Recent content by Orrin_Knox

One country with rather useless allies in Europe up against the other great European powers ... Germany did amazingly well IMO. If not for the entrance of the United States into WW1, Germany might have forced a negotiated peace (which in retrospect would have been far better for all concerned...

Democratic National Convention, August 24-27, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City From the Making of the President, 1964, by Theodore H. White The decision to hold the convention in Atlantic City remains hard to understand even now, and may remain a mystery to whatever future historians care...

Republican National Convention, July 13-16, Cow Palace, San Francisco Senator Barry Goldwater, GOP nominee for President Goldwater Speech to RNC, 1964 “…Our program has been attacked by Democrats as “extremism.” But what is “extremist” about standing for liberty? What is extremist about...

The Republican Primaries (note: I had something a bit more detailed but it somehow it was not saved on my document). Where the hell am I going to find 350 delegates now?? Lodge managed to win the New Hampshire primary, with Goldwater second and Rockefeller third. This forced...

I'll take that into consideration. :)

The 1964 Primaries, Part 2 Henry Cabot Lodge had very nearly been elected Vice President in 1960, but had since decamped to Saigon, of all places, where he served as America’s Ambassador to South Vietnam. He had had nothing to do with the coup that toppled Diem, which spoke well enough of...

Thanks for your response ...makes enough sense for an AH timeline. I should have read the beginning more carefully. :o

I must be the only person in the world who liked IDS.

I think Blair was pretty much despised by the time he left though. His chance of a fourth successful election would be similar or less than Margaret Thatcher's.

I like the idea of brother-against-brother (and heck it has happened, look at the Millibands over in Britain). But a major concern I have with this TL is the idea that Jeb would have governed as a moderate had he won in 1994. He ran as a hard right conservative then. And while he sounded less...

President Kennedy shares his vision for 1964. January 8, 1964: State of the Union Speech President Kennedy outlines his program for the coming year. He calls for establishment of Medicare, the Civil Rights Act, support for the “free people of South Vietnam,” and “continuing...

President’s Private Dining Room: December 14, 1963: JFK: Lyndon, I always appreciate these times we can just talk one on one LBJ: Or “mano a mano” as we say in Texas. JFK: Speaking of Texas, I don’t know that I, ah, properly thanked you for picking up the slack when I, ah, had to leave...

The Oval Office, December 10, 1963: The President and Attorney General met for one of their frequent discussions about political strategy. RFK: “Jack, it’s good to see you on your feet again. That was a hell of a thing that happened in Dallas. Must have felt terrible.” JFK...

Looking forward to it!

No more Balls in British politics