JFK Lives

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

John F. Kennedy Jr.? Cool, it's only fitting that he see the White House in this timeline. What are John F. Kennedy Jr.'s politics? IIRC he was a DLC Clintonesque Democrat OTL, but does this hold true for this TL?

Wouldn't JFK Sr. most likely be dead at this point though, due to his Addison's disease? And what is Bobby Kennedy doing ITTL?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Just thinking... would they be happy with electing JFK Jr at a few weeks shy of 40?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Just thinking... would they be happy with electing JFK Jr at a few weeks shy of 40?

Age was a pretty big issue, but Kennedy had been Governor of Massachusetts for 8 years and had been quite competent, and so that deflated the issue.  Plus, the Kennedy name has a lot of mystique, and so voters were more inclined to trust JFK Jr. than they otherwise would.

John F. Kennedy Jr.? Cool, it's only fitting that he see the White House in this timeline. What are John F. Kennedy Jr.'s politics? IIRC he was a DLC Clintonesque Democrat OTL, but does this hold true for this TL?

JFK Jr. is a pretty standard liberal, closer to Ted than Jack.  Breaux, though, is a DLC Democrat, so that will have some influence.

Wouldn't JFK Sr. most likely be dead at this point though, due to his Addison's disease? And what is Bobby Kennedy doing ITTL?

Nah, JFK is alive and well; Bobby died of a heart attack in 1994, though.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Additionally, would the Kennedy name have had the mystique had JFK not been assassinated?

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

Bobby died of a heart attack in 1994, though.

How did Robert Kennedy Jr. turn out? Did he still get in trouble for heroin, or was his father able to rein him in?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Additionally, would the Kennedy name have had the mystique had JFK not been assassinated?

Not the same type of mystique.  Rather, there's the association with a successful President.

[Psychic Octopus]

What about Caroline? Is the elder sister a prominent figure in the family? And I take it that Jack is the "clan" leader, being the eldest Kennedy. Does this mean that there is no divide, as there was in real life? Does Jack have any additional children?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

What about Caroline? Is the elder sister a prominent figure in the family? And I take it that Jack is the "clan" leader, being the eldest Kennedy. Does this mean that there is no divide, as there was in real life? Does Jack have any additional children?

Carolina isn't that prominent; she teaches law at Boston College.  The Kennedy Family is a very united group, which was seen at the 2000 DNC; Jack didn't have any additional children, since Jackie died in a plane crash in 1972.

[Psychic Octopus]

What about Caroline? Is the elder sister a prominent figure in the family? And I take it that Jack is the "clan" leader, being the eldest Kennedy. Does this mean that there is no divide, as there was in real life? Does Jack have any additional children?

Carolina isn't that prominent; she teaches law at Boston College.  The Kennedy Family is a very united group, which was seen at the 2000 DNC; Jack didn't have any additional children, since Jackie died in a plane crash in 1972.

Very well. What was JFK Junior's alma matter?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Very well. What was JFK Junior's alma matter?

University of Virginia Class of 1982, Duke University Law Class of 1985.

[Psychic Octopus]

Very well. What was JFK Junior's alma matter?

University of Virginia Class of 1982, Duke University Law Class of 1985.

Interesting. He kept his individual flair as in real life, without going to Harvard, which would have been orthodox.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Interesting. He kept his individual flair as in real life, without going to Harvard, which would have been orthodox.

He would have gone, but thought it was inappropriate since his father was teaching there, so he went to UVA and the Duke.

[Psychic Octopus]

Interesting. He kept his individual flair as in real life, without going to Harvard, which would have been orthodox.

He would have gone, but thought it was inappropriate since his father was teaching there, so he went to UVA and the Duke.

Ah yes, forgot. UVA like his uncles, and then Duke. Is he married to Carolyn Bessette, or did you mention that it was someone else?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Ah yes, forgot. UVA like his uncles, and then Duke. Is he married to Carolyn Bessette, or did you mention that it was someone else?

Neither.  JFK Jr. married Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1986, at the Kennedy Compound.  They have three children, JFK III (b. May 1, 1988), Michael (b. January 4, 1992), and Elaine (b. November 2, 1999).

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Just FWIW....

I saw people who knew JFK Jr say that he was a social-liberal and economic moderate, and not really as much of a social-democrat as Uncle Teddy was.

[Psychic Octopus]

Ah yes, forgot. UVA like his uncles, and then Duke. Is he married to Carolyn Bessette, or did you mention that it was someone else?

Neither.  JFK Jr. married Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1986, at the Kennedy Compound.  They have three children, JFK III (b. May 1, 1988), Michael (b. January 4, 1992), and Elaine (b. November 2, 1999).

That's awesome. I will be missing Elaine on Seinfeld, though. I hope JFK III embarks on a political career like his father and grandfather.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Julia actually was on Seinfeld, and the episode where she meets JFK Jr. still happened   Also, JFK III is planning a career in politics - he was school president at his local elementary school in Boston.

[hawkeye59]

BUMP. Ben, when are you going to update?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

BUMP. Ben, when are you going to update?

Some point in the distant future.

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

BUMP. Ben, when are you going to update?

Some point in the distant future.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I simply don't have the time to put out a good update; sorry

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

I simply don't have the time to put out a good update; sorry

I understand. But it doesn't change the fact that I am .

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I simply don't have the time to put out a good update; sorry

I understand. But it doesn't change the fact that I am .

Me too, considering that it's one of my top favorite TLs.

[Nichlemn]

The story is good, but the Congressional elections irk me. Even popular Presidents rarely achieve large midterm gains for their own party (see Calvin Coolidge in 1926).

[hawkeye59]

BUMP. Ben, when are you going to update?