richard nixon

I just learned that Agnew wasn't his first choice. He specifically chose Agnew because he was a moderate that could unite both the north and the south. He originally wanted to pick a southern candidate as he wanted them to be represented. But for some reason he couldn't find anyone suitable. He...

I don’t know where I would find this so sorry I don’t have a good source for the event. But according (some guy) during his time in Korea with the US military. South Korean I Corps commander had had enough of the provocation and prepared to march north. Without telling anybody. As you know...

POD: The guy Nixon hires to bug the 1972 DNC is slightly more ocmpetent and doesn't get caught. Nixon gets reelected without any looming scandal, is able to continue being POTUS without "watergate" becoming a household name. Yeah, the story gradually leaks out in the 90s and 2000s but Nixon...

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. - Richard Nixon. If there is ever a man who can claim the title of the one I am so endlessly fascinated by, it is Richard Nixon. The boy from Yorba Linda, the snappy...

As it says in the title; who would be likely nominees for the Supreme Court in the case where Hubert Humphrey defeated Richard Nixon in 1968? Right off the bat he would be naming Earl Warren’s successor as Chief Justice; either elevating a sitting Justice, or nominating a new Chief Justice...

Riders On The Storm - A Romney Timeline For the sake of prefacing, I will state the following. Firstly, this is not a timeline where I will interject my own beliefs. I will not be attempting to whitewash Romney as some wholesome liberal who will usher in a better world, nor will I use it to...

What if the Republican Party had become the bastion of liberal, center-left values, while the Democrats took on a conservative, populist center-right to right-wing ideology?

the air around us vibrates, starting slowly, eventually getting fast and faster a crack in the meta verse opens up and bright blinding light flashes in its place THUNDER! those watching are too stunned to speak as laughter emits from the crack, louder and louder [for reference, it is akin to...

Robert F. Kennedy's career trajectory, in a world where he was never assassinated, has long been the subject of speculation and debate by diehard Kennedy supporters and alternate history fans alike. Much has been written about the plausibility of Kennedy becoming POTUS, be it after a miraculous...

(I've been considering this TL for a while so I'm testing the waters with something of a prologue.) Richard Milhouse Nixon had done it. After eight years of loyal service as Vice president to president Dwight Eisenhower, he had been declared the Republican candidate in the 1960 election. With...

One idea i'm seriously considering is a "Nixon wins in 1960" thread. As i'm not particularly well informed of his connections at this point in his career, i thought i'd ask around. Who do you see Nixon placing in his administration if he managed to defeat JFK? You may explain your suggestions as...

This topic has gotten some attention on the boards, but most of the comments were along the lines of "People trust government more" and called it a day. I'm hoping to begin a more earnest discussion based on a few central questions. Point of Divergence: IOTL, the Watergate burglary was foiled...

NIXON SABOTAGE? White House Officials Release Information on a Potential Sabotage of the Paris Peace Talks by the Nixon Campaign "Humphrey. You gotta listen here. This could be your key to victory. Come on." "I am trying to win this through honorable means. Not through petty attacks. Plus, I...

We Want Hubert! An alternate timeline by Allegheny Aspy Hubert Horatio Humphrey, an orator, leader, and politician, described by both friend or foe as one of the greatest politicians of the twentieth century. His politics were that of principle, and issues were of utmost importance. The man...

I've just had an exhausting conversation with someone who seemed annoyingly convinced Nixon losing re-election was impossible and I'd like some help in proving him wrong. What scenarios could have prevented Nixon from getting a second term.

"RFK announces presidential candidacy" - Headline of the Washington Post, 11th December 1967 "Kennedy is plausible. He's not a Johnson or Humphrey, he's not tied to that [Johnson's] administration, the American people will rally around him, he is the one of the few men in this campaign to lead...

Before the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, before the Every Vote Counts Amendment, and before the all too infamous 2001 Presidential election, there was the Bayh-Celler Amendment of 1969. The Bayh-Celler Amendment was probably the closest point in US history where the Electoral College...

Jeff Greenfield wrote a great book about some potential alternate histories and one was about if in 1960 a few weeks after winning the presidency Richard Pavlick who in real life almost killed president-elect Kennedy in a suicide bombing actually decided to go through with it and succeed. But...

https://www.time.com/3578546/george-w-bush-tricia-nixon-date/%3famp=true I was reading the article above, and I wondered about the possibility of George W. Bush possibility making a better impression with Richard Nixon’s daughter, Tricia, on their first (and only) date. Say they end up married...

Part 1 : Victory It was November 8, 1960. Richard Milhous "Dick" Nixon is somewhere in Mexico with a pal of his getting drinks. This was the most unusual of reactions, but he was the most unusual of men. He built his career on hunting commies - and unlike the nut McCarthy, he actually did. He...