marktaha
Banned
Jackson died in 1983. I regard him.as perhaps the best President the.US never had.Man, if Jackson's nomination gets through that's going to be a hell of an issue for the future of the party. Let's assume that Humphrey dies in 1978 or thereabouts as per OTL. Jackson either loses the election afterwards or he survives long enough to die before he complete a full term. I admit my dislike of the man and some of the....questionable decisions he made may colour this but I have to imagine Humphrey's pain and medication is combining to make some really dumb decisions.
Actually a mild question from an outsider to American politics, and forgive me if I'm stepping on any problems here. I understand a lot of the reaction here is situational, a result of a deep distrust of the system as it stands starting with the failure of the Vietnam War then the Watergate scandal then Nixon's pardon and now at last to here. So I understand that a lot of the ethics of Humphrey not being as thorough in disclosing his health issues are being heightened by....well, the seventies being the seventies. Barring obvious concerns about age, was there as much scandal as when Eisenhower had issues with his heart and his health in 1956 ? I ask because Humphrey saying he'll follow the doctors advice reminded me of that story that the specialist who diagnosed Eisenhower insisting that a second term was vital to the health of the General. Was it wildly known that he'd suffered ill health or did that come about after the fact?
It's interesting to think this through. I don't know. I don't know at all.
Ahhhhhh fucking chills. The idea of it being Carter who ends up in the Kennedy spot is a delightful twist!
And here we go. Humphrey's on his way out and, well, President Jackson, eh? A Jackson vs Carter all out brawl, what a thing to behold.