To be fair, the Socialists were going through a scandal ITTL and the current president of France ITTL flip-flopped (Le Pen did only win by a 2.5-percent margin); Le Pen is going to have a bullseye on his back ITTL...
Kentucky Fried Politics: A Colonel Sanders Timeline
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To be fair, the Socialists were going through a scandal ITTL and the current president of France ITTL flip-flopped (Le Pen did only win by a 2.5-percent margin); Le Pen is going to have a bullseye on his back ITTL...
Even thought a scandal and with doing a flip-flop the fact that Le Pen got 51% is impossible.
The dude was controversial as fuck for most of his career and only got into the second round OTL because the left was split and then got destroyed by a hugely unpopular president who had faced one of the strongest manifestations in france history.
And his daughter despite having a minister of the most unpopular president's in france history facing her only got 35% of the voters.
Good update, @gap80.
On a side note, your mentions of the Dayton Daily News is good--my mother and her family lived in Dayton when she was growing up (my grandfather--true story--worked for the city of Dayton and one of the people he hired to do a job was an aspiring actor who passed it up to do the play The Subject Was Roses. And who was this actor? Ramon Estevez, aka Martin Sheen, who was also from Dayton (he was on a Dayton TV program called The Rising Generation)). BTW, as I have mentioned, my mom was a Democrat IOTL and would be calling for Denton's resignation ITTL; she hated Reagan and would hate Denton even more, methinks...
With regards to Janice Fine, if she should get a call from Poughkeepsie, New York in the winter of 1987 from a family named Brawley ITTL...look into it and then politely turn it down (trust me, there's going to be some sort of false accusation/hoax ITTL with the ArkWave and Lukens scandals)...
And I see as Perot's successor for governor a certain San Antonio politician who I hope still became mayor ITTL--Henry Cisneros (the ArkWave scandals probably butterfly away his affair, IMO, as he'd likely be more careful about such matters ITTL).
Talk about a Humiliation Conga for Denton--and well-deserved, too; somewhere, Mike Gravel is going "Why couldn't this have come out BEFORE the election?"
Felt having his own Deep Throat to bring down Denton is so very ironic ITTL, given who Deep Throat was IOTL; I see Robert Mueller is always involved in investigating presidents in any TL...
At this point, the Democrats don't have to do anything to win the 1986 elections--it's not just going to be a wave election, it'll be a megatsunami election...
On a side note, your mentions of the Dayton Daily News is good--my mother and her family lived in Dayton when she was growing up (my grandfather--true story--worked for the city of Dayton and one of the people he hired to do a job was an aspiring actor who passed it up to do the play The Subject Was Roses. And who was this actor? Ramon Estevez, aka Martin Sheen, who was also from Dayton (he was on a Dayton TV program called The Rising Generation)). BTW, as I have mentioned, my mom was a Democrat IOTL and would be calling for Denton's resignation ITTL; she hated Reagan and would hate Denton even more, methinks...
With regards to Janice Fine, if she should get a call from Poughkeepsie, New York in the winter of 1987 from a family named Brawley ITTL...look into it and then politely turn it down (trust me, there's going to be some sort of false accusation/hoax ITTL with the ArkWave and Lukens scandals)...
And I see as Perot's successor for governor a certain San Antonio politician who I hope still became mayor ITTL--Henry Cisneros (the ArkWave scandals probably butterfly away his affair, IMO, as he'd likely be more careful about such matters ITTL).
Talk about a Humiliation Conga for Denton--and well-deserved, too; somewhere, Mike Gravel is going "Why couldn't this have come out BEFORE the election?"
Felt having his own Deep Throat to bring down Denton is so very ironic ITTL, given who Deep Throat was IOTL; I see Robert Mueller is always involved in investigating presidents in any TL...
At this point, the Democrats don't have to do anything to win the 1986 elections--it's not just going to be a wave election, it'll be a megatsunami election...
In my defense:
His candidacy was helped by backlash to 18 years of socialist Presidents, rising taxes, the incumbent's scandals, and an economic slump.
I failed to specify how the election saw a significant drop in voter turnout, as many voters sat the election out rather than vote for the unpopular Mouroy as Mouroy failed to win over bitter Chaban-Delmas supporters.
I never specifically stated that his platform was identical to those of OTL; given how his party has risen in prominence (I previously mentioned the NF making gradual gains in parliament since the 1970s in several previous posts), he's likely masked his most awful/controversial thoughts in order to be more appealing to disgruntled anti-tax/anti-socialist voters.
The POD of 1932 is now 54 years in the past, making for many butterflies/ripple effects.
With all this in mind, is his election really so impossible to imagine?
Exactly. Le Pen taps into a disregarded base of conservatives and populists of France, and is helped by undecided voters that oppose Mouroy, some of which even vote for Le Pen just to spite Mouroy. Naturally, Le Pen's ideas are going to be challenged every step of the way...
Possibly; we shall see.
Also: here’s some fake audio I found that someone made of Colonel Sanders talking to Walter Cronkite:
E.T.A. for the next chapter: absolutely no later than Saturday the 15th, before midnight EST at the very latest
1) I was going for trying to make the TL interesting
2) This is an alternate history timeline, not OTL, and the TL is not even at the 2010s yet, it's still in the 1980s.
3) Not necessarily. Sitting out an election in protest of the options is a thing that can happen, y'know.
4) Because Le Pen defeated Chaban-Delmas for second place in an upset. Did you miss that part of the post?
1) Thanks!
2) Definitely, but not with Brawley (since, as she was born in 1971 IOTL and this TL's POD is 1932, I wonder if Tawana was even born in TTL...)
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That mean a significant change to a person. Because Le Pen didn't masked his most awful/controversial thoughts at any moment. I mean, it's your TL but you deciding to take Le Pen seem to be the cliched way to make France the bad guy, and to give it the cliched French elect Far-Right candidate.
