 10th. After having consulted with advisers, Kennedy has chosen consumer activist and environmentalist Ralph Nader for the job. Nader has recently worked for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Daniel patrick Moynihan as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and worked on the drafting of the Environmental Protection Act.Some inside the Whitehouse seem to think that Kennedy's choice of Nader was a political decision in order to try to make peace with Liberal Democrats in the Senate, such as Frank Church of Idaho and George McGovern of South Dakota. However, Kennedy claims that Nader is qualified and that Nader deserved the position because of his hard work in drafting the act, along with a team of Congressmen and Congressional aides.

Future EPA Director Ralph Nader at a press conference earlier today

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

May 12th, 1970
In the Whitehouse, spirits are running high as Operation HANOI makes headway. The invasion of Northern Vietnam has only gone slightly worse than expected and the President's approval ratings stand at 56%.
    Jack: Bobby, what do you think our next move should be? We've ended the Civil Rights debate, we've created the EPA, and we should win in Vietnam by 1972.
    Bobby: There is one glaring point that we need to tackle, and that is the war on poverty. We need to find a permanent solution to out inner cities and create a path to a better life.
    Jack: How do your propose we do that?
    Bobby: Educational reform and a jobs program.
    Jack: It could be one of the hallmarks of what we've done. It sounds like a good idea. I want an appointment with Moynihan tomorrow. You should be there.

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

I am still enjoying this. Keep it coming!

As for candidates for 1972, I think you've covered most of the logical choices. Right now I see Sanford (as the VP and logical successor to Kennedy's legacy) and Reagan (as a vocal opponent of the Kennedy administration) as the frontrunners for their parties' nominations. Both candidates will certainly see challenges from the left, and the Dixiecrats will likely make an appearance as well.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I am still enjoying this. Keep it coming!

As for candidates for 1972, I think you've covered most of the logical choices. Right now I see Sanford (as the VP and logical successor to Kennedy's legacy) and Reagan (as a vocal opponent of the Kennedy administration) as the frontrunners for their parties' nominations. Both candidates will certainly see challenges from the left, and the Dixiecrats will likely make an appearance as well.

I'll come out with a full list when the primaries start, or before that. There'll be a couple favorite sons, as well as some minor candidates. Reagan isn't so much a vocal opponent of the Kennedy Administration, as an opponent of certain parts of it (EPA, sonn to be declared War on Poverty), and Kennedy as receiving the most grief from Liberal Democrats, as he seems to be for the most part governing from the center. Kennedy has yet to establish a true "legacy", having faced problems in his first term. However, he hopes to be the President who wins Vietnam, and be the President to declare War on Poverty.

Nixon might also try to make a re-appearance in 1972, depending on how well Kennedy fares for the next two years. If Finch survives his challenge from Charlton Heston, he'll be a candidate, but we shall see.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

May 19th, 1970
At a press conference, President Kennedy unveils what he hopes will be the hallmark of his second term and also win him back public support from Liberals.
    Kennedy: After having talked with my domestic advisers, including Secretaries McNamara, Moynihan, and Bentsen, a new piece of legislation will be introduced near the end of this month. After having been President of this great nation for over six years, it is time that I give back to all those that elected me with a sens of hope and optimism. The Great Society; which is a final solution to poverty just as the Civil Rights Act of 1969 was the final solution to segregation and Operation HANOI is the solution to the war in Vietnam; will be introduced to Congress within three weeks. It will include fully payed dental and health coverage as well as the creation of the Office of Economic Opportunity, which will work with the inner cities to show a way out of the vicious cycle of poverty.
    Reporter One: What will this add to the deficit, which Republicans in Congress claim is spiraling out of control?
    Kennedy: As I answer your questions, aides and Congressmen alike are working to make this deficit neutral. This will entail the curbing of waste in several departments as well as imposition of new taxes on the top 5% income earners in the country.
    Reporter Two: How will you respond to such Conservatives as Senator Reagan and Goldwater who will most likely claim that this leads us on to the route of socialism and communism?
    Kennedy: Is it socialist to provide a road out of poverty? Is it in the style of our enemies to have a compassionate and caring government? Is it socialistic to provide opportunity and education to out inner cities? I think not. These claims which will doubtlessly come forth are naught but lies and desperate fear mongering. From this moment forth, my Administration, with the full power of the Whitehouse has declared War on Poverty!

President Kennedy declaring War on Poverty

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Oh, by the way for you fans of the Kennedys, the sixties/seventies, and the Cold War, if I don't put in an update soon about the Space Race and/or the Moon Landing, remind me. I've always found the sixties-seventies-eighties era of politics very interesting and I wouldn't want to leave out important parts (stagflation, detente, growing terrorism, hostage crisises).

