1960 Uber-Convention/Primary

[jpj1421]

HHH/Johnson

[Dr. Cynic]

HHH\Kennedy.

You kill Humphrey off and I'll stop following

I don't believe you'd do that, Cath, because it would just be too convenient. But just in case....

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Don't say I didn't warn you if Humphrey dies.

[LastVoter]

HHH

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Symington/Morse

Symington refused to speak in front of segregated audiences throughout his career and he was from Missouri.  Morse voted against the Gulf of Tokin Resolution.  Both men of great principle

[Goldwater]

It pains me to vote against Goldwater, but... Four more years!

[Lumine]

Eisenhower/Nixon!

[OAM]

Eisenhower/Nixon!

There's no reason to drop Smith, especially when she ran in 1964.

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

Symington/Morse

Symington refused to speak in front of segregated audiences throughout his career and he was from Missouri.  Morse voted against the Gulf of Tokin Resolution.  Both men of great principle

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Goldwater/Underwood!

[Maxwell]

Eisenhower/Smith. We can't drop a great VP!

[Lumine]

Eisenhower/Nixon!

There's no reason to drop Smith, especially when she ran in 1964.

I actually believe that Margaret Chase Smith would be a great President, but somehow I have a soft spot for Nixon, despite his heavy personal flaws.

[Goldwater]

BTW, in case I didn't make it clear I want to keep Smith as VP.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Okay folks, you have asked questions, and now you shall receive answers.

On the subject of assassinations and/or presidential deaths: It is entirely dependent on surrounding circumstances. Were Lincoln to have presided over the Civil War, then yes, he would have been shot. However, he wasn't. McKinley's death wasn't the result of his policies as president, but due to the mere fact that he was president. FDR in this timeline had only three presidential terms, and didn't have a depression to tax him moreso. He was sickly for the majority of his final term, but FDR didn't die in office. In the case of whoever wins the 1960 presidential election, look at the circumstances and noted issues of the time of JFK's killing, etc. and determine whether this timeline's victor too will die.

On the subject of the Socialist Party: Daniel Hoan and other future "Sewer Socialists" negotiated the folding of the Party into the Democrats. They now comprise the Democrats' left wing.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Well, that's not much good of an answer, is it?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Well, that's not much good of an answer, is it?

Does the fact that Cuba still happened provide a hint?

[LastVoter]

Okay folks, you have asked questions, and now you shall receive answers.

On the subject of assassinations and/or presidential deaths: It is entirely dependent on surrounding circumstances. Were Lincoln to have presided over the Civil War, then yes, he would have been shot. However, he wasn't. McKinley's death wasn't the result of his policies as president, but due to the mere fact that he was president. FDR in this timeline had only three presidential terms, and didn't have a depression to tax him moreso. He was sickly for the majority of his final term, but FDR didn't die in office. In the case of whoever wins the 1960 presidential election, look at the circumstances and noted issues of the time of JFK's killing, etc. and determine whether this timeline's victor too will die.

On the subject of the Socialist Party: Daniel Hoan and other future "Sewer Socialists" negotiated the folding of the Party into the Democrats. They now comprise the Democrats' left wing.

So what about Socialist Labor and more radical parts of the party? Are they going to merge into one party and run a candidate?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Well, that's not much good of an answer, is it?

Does the fact that Cuba still happened provide a hint?

Indeed it does. Humphrey for Vice-President!

[OAM]

Well, that's not much good of an answer, is it?

Does the fact that Cuba still happened provide a hint?

Which type of Cuba theorist are you?  I know several involving Cuba.

(Personally I'll agree to several being plausible enough for the purposes of conjecture as well)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Well, that's not much good of an answer, is it?

Does the fact that Cuba still happened provide a hint?

Which type of Cuba theorist are you?  I know several involving Cuba.

(Personally I'll agree to several being plausible enough for the purposes of conjecture as well)

I actually have no idea how much Cuba has or doesn't have to do with JFK's assassination. However, several of the same things are in place: the Cold War, Castro in Cuba, etc.

[OAM]

Well, that's not much good of an answer, is it?

Does the fact that Cuba still happened provide a hint?

Which type of Cuba theorist are you?  I know several involving Cuba.

(Personally I'll agree to several being plausible enough for the purposes of conjecture as well)

I actually have no idea how much Cuba has or doesn't have to do with JFK's assassination. However, several of the same things are in place: the Cold War, Castro in Cuba, etc.

The professor I have for the History of the Vietnam War has something of a hobby of relating to us every single theory he's heard about JFK's assassination.  Most are merely amusing, but some do make you wonder...  They're good enough for TL purposes IMO most of the time.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Well, that's not much good of an answer, is it?

Does the fact that Cuba still happened provide a hint?

Which type of Cuba theorist are you?  I know several involving Cuba.

(Personally I'll agree to several being plausible enough for the purposes of conjecture as well)

I actually have no idea how much Cuba has or doesn't have to do with JFK's assassination. However, several of the same things are in place: the Cold War, Castro in Cuba, etc.

The professor I have for the History of the Vietnam War has something of a hobby of relating to us every single theory he's heard about JFK's assassination.  Most are merely amusing, but some do make you wonder...  They're good enough for TL purposes IMO most of the time.

Well, if Cuba still happens, that gives Oswald more of a motive to kill the president, whomever he may be. That's why we all need to nominate HHH for VP instead of Prez.

[OAM]

Personally I think Oswald was just crazy, but we'll never know for sure

[Napoleon]

JFK/HHH if that means anything.

[Antonio the Sixth]

HHH!!!

So glad we'll get a 2-way matchup finally!