The way the Fifth republic is done make it nearly impossible for far-right candidate to be elected as people vote for their opponent each time. The FN had to exclude their former leader and to moderate themselves a lot (and having Hollande as president) to get where they are currently OTL.
Undecided voters ultimately tend to vote for the candidate they hate less and Le Pen is someone that is very hated by a lot of peoples as shown by Chirac reelection in 2002. And if Mouroy is so hated why he is still a candidate and why did he got on the second round ? Which him being unpopular why isn't the opposition, Chaban-Delmas, on it against Le Pen ?
All your justification shown that you wanted Mouroy on the second round despite you saying everything that shown he shouldn't be there as he is widely unpopular and suffer from fatigue after 18 years of socialist president.
I'm kinda expecting that the Elysée will get besieged over the "leaving Europe" stuff that Le Pen is peddling myself.
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In OTL you are right, but we are not in OTL. Le Pen's toxic reputation in French politics was built in the 1980s, when the RPR refused to consider national alliances with the National Front, and during the 1990s when Le Pen made his infamous statement on the " point de détail " so I think that the circumstances are simply too different to maintain that a victory of Le Pen is impossible in this France very different from ours
Chapter 55: July 1986 – December 1986
Chapter 55: July 1986 – December 1986
“We are commanded to always overcome evil with good”
– Romans 12:21
The first Farm Aid benefit concert was organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and Jeff Bridges and led by Bob Dylan in an effort to end the mortgage debt of American farming families and to address “food insecurity” concerns in rural parts of the country. In response to the money raised during the original September 22, 1985 concert, and as its organizers began to understand the complexity of the issues, a second one was held on Independence Day ’86, starting an annual tradition.
For “Farm Aid II,” the venue was the Manor Downs Racetrack in Manor, Texas. The lineup was an impressive assemblage of a wide variety of bands and singers: The Beach Boys, Tommy Chong, Jim Croce, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, Elvis Presley, Julio Iglesias, Rick James, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Nicolette Larson, Gordon Lightfoot, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker, Queen, C.C.R., Steppenwolf, The Unforgiven, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, Frank Zappa, and Led Zeppelin (in alphabetical order).
Wanting to help out his farmers too, Colonel Sanders donated $1million and convinced his company to (albeit slightly) raise wages and benefits for employees of KFCs in rural communities in order to more directly alleviate low-income communities. To this end, the Colonel also convince his good friends Richard Nixon and Jerry Lewis to get involved in the cause as well. While Lewis donated $100,000 and promoted Farm Aid II in a TV promo aired ahead of the concert, Richard Nixon used his power over the Senate to “beef up” the 1987 federal budget for the US Department of Agriculture.
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Above: Farm Aid II, before attendance peaked.
– Josh Ozersky’s Colonel Sanders and the American Dream, University of Texas Press, 2012
The “Food For All” Movement, as it was beginning to be called after that, began to focus on the political side of things as the midterms neared. I think Human rights activist Cheri Lynn Honkala said it best at an anti-hunger rally, when she was lambasting Republicans who had supported cutting funding for Food Stamps and other anti-hunger programs: “If you are not with us on ending hunger, we are not with you on re-election.”
– Jim McGovern, 2009 interview
Presidential Approval Rating
Yes (Approve): 39%
No (Disapprove): 45%
Unsure: 16%
– Gallup Poll, 7/5/1986
On July 6, the FBI revealed that a collection of diaries belonging to Congressman Packwood, with entries from both July-to-December 1984, had been discovered in a search of a P.O. Box belonging to a “William Robert Woodpack” in Grants Pass, Oregon, a city within Packwood’s congressional district. The tape was obtained under the direction of acting FBI Director Adams. …As the diaries returned to the public spotlight, Senate leaders decided to hold off on confirming Bork for the position of permanent FBI Director “just yet”…
– Jack N. Anderson and Katharine Graham’s Discretions & Disgrace: The Great Potomac Scandals of the Denton White House, Simon & Schuster, 1988
RUSSIANS RELISHING KFC’S GRAND OPENING IN MOSCOW
…With balloon, streamers, free samples and a surprise visit from The Colonel himself in his first-ever trip to Moscow, the first Russian KFC outlet marks the first time an American capitalist enterprise has opened up shop in Russia since 1917. …The outlet’s grand opening comes at least two full weeks before McDonald’s plans to open their own outlet 0.5 kilometers (0.311 miles) away (McDonald’s was set to open last month, but a zoning conflict and a local business concern stalled construction earlier in the year). …“A landmark achievement and a symbolic confirmation that the free market system has been victorious in its fight against Russia’s former political ideology,” says former US Secretary of Commerce Milton Friedman, “this grand opening is a testament to capitalism and its limitless possibilities when paired with human ingenuity and perseverance.”
– The Los Angeles Times, 7/17/1986
“Denton wanted [Special Prosecutor] Trott to keep investigators away from what Denton called ‘sensitive information,’ which if you ask me, is pretty suspicious behavior. …I think Denton knows more than he is letting on. …Maybe he [the President] should testify before the Senate Committee. I mean, if he’s so innocent, then what’s the problem, right?”
– Republican nominee for Rhode Island governor Buddy Cianci, KNN interview, 7/18/1986
…In Washington, D.C., the F.B.I. has declined to publicly release the Packwood diaries, sparking speculation as to the nature of the contents found within their pages…
– ABC News, 7/19/1986
Boldly Into Hell is a 1986 American action/drama war film directed by Clint Eastwood. It is based on a chapter of a 1981 anthology book on POWs that discussed the experience of future US Navy Admiral John McCain III, who, after taking out the Castro brothers in a bomb raid, was shot down over enemy territory and spent 11 months in a Cuban POW prison before leading a successful “jailbreak” and surviving several days in the Cuban jungles before returning home. Bruce Willis played McCain in a breakout role for him. The film premiered on July 19 and was a success with critics and audiences.