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

May 20th, 1970
Using the radio, his original form of communication, Senator Reagan embarks on what some see as a crusade as he attempts to destroy public support for Kennedy's Great Society.
    Reagan:...And I tell you listeners, that the only possible result of all of this can be socialism. That is the unequivocal end result. With this, President Kennedy does not attempt to ease the pain of the poor. No, he intends to reach government's greedy hand even more into your lives than he already has, by deciding what doctors, what medical coverage, you should have. And in order to pay for this massive beauracracy that Kennedy wants to use to do all this, he will require money. The way for the government to get money is, you guessed it, taxes. He can not get the money for this only from the rich. Once they are drained, who next is there to take money from? The Middle Class. And after that, he will tax the poor until there is nothing left to tax in order to fund this Holy War of his. When all is said and done, our economy will be in ruins, our lives under complete control by the government, and we will no longer live in the America we love.

Senator Ronald Reagan on the air, campaigning against the Kennedy Administration

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

May 23rd, 1970
As Conservative begin mobilizing against pieces of legislation, called the Great Society, which are soon to be introduced to Congress, another, older and now less upblic face rises to oppose the Kennedy Administration...For the first time using television to his advantage, former President Richard Nixon becomes one of the many voices united in opposition to President Kennedy...
    Nixon: This path that President Kennedy attempts to lead us down is down right foolish. It is constructed of the grandest Liberal fantasies, compiled into a financial monster that will take approximately one tenth of the entire United States budget to fund. Not only this, it will lead to beuracracy, massive government outreach, and will lead urban communities into complete dependence on the Federal Government. I can not and will not stand while this continues and President Kennedy sells our nation down the stream and into bankruptcy. Yes, I believe the government can provide healthcare, and yes I believe that we can work together to provide better quality of life for all. However, this is nowhere near how to do it, and is an outrage to all those proponents of limited government and fiscal responsibility, myself and former President Eisenhower included.

Former President Nixon re-appears from retirement in order to oppose President John F Kennedy, who is among his greatest political enemies.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

May 27th, 1970
Despite Conservative backlash against the Great Society programs, which are to be introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) on the 28th, the President receives some support, with Liberals such as Vice-President Sanford (D-NC), Senator George McGovern (D-SD), and Senator Hubert H Humphrey (D-MN) supporting him. Another vocal supporter of Kennedy is actor and gubernatorial candidate Charlton Heston (D-CA)...
    Heston: Finally, the President has shown his ability to lead on certain issues, which my opponent, Governor Finch has not. Finally, we see a man willing to take up the reigns of leadership and make footsteps, which my future opponent Governor Finch has not. It is because of the greatness of men like President Kennedy that I am running for Governor of California.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

May 28th, 1970
Martin Luther King Jr. Endorses the Great Society!
As the first piece of legislation that President Kennedy hopes will make up the Great Society as he envisions it, the Economic Opportunity Act, was introduced earlier today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., famed Civil Rights Activist met with President Kennedy at the Whitehouse. Later this afternoon the two met on the same stage, where King endorsed the Great Society calling it 'a great step towards the rescue of our inner cities'.

Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. greeting supporters before he announces his support for President Kennedy's Great Society

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

June 17th, 1970
The Economic Opportunity Act Passes!
Today in the Senate, the Aconomic Opportunity Act, introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), and the first piece of President John F Kennedy's Great Socirty, passed the Senate, after nearly a week before having been passed in the House of Representatives. The margin was a surprising 61-39, given that the balance of the Senate in 59-41. Among the  Republican defectors are Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon, Senator Jacob Javitts of New York, Senator George Aiken of Vermont, and Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts. Democrats who refused voting for the bill wre led by Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. While Conservative attempted to filibuster the act, it passed easily.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

June 18th, 1970
Conservatives Unite Against Kennedy!
Conservative, both in and out of Congress have been working non-stop since yesterday's passing of the Economic Opportunity Act to build a working coalition in Congress to stop President Kennedy's further plans. The coalition, according to plans leaked from RNC Chairman Edwin Meese's office, include Southern Democrats, Western Conservatives. However, this is not enough to stop Kennedy and according to the plans, Conservatives hope to drag North-Eastern Republicans into the folds to work to stop Kennedy decisively. House Minority Leader Gerald R Ford has been working with Conservatives and Moderates alike to stop Kennedy since yesterday's Democratic success. Conservatives working outside of Congress include writer William F Buckley, Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt, and former Presidenc Richard M Nixon.

[Niemeyerite]

Don't give up, Mr. Kennedy

[feeblepizza]

Hoping someone like Reagan will win in 72