Talk:Winter of Our Discontent

A shame this didn't take. It was one of the most intelligent premises on the market for a while there, and if nothing else, it's not yet another WWII story. Also, it surely would have provided us with opportunities to write new historical figure articles and to bone up some that are anemic. The former group would have yielded Gerald Ford: both as a member of the Warren Commission, which would no doubt be convened for rather different purposes this time, and as the leader of the opposition party's caucus in the body which does presidenial impeachments. There must have been some Democrats ready to support Kennedy to the bitter end, so it's hard to imagine articles of impeachment getting through the House without Ford being involved in some horse-trading with leading anti-Kennedy Democrats.

Then there's also a chance we'd get Bush the Elder and come even closer to the goal of an all-blue Presidential succession box. Past that, the sky's the limit: Dean Rusk? Robert MacNamara? Certainly. Ted Kennedy? Adlai Stevenson? Undoubtedly. Eleanor Roosevelt? Frank Sinatra? Strong possibilities. Ho Chi Minh? Ngo Dinh Diem? Bak Jeong-Hwee? David Ben-Gurion? Allen Dulles? Che Guevera? Raul Castro? Pepe San Roman? Gamal Abdel Nasser? Francois Duvalier? Meyer Lansky et al? The possibilities are endless. Turtle Fan 04:19, September 21, 2010 (UTC)