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Variety called it a “captivating and harrowing story of perseverance and survival,” while The Atlantic wrote it “will remind you what this country is all about…a moving tribute to former P.O.W.s and their families.” The real-life McCain, who was called on to approve certain segments during production but was not otherwise heavily involved in the film’s production, voiced approval of the finished product. McCain would even use the film’s title for his 1996 autobiography…
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…The film’s central character was a breakout role for actor Bruce Willis, who went on to have an extensive career in a variety of projects. The film also boosted the career of actor and future Oscar winner Hector Elizondo, who played Valladares, McCain “first mate” in the prison…
– www.mediarchives.co.usa/Boldly_Into_Hell
GUEST HOST ALAN MASSENGALE: So what you all think of the big news coming from the Houston Astros? It seems their pitcher, the right-handed George W. Bush, has decided to retire after the World Series. Any thoughts, gentlemen?
GUEST 1, SAL MARCHIANO: Well I’m somewhat surprised. I mean, he’s not that young, but I thought he had a few more years in him.
GUEST 2, LEE LEONARD: Yeah, I mean, he just turned 40 on the sixth.
MASSENGALE: Well, apparently, Bush wants to try and stop drinking, as past alcohol-related incidents have been embarrassing and stressful to his wife, Tricia Nixon Bush.
LEONARD: Oh yeah! I remember the time he tried to ride a horse while drunk. He almost broke his neck falling off it.
MARCHIANO: Ah, he’ll be fine. He’s the son-in-law of the most powerful man in the Senate, for crying out loud.
– WPHL-TV discussion, 7/24/1986
2 WOMEN ACCUSE US REP. BUD BROWN, GOP NOMINEE FOR OHIO GOVERNOR, OF SEXUAL PESTERING
…Clarence John “Bud” Brown Jr. has represented Ohio’s seventh U.S. Congressional district since winning a special election in 1965, after his father, Congressman Clarence Brown Sr., died in office. …Brown greeted news reporter Mary Anne Sharkey, who had arrived for a scheduled interview, with the statement "step into my parlor and take off your clothes” [1] …and a similar incident happened roughly a week later with a campaign staff member…
– The Chicago Tribune, 7/25/1986
HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LAUNCHES “EXTENSIVE” INVESTIGATION INTO BUD BROWN PESTERING CHARGES AS MORE WOMEN STEP FORWARD
Rep. Brown Still Claims Incidents Were “All…Simple Misunderstandings”
– The Washington Post, 7/28/1986
…In confidence, Brown told his personal secretary that “If the liberals are going to take me down, then I’m taking with me as many of their beloved idols as I can.”
On the 29th, Brown accused fellow Congressman Neil Goldschmidt of using funds to cover up an affair that Goldschmidt had had with an underage girl during the 1970s, in a speech in which Brown claimed “there are two things D.C. never runs out of – hot air, and backs that can be stabbed.” ...As the evidence against him mounted, Goldschmidt withdrew from his own gubernatorial bid soon afterward…
– Jack N. Anderson and Katharine Graham’s Discretions & Disgrace: The Great Potomac Scandals of the Denton White House, Simon & Schuster, 1988
“Seriously, did men in power learn nothing from Ms. Arkansas?”
– D.C. lawyer, feminist and progressive Human Rights activist Janice R. Fine, Meet the Press interview, 7/29/1986
“In early August, Denton discovered that I was still friends with Hunter S. Thompson [2]. In a rash fit of paranoia, he came to believe that this meant that was ‘the insubordinate’ that had informed the press about Chief of Staff Schermerhorn, and/or the other indiscretions that had seemingly slipped past his vigilance. So he fired me, too!”
– former White House Communications Director (1986) and author of the book “Me Too! My Truncated Time in the Denton White House” Pat Buchanan, 2015 interview
Presidential Approval Rating
Yes: 35%
No: 49%
Unsure: 16%
– Gallup Poll, 8/4/1986
COLONEL SANDERS: Denton Should “Take It Like A Man”
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Washington, DC – Former President Harland "Colonel" Sanders is receiving some controversy for using allegedly “sexist” language when describing President Denton in a radio interview in the nation’s capital. Sanders, age 95, remarked the President Denton “Has to confess to what he’s done. He has to come clean and face the consequences and take it like a man.” Sanders also said that Denton should “man up” during the ongoing scandals plaguing the current White House administration…
– The San Francisco Chronicle, 8/5/1986
G.O.P. REPLACES ALLEGED CHILD PESTERER HASTERT ON US REP. BALLOT
…the former candidate for Illinois’s 14th U.S. Congressional seat, Dennis Hastert, has been accused by several separate individuals of sexually pestering students during his time as the football and wrestling coach of Yorkville High School during the late 1960s and all of the 1970s…
– The Washington Post, 8/6/1986
By the mid-1980s, Epstein’s variety of clientele allowed him to travel often between the US and several places in Europe and Southwest Asia. With fake IDs for Australia and Saudi Arabia, thousands in cash, plus diamonds and other transportable riches, Epstein was ready to leave at a moment’s notice. On August 11, Epstein had just finished a business meeting with Saudi Arabian businessman Adnan Khashoggi when he received a phone call on his private line. His longtime associate, real estate investor Tom Barrack, called him to inform him that police had obtained incriminating evidence on both of them. Encouraged and emboldened by the Second Ark Wave, Barrack’s own personnel had handed over Barrack’s private tapes to police, and officers were on their way up to Barrack’s penthouse to arrest him. Barrack warned Epstein that police would be meeting with him soon, too. Epstein had another idea – he had a plane to catch.
– Jeffrey Epstein: Profile of a Monster, 1995 documentary
EXTRA!: MILLIONAIRE CAUGHT ON CAMERA ASSAULTING UNDERAGE GIRLS!
