re: #369 HappyWarrior

I see Nixon’s legacy and think of Neil Young- Even Richard Nixon’s got soul. Complicated man who I really think had potential to be a very good president. LBJ fascinates me too because of his sheer brilliance in understanding politics.

1960 was very much a turning point in our history. If Nixon wins, he probably does a lot of the same things, but doesn’t develop the resentment/paranoia that the 1960 and 1962 losses generated, so there’s likely no Watergate situation. He probably supports the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act (he was at least partly responsible for shepherding the Civil Rights Act of 1957). Goldwater doesn’t run in ‘64, which means the rise of the conservative movement doesn’t get its creation myth. JFK probably doesn’t run in ‘64 but does run in ‘68. The Vietnam War likely goes very differently, as does the Bay of Pigs, I would think.

It’s what the Doctor might call a fixed point in time.