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You can’t just write an epic story then not finish it when it’s probably in the climax...

He can do whatever he wants. Although this was awesome.

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I didn't want to abandon this after all as I have an imaginary list of presidents in my mind up to the present day, so I have a suggestion: I'll continue this after the smaller TL suggested here.

Sounds good. Take your time.

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I'm going to have to re-read this.

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List of Presidents:
36. Lyndon B. Johnson (Until January 20, 1973)
37. Nelson Rockefeller (January 20, 1973-May 17, 1979)
38. Gerald Ford (May 17, 1979-Present)

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Hopefully Reagan pulls it off.

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This has me on the edge of my seat.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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Percy 1984 theflyingmongoose Senior Member ★★★★ Posts: 2,620

Grade President Brown’s Presidency so far « on: October 1, 1981 8:49:10 pm » I agree with NSR that Brown's presidency has been a let down. His domestic policy has been pretty bad and flip-floppy. The whole ATC/FAA debacle was the biggest part, but maybe my dislike of labor unions is getting in the way (though I don't see how $5,000 more on between $20,000 and $30,000 isn't enough). Foreign policy has been worse, as we've been bowing to the Soviets. We need to elect a moderate anti-tax elitist in 1984 at this point.

ERM64man ERM64man YaBB God ★★★★★ Posts: 18,620

Grade President Brown’s Presidency so far « on: October 1, 1981 8:50:19 pm » This will lead to a Republican pickup of at least 100 seats in 1982 in the House. Reagan will then appoint Bork to SCOTUS and it will eventually vote 9-0 to repeal the Civil Rights Act!

MR RONALD RAYGUN olawakandi Atlas Institution ★★★★★ Posts: 549,204

Grade President Brown’s Presidency so far « on: October 1, 1981 8:52:37 pm » lol ERM s dooming. Dems under MR JERRYALD BROWN will win, its 600 days until election, still time for SECULAR WAVE  🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊

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Really enjoying this, including the Brown administration so far. Between the economic plan, getting the first female SCOTUS approved, and a stronger focus on events at home, I look forward to see how the 80's evolve, and see what a liberal 1980s would've looked like. Dare I dream - universal healthcare? Maybe the early investment in infrastructure will prevent the early urban collapse in OTL, and encourage high speed rail, and earlier urban renewal? Maybe an earlier tech boom? Maybe free trade agreements, like an earlier NAFTA?

In OTL, the Canada-US free trade agreement was in 1988, which became NAFTA in 1994. I don't know much about 1980s economics, but outsourcing was already become prevalent by the 1980s OTL. The repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act would certainly play into that. The 1980s were also when China was starting to institute some reforms after they started opening up in 1979 (although those reforms came to a halt in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre).

Interestingly, without having Reagan in office, the US wouldn't have likely signed the 1985 Plaza Accord - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Accord - in that, the US dollar was weakened so it could be more competitive with the French franc, German marc, and the Japanese yen - this agreement caused a sugar rush to the Japanese economy, which then led to the lost decade of the 1990s. Without that, the US dollar likely remains strong throughout the decade, especially if more companies stay in the US. Japan stays competitive as a manufacturing hub (possibly to the detriment of China).

Also, assuming nothing has changed from OTL, then Portugal and Spain have transitioned to democracy by this point. We'll see how the butterflies of this timeline have affected Europe, the Cold War, the state of communism, all that fun stuff. Looking forward to it all!

NAFTA without Mexico would give Free Trade a much better rep, and give us room for the TPP later on.

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More space action is good.

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Justice Robert Kennedy? That would be interesting. He'd already be 58 in 1983 though.

Would also be an interesting plot twist if 1984 ends up as Brown vs. Ford.

I'm hoping RBG a decade early.

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Wait did the ERA pass here?

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Ford 1979-1981, Brown 1981-1985, and Ford 1985-1989 seems inevitable.

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Ford 1979-1981, Brown 1981-1985, and Ford 1985-1989 seems inevitable.

He'd actually be eligible for another term in 1988 then, since he ascended to the presidency in May 1979 here, so after more than half of Rocky's second term has passed.

Yes but he'd also be 75 and he was never the Nixonian type who really, really wanted the job.