Associate Arrested; Staff Claim “This Is Not The First Time This Kind Of Thing Has Happened”!
…wealthy financial consultant Jeffrey Epstein, 33, is wanted in connection to video evidence showing a man identified as Epstein with two accomplices, likely assistants, and two girls, estimated to be roughly 13 and 14 years old [3]… The jarring photographic evidence of battery, rape, and sexual abuse was captured on a hidden camera in the private bathroom of the apartment belonging to real estate investor Tom Barrack. Barrack’s security personnel handed over the tape to police upon the two girls informing their parents of the incident and its location… Barrack has been arrested on suspicion of filming people without permission. Epstein is wanted for questioning…
– The New York Post, 8/11/1986
Epstein had decided to flee to a nation without an extradition treaty with the US, and live off the millions he had stored away in offshore accounts. In his hurry, the pilot of his private plane failed to close the landing gear, creating turbulence problems. 17 miles east of New York City, the pilot attempted to climb higher, in order to minimize damage from closing the landing gear in mid-air. Unfortunately for Epstein, the pilot was inexperienced and climbed too quickly. The engine stalled, and the plane began a sharp decline. The pilot steadied the plane at low altitude and managed to keep it steady at first, but it was not enough to stop the plane from crashing into the ocean after another minute of flight. At its speed and velocity, it was the equivalent of a bus hitting a concrete wall at 90 miles per hour.
Somehow, he beat the odds. As Epstein was in the back of the plane, he survived – barely. In the destruction of the plane, Epstein’s right foot was ripped off and his left arm was dislocated from its socket. He received lacerations to his back and burns to his face and crotch. Epstein clung to debris from the tail section of the plane as the rest of the vehicle, and its pilot, sank down into the choppy waters. Epstein remained on the wreckage – tying his belt to a piece of metal at some point – until he slowly bled to death from his injuries. By the time the Gulf Stream had washed his body and the wreckage it was still laying on onto the shore of Barrington, Nova Scotia, on September 23, seagulls had eaten his eyeballs, and algae had begun to grow around his leg stump and crotch. As lacerations were found around his neck, the official cause of death was ultimately ruled to be suicide.
A sickening demise for a sickening individual.
Back in New York City, the disappearance of Epstein led to the cooperation of his employees in locating additional evidence of the malicious millionaire’s machinations. In his short time as the manager of his own investment firm, connections he had made with elite businessmen had led to no less than 15 other victims of what Epstein and associates were trying to turn into a major human trafficking operation, only to be stopped by their own employees who, swept up in the anti-pestering feelings of the times, decided to do the right thing.
– Jeffrey Epstein: Profile of a Monster, 1995 documentary (part of a larger series on the Second Ark Wave)
The calls for North Ossetia to become united with Georgia’s South Ossetia region increased in volume throughout the post-Soviet years until South Ossetia’s governor declared the Georgian region to be an independent country on August 14, 1986. Fearing this would only encourage talks of secession continuing on in North Ossetia, Volkov put the less active secession movements of Kalmykia and Bashkortostan on the back burner and deployed national troops to North Ossetia. This troop deployment, however, only heightened fears among locals of a return to “the old ways,” and support for Volkov and Russia soon dropped even further in the region.
Soon guerillas demanding the recognition of South Ossetian independence began actively attacking local police in order to intimidate the Georgian government into submission. They were met with hostility as Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia launched a “counter-terrorism initiative.”
…Of all the post-Soviet Russian region contemplating secession, North Ossetia had a decent population favoring the nation, was not that low on military weaponry or military experience, had diplomatic relations with South Ossetia – to the point that there was talk of the two regions unifying into one entity if both managed to secede – and had fairly a decent geographic location, nestled within the Caucasus Mountains…
– Ivan Ivanovich Zassoursky’s After 1984: The Lands and Would-Be Lands of The Post-Soviet Era, 1985-2005, Milton Park Publishers, 2016
Senator Nixon dissuaded Denton from sending troops overseas to Georgia, telling him, “It’s been too soon since the collapse of the Soviet Union for us to be making our moves on Red Russia’s remains.” The US government was still trying to maintain trust and an unfortunately-uneasy sense of camaraderie between them and the fragile Volkov government. Sending troops to a nation “right on Volkov’s doorstep might be taken the wrong way, even with a phone call telling them otherwise.” Instead of intervening in the region militarily, the US instead offered diplomatic assistance to Volkov, Gamsakhurdia, and the leaders of North and South Ossetia. Volkov politely declined, saying “international intervention for a local issue like this.” US-Russian relations were maintained, but the hostilities in the Caucasus continued nonetheless…
– John Ehrman and Michael W. Flamm’s Jeremiah: The Denton Presidency, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2002
Presidential Approval Rating
Yes: 38%
No: 48%
Unsure: 12%
– Gallup Poll, 8/15/1986
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE STARTS HEARINGS ON THE MERITS OF IMPEACHMENT TODAY!
– The Washington Post, 8/16/1986
On August 19, 1986, former Governor Thyra Thompson defeated incumbent Governor Dick Casull in the Republican primary, 70%-to-25%. The results made it clear that Wyomingites had not forgiven Casull’s previous attempts to get rid of the state’s Permanent Mineral Fund. The PMF worked with the federal NITR to supplement income for the state’s poorest residents, many of whom were Republicans who did not care for Casull’s “small government” ideology when it negatively interfered with their finances.
– Welcome to the Big River Flat: The History of Wyoming, Victory Publications, 2019
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– Painter Bob Ross, helping a nonprofit organization build affordable housing for low-income families in Fairbanks, Alaska, c. late summer 1986
Presidential Approval Rating
Yes (Approve): 35%
No (Don't Approve): 47%
Unsure: 18%
– Gallup Poll, 8/25/1986
…Gaddafi’s sentence of incarceration was unique because he was recognized as an international criminal. As a result, his trial sparked a conversation at the United Nations that ultimately led to the UN Detention Unit being established in Helmond, a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern part of The Netherlands, in 1991. In the meantime, Gaddafi began his prison term at Guantanamo Bay, a US Navy Base located in Cuba. …Gaddafi was relocated to Helmond in 1992…
– clickopedia.co.usa/Muammar_Gaddafi
U.S. ARMY AND AIR FORCE CRUSH PRO-GADDAFI UPRISING ATTEMPT IN SIRTE!
– Stars and Stripes, US military newspaper, 8/30/1986
…a federal circuit court has thrown out a case regarding Congressman Packwood attempting to keep the FBI from publicly releasing copies of his private diary. Packwood argued that it was a violation of his First-Amendment rights and a violation of his privacy, but the judges disagreed, stating that the materials in question are admissible as evidence in a federal court of law…
– CBS News, 9/2/1986 report
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS SECRETARY AUDIE MURPHY RESIGNS; Says He Protests “D.C.’s Air of Corruption”
…“President Denton always had the best of intentions. However, as he aimed to be another George Washington, he has instead ended up another Warren G. Harding,” Murphy said in a sharp rebuke of the Denton White House’s “gross misplacement of priorities”...
– The Austin American-Statesman, 9/4/1986
ANCHOR: …Well it seems that not even Alaska is immune from political controversy, as a Democratic nominee for governor is in hot water in the coldest state in the union.
[cut to footage of special report]
NARRATOR: In Alaska’s open primary on August 26, state senator-turned-state chief of staff George H. Hohman Jr. won the Democratic nomination with ease over the likes of Steve Cowper, Bill Sheffield, and Red Boucher, while former state House speaker Fink won the Republican nomination over the likes of Arliss Sturgelewski, Terry Miller and Don Wright. Now, Hohman has been accused of bribery. Specifically, the claim goes that in 1982, before becoming retiring Governor Bill Clinton’s chief of staff in 1983, Hohman agreed to accepting money in exchange for unlawfully appropriating anti-forest fire “water bomber” aircraft for a private company. Hohman denies the charge and Governor Clinton has come to his defense. At the moment, it seems the state Democrats are not compelled to remove him from the ticket…
– CBS News, 9/10/1986
IOWA CONGRESSMAN JOINS GROWING LIST OF ANTI-DENTON REPUBLICANS
…US Rep. Edward M. “Edd” King [4], 53, has joined a list of Republican congresspersons who either openly support impeachment hearings or openly oppose Denton’s handling of the Lukens Hush Money scandal. …The Mayor of a southeastern Iowan town of from 1975 to 1981, King is widely known in Congress for working to improve and diversify Iowa’s economy, an aspect of his career dating back to when he began working for a direct mail company in 1960. Since winning election to the U.S. Congress in 1980, King has kowtowed the party line. But now, King is become part of a growing faction of legislators who believe that, at the very least, the President “severely mishandled” a 1984 incident regarding the Secretary of State. “The pressure of running for President is no excuse for partaking in a hush money scheme,” King argues. "Denton needs to clarify what happened, and if he will only do so if threatened will impeachment, then so be it."
– The Des Moines Register, 9/15/1986
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– President Denton deflecting questions from reporters during a brief appearance at the White House Press Briefing Room, 9/16/1986
Former U.S. Senator ROBERT GRIFFIN (R-MI): “Denton is going to protect himself with a circle of loyalists until he leaves office. He’s a fighter, and like an animal in a corner he’s going to fight this all the way.”
Correspondent ROBERT NOVAK: “All the way to where?”
GRIFFIN (R-MI): “We’ll find out!”
– KNN round-table discussion, 9/20/1986
“I agree he did something inappropriate, but I don’t agree he did anything akin to treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors”
– Lamar Alexander, 9/22/1986 [5]
“He’s the only president we have, so why does the justice department want to weaken his hand in negotiating with other countries? The president says he is innocent, and I for one believe him, because as president he is compelled by the office to be truthful to the American people at all times.”
– US Senator Strom Thurmond in a “media-friendly” White House meeting with Denton to reaffirm GOP support for the President, 9/27/1986
When asked something along the lines of “Should the President be impeached for either his alleged actions in the Lukens Hush Money Scandal, his firing of the Special Prosecutor, or both,” the preliminary internal polling of US Senate showed the following breakdown on September 29:
Jack Edwards (R-AL) – no 1
Albert Lee Smith Jr. (R-AL) – no 2
Hazel P. Heath (R-AK) – yes 1
Frank Murkowski (R-AK) – undecided 1
Paul Fannin (R-AZ) – no 3
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) – undecided 2
J. William Fulbright (D-AR) – yes 2
Jim Guy Tucker (D-AR) – yes 3
Maureen Reagan (R-CA) – undecided 3
Richard Nixon (R-CA) – no 4
George L. Brown (D-CO) – yes 4
William L. Armstrong (R-CO) – yes 5
Chris Dodd (D-CT) – yes 6
Antonina Uccello (R-CT) – yes 7
William Roth (R-DE) – yes 8
Joe Biden (D-DE) – yes 9
Lawton Chiles (D-FL) – yes 10
Paula Hawkins (R-FL) – no 5
Sam Nunn (D-GA) – yes 11
Mack Mattingly (R-GA) – no 6
Patsy Mink (D-HI) – yes 12
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) – yes 13
Bethine Church (D-ID) – yes 14
George Vernon Hansen (R-ID) – no 7
Paul Simon (D-IL) – yes 15
Alan J. Dixon (D-IL) – yes 16
Vance Hartke (D-IN) – yes 17
Richard Lugar (R-IN) – undecided 4
Roger Jespen (R-IA) – no 8
Harold Hughes (D-IA) – yes 18
Bob Dole (R-KS) – undecided 5
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) – undecided 6
Lawrence Wetherby (D-KY) – yes 19
Harley Sanders (R-KY) – yes 20
Russell B. Long (D-LA) – no 9
Clyde Holloway (R-LA) – no 10
Ed Muskie (D-ME) – yes 21
Peter Kyros (D-ME) – yes 22
Charles Mathias (R-MD) – yes 23
John Sarbanes (D-MD) – yes 24
Ed Brooke (R-MA) – yes 25
Eunice Kennedy-Shriver (D-MA) – yes 26
Jack Lousma (R-MI) – undecided 7
George Romney (R-MI) – yes 27
Joan Growe (D-MN) – yes 28
Mark Dayton (D-MN) – yes 29
James Meredith (R-MS) – undecided 8
John Stennis (D-MS) – no 11
Thomas B. Curtis (R-MO) – no 12
Jerry Litton (D-MO) – yes 30
John Melcher (D-MT) – undecided 9
Larry Williams (R-MT) – yes 31
Ted Sorensen (D-NE) – yes 32
Orrin Hatch (R-NE) – undecided 10
Paul Laxalt (R-NV) – undecided 11
Barbara Vucanovich (R-NV) – undecided 12
Endicott Peabody (D-NH) – yes 33
Norris Cotton (R-NH) – no 13
Mary Mochary (R-NJ) – yes 34
Frank X. McDermott (R-NJ) – yes 35
Pedro Jimenez (D-NM) – yes 36
Roberto Mondragon (D-NM) – yes 37
Mike Rockefeller (R-NY) – yes 38
Mario Biaggi (D-NY) – no 14
Terry Sanford (D-NC) – yes 39
Nick Galifianakis (D-NC) – yes 40
Mark Andrews (R-ND) – no 15
Arthur Albert Link (D-ND) – undecided 13
John Glenn (D-OH) – yes 41
William B. Saxbe (R-OH) – no 16
Mickey Edwards (R-OK) – no 17
Bud Wilkinson (R-OK) – undecided 14
John R. Dellenback (R-OR) – no 18
Mark Hatfield (R-OR) – yes 42
Bob Casey Sr. (D-PA) – yes 43
H. John Heinz III (R-PA) – undecided 15
Bob Tiernan (D-RI) – yes 44
Claiborne Pell (D-RI) – yes 45
Fritz Hollings (D-SC) – undecided 16
Strom Thurmond (R-SC) – no 19
Frank Farrar (R-SD) – undecided 17
Larry Pressler (R-SD) – yes 46
Al Gore Sr. (D-TN) – yes 47
Howard Baker (R-TN) – no 20
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) – yes 48
Ron Paul (R-TX) – undecided 18
Jake Garn (R-UT) – undecided 19
Frank Moss (D-UT) – yes 49
Phil Hoff (D-VT) – yes 50
Peter P. Smith (R-VT) – yes 51
Richard Obenshain (R-VA) – no 21
Harry Byrd Jr. (I-VA) – no 22
Scoop Jackson (D-WA) – yes 52
Catherine Dean May (R-WA) – yes 53
Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) – yes 54
John Raese (R-WV) – no 23
Roman Blenski (R-WI) – no 24
William Proxmire (D-WI) – yes 55
John Wold (R-WY) – no 25
Gale McGee (D-WY) – undecided 20
Thurmond glowered at the composition, “25 are in your corner, Mr. President. 55 are not, and 20 are undecided.”
Denton inquired, “Who are the 20?”
Baker read from off the list, “Murkowski, Goldwater, Reagan, Lugar, Dole, Kassebaum, Lousma, Meredith, Melcher, Hatch, Laxalt, Vucanovich, Link, Wilkinson, Heinz, Hollings, Farrar, Paul, Garn, and McGee. 16 Republicans, 4 Democrats. Seven of them – Murkowski, Lugar, Dole, Vucanovich, Hollings, Farrar, and Garn – are running for re-election this year, all on local issues.”
After a moment of though, Thurmond took a pencil and began to circle 12 of the undecided names. “I think we can rely on Murkowski, Reagan, Lugar, Dole, Kassebaum, Lousma, Hatch, Laxalt, Vucanovich, Wilkinson, Heinz and Garn to all fall in line when the time comes, especially if we pour support into the campaigns of the seven running for re-election. That brings the total to 37. That’s enough to block a conviction.”
Denton shook his head lugubriously. “That’s too close for comfort, in my opinion. Goldwater, Paul, Farrar, and Meredith need to be worked on. Even reaching out to Melcher, Link, Hollings and McGee wouldn’t hurt.”
Baker, though, was optimistic, reminding the small gathering of loyalists, “But we also have to factor in the 12 candidates against impeachment that we’ve got facing off against several pro-impeachment Senators.” He read the last names off his second list. “Mecham, Wilson, Kramer, Eddy, Symms, Koehler, Grassley, Moore, Shaw, Broyhill, Gekas and Olson.”
Thurmond viewed the list and remarked, “If they all win, that’s a gain of 49 from 37 in our corner.” He grinned, and added, “We’re gonna beat this, Jeremiah. I’m just sure of it.”
– John Ehrman and Michael W. Flamm’s Jeremiah: The Denton Presidency, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2002
On October 4, Charles Goff, the cousin of the GOP nominee for Governor of Texas – 34-year-old state senator Michael Wayne “Mike” Martin – hastily assembled members of the media for a startling revelation. Goff revealed that he had helped Martin orchestrate a shooting incident in 1981 by firing a gun at his home in a staging of an assassination attempt. The incident, in which several bullets were fired into Martin’s home in an apparent attempt on the conservative populist’s life, was an event that many believed had contributed to Martin winning a state senate seat in 1982 (i.e., the sympathy vote). Goff had recently had a falling out with Martin, and had decide to “tell the truth” about Martin, adding that “Mike’s not fit for even his current job.”
Observant of the anarchy overwhelming Oregon and Ohio, the TXGOP sought to follow suit and replace their “appalling” candidate with a more respectable alternative. Unfortunately, with just a month left until Election Day, the party found it impossible to issue new ballots for its 16 million citizens. As a result, the party launched a write-in campaign for their new official nominee, state senator Ray Hutchison…
– Michael Stewart Foley’s Front Porch Politics: American Activism in the 1970s and 1980s, 2013 net-book edition
FBI “STILL NOT READY” TO PUBLICLY RELEASE PACKWOOD DIARIES
– The Washington Post, 10/1/1986
Presidential Approval Rating
Yes (Approve): 36%
No (Don't Approve): 45%
Unsure: 19%
– Gallup Poll, 10/5/1986
WHY ARE WE STILL IN NICARAGUA AND COLOMBIA?
…in the midst of scandals pouring continuously out of Washington, D.C., too many of us seem to be overlooking the casualties resulting from the presence of American forces in two democratic Latin American countries…
– Tumbleweed Magazine, opinion article, early October 1986 issue
…The International Olympic Committee today announced that they have chosen Yugoslavia to host the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. The city of Albertsville, France was a close second place finisher. …In an unprecedented [6] decision, the IOC has allowed hosting duties to be split between two cities – Zagreb and Belgrade…
– ABC News, 10/16/1986
…Earlier tonight, the US military announced that the last of Gaddafi’s supporters had been removed from Libyan territory, having been killed in action, arrested, or forced into surrendering. With the war against these extremists successfully concluding, the US Secretary of Defense has announced that American troops are set to leave Libya, quote, “fairly soon if not very soon,” unquote...
– CBS Evening News, 10/17/1986
DENTON SIGNS INTO LAW THE NEW PROTECTION OF MARRIAGE ACT
…this socially conservative legislation is a blow to the BLUTAGO community, coming months after several municipalities in California, Massachusetts and New York saw steps taken to recognize/legitimize same-sex relationships in documentation relating to inheritance, insurance, and other elements…
– The San Francisco Tribune, 10/18/1986 [7]
DENTON APPROVAL RATINGS RISING
…a Gallup poll shows a rise in the President’s approval ratings, from 35% two weeks ago to 40% now. This marks the first time that the President’s aggregate approval rating has been at or above 40% since early April…
– The New York Times, 10/20/1986
“I think we’re finally getting out of the woods now.”
– Jeremiah Denton to Secretary of State (since January 1986) Morton I. Abramowitz, 10/20/1986 (possibly anecdotal)
Then came the “October Game-Changer.” On October 21, under the direction of Director Adams, the F.B.I. finally published the Packwood Diaries, including the soon-to-be-infamous August 11, 18 and 28 Entries.
The August 11 entry describes in lengthy detail Secretary Lukens meeting with Packwood at Luken’s D.C. home for dinner and drinks. Packwood writes “I expected Buz to brag about his latest sexual conquests, but this time, he was distant and distracted. I finally got it out of him, and it looks like he’s actually gotten himself into some real trouble this time around. ‘You have to go for the older ones, Buz,’ I told him. ‘Younger ones always squeal.’”
Packwood then describes how Lukens revealed to him how the woman known as Anna Mason had confronted him over his sleeping with her underage daughter over two months prior. Packwood uses a cornucopia of misogynistic curse words to describe both Anna and Sidney Mason.
The August 18 entry describes discussing the matter with Lukens again, this time during a quick lunch break near their respective offices. In it, Packwood describes Lukens revealing to him that the President had somehow learned of Anna Mason’s threat to press charges against him and had confronted Lukens on the matter earlier that day. Specifically, Packwood writes “I’m not too surprised Denton found out about it. He keeps a tight ship on his Cabinet. Buz says Mason confronting him over the incident at his office must have caught the attention of Denton’s loyalists in the department. I agree. You just can’t keep a scandal that big and damaging away from the President, not during an election year. I hope he finds which snitch squealed. Happy hunting, Buz!” Packwood continues, “He’s in a much better mood now; he’s bragging that he’s too important to be fired. No doubt. Buz would be on his way out the door if he wasn’t needed so badly right now.”
This line refers to the major geopolitical development ongoing at the time. The entry is dated August 18, 1984 – less than 24 hours after KGB head Vitaly Fedorchuk had launched a coup against Premier Yakovlev of the Soviet Union. The coup would be an abysmal failure, but only after four days of struggle. In the meantime, Lukens reportedly kept the President updated on the situation hourly, making Denton praise Lukens’ dedication to the office. In gratitude, he agreed to help him “solve his personal problem” at a meeting at the White House on August 27.
Packwood’s August 28 entry reads “Buz is bragging that he convinced Denton to even use State Department funds and write the payment off as ‘miscellaneous’ expenditures!” This matched the evidence found in the July 1985 raid of Luken’s offices, and matched the August 1985 testimony of Thomas Tyack, Luken’s legal advisor and assistant who swore Denton approved of Lukens’ hush money scheme on the August 27 meeting, after Denton had asked for a status report on his department ahead of the August 18 encounter. In compliance with Denton’s wishes to know the goings-on in all cabinet and cabinet-level departments, Tyack admitted that he could not recall if Lukens voluntarily disclosed the situation, or if the President brought it up first during the August 18 meeting. Either way, both the diaries and Tyack claim that Lukens was the one who suggested on the second Denton-Lukens meeting the using of state funds, while Denton approved, telling Lukens “Yeah, yes, that’s fine. That’s all right, just do what you have to do. Loose lips sink ships,” according to both Packwood’s August 28 diary entry and Tyack (both accountant state this almost verbatim, except Packwood writes “Yep, yeah, that’s just fine. That’s all right, just do what you have to do. …Loose lips sink ships” is what Lukens claims Denton told Lukens).
Later diary entries from May 1985 hinted that Packwood learned that Denton was outraged at Lukens’ inability to “keep the lid on” the incident once “the news hit the pavement.”
[snip]
As the diary passages were read and shown on TV screens across America and the world for all to see, read and hear, the Denton White House went silent. No official response came until a full day later, which simply read the vague statement, “The President has always done what he believes is right for the safety and security of the nation.” Press Secretary Peggy Noonan resigned two days after that. Soon enough, all five major TV networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, The Overmyer Network, and KNN – were accusing Denton of committing various “impeachable” crimes, repeatedly discussing abuse of power, bribery, intimidation, conspiracy, misuse of assets, dereliction of duty, failure to supervise, conduct unbecoming of the office of the Presidency, and other legal term phrases. Despite his closest supporters' attempts to either downplay our dismiss entirely the releasing of the diaries, Denton's approval ratings plummeted even further. As did the hopes and odds of several Republicans running for office that November, even after most shifted focus to more local issues…
– John Ehrman and Michael W. Flamm’s Jeremiah: The Denton Presidency, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2002
N.R.A. BACKS GUN REFORM BILL
...the Nation Rifle Association, an organization that primarily focuses on sportsmen, hunters and target practice [8], has come out to favor of a broad Gun Reform bill meant to address the ability of citizens with known mental issues to purchase firearms. “Rifles are for hunting animals, not people; pistols are for protecting loved ones, not for killing people; semi-automatics are for military officers in combat overseas, not for unwell people,” a spokesperson for the typically nonpartisan organization said earlier today…
– The Washington Post, 10/26/1986
WORLD SERIES: ASTROS BEAT ANGELS 4-3!
…for pitcher George W. Bush, the game was the last for his career. “What a way to end it!” Bush says…
– The Houston Chronicle, 10/27/1986
When I got out of playing baseball, I decided to follow an early passion of mine. I joined my father’s real estate company, E. Trump & Son, and convinced it to go big. For me, it was not enough to just follow in my father’s footsteps, and work the family business in Queens. I had bigger plans. Much bigger.
I remember being amazed at the age of Fenway Park in my second home town of Boston. The stadium had been around since 1912. That was just too old. And it wasn’t spectacular-looking, either. Kinda ugly, kind sad-looking, like it needed to be put out of its misery. Yeah, people were angry, very angry about replacing it, saying it was iconic and all, but let me tell you - if you stand in front of progress, you're going to get run over by it. Deal with it. The Red Sox guys were badly in need of a new stadium to keep the team from moving, and within two years I got the team to sign off on E. Trump & Son’s first Boston venture.
Besides, I wanted the new park to look modern. Sleek and stylish. And Gold. And with a big “T” somewhere on the premises. “T” for “Trump Stadium.” We broke ground right before Halloween, 1986, and we got it built ahead of time and under budget. That's what success looks like. It was a tremendous success, even without the gold or the giant "T." And hey, at least, everyone calls it Trump Stadium!
– Donald Trump, 2001
United States Senate election results, 1986
Date: November 4, 1986
Seats: 34 of 100
Seats needed for majority: 51
Senate majority leader: Howard Baker (R-TN)
Senate minority leader: Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Seats before election: 41 (D), 58 (R), 1 (I)
Seats after election: 53 (D), 46 (R), 1 (I)
Seat change: D ^ 12, R v 12, I - 1
Full List:
Alabama: Mary Texas Hurt Garner (D) over incumbent Jack Edwards (R)
Alaska: incumbent Frank Murkowski (R) over Glen Olds (D)
Arizona: Eddie Najeeb Basha Jr. (D) over Evan Mecham (R); incumbent Paul Fannin (R) retired
Arkansas: incumbent J. William Fulbright (D) over Asa Hutchinson (R)
California: Mario Obledo (D) over Pete Wilson (R); incumbent Maureen Reagan (R) retired
Colorado: Pat Schroeder (D) over Ken Kramer (R); incumbent George L. Brown (D) retired
Connecticut: incumbent Chris Dodd (D) over Roger Eddy (R)
Florida: Michael Bilirakis (R) over Bill Nelson (D); incumbent Paula Hawkins (R) retired
Georgia: John Skandalakis (D) over incumbent Mack Mattingly (R)
Hawaii: incumbent Daniel Inouye (D) over Frank Hutchinson (R)
Idaho: incumbent Bethine Clark Church (D) over Steve Symms (R)
Illinois: incumbent Alan J. Dixon (D) over Judy Koehler (R)
Indiana: incumbent Richard Lugar (R) over Jill L. Long (D)
Iowa: incumbent Harold Hughes (D) over Chuck Grassley (R)
Kansas: incumbent Bob Dole (R) over Guy MacDonald (D)
Kentucky: incumbent Harley Sanders (R) over William P. Curlin Jr. (D)
Louisiana: Buddy Roemer (D) over Henson Moore (R); incumbent Russell B. Long (D) retired
Maryland: Barbara Mikulski (D) over Linda Chavez (R); incumbent Charles Mathias Jr. (R) retired
Missouri: Bill Bradley (D) over incumbent Thomas B. Curtis (R)
Nevada: incumbent Barbara Vucanovich (R) over Myron E. Leavitt (D)
New Hampshire: Emile Dorilas Beaulieu Jr. (D) over Robert F. Shaw (R); incumbent Norris Cotton (R) retired
New York: incumbent Mario Biaggi (D) over Al D’Amato (R), Mark Green (Green) and John S. Dyson (Liberal)
North Carolina: incumbent Nick Galifianakis (D) over Jim Broyhill (R)
North Dakota: Kent Conrad (D) over incumbent Mark Andrews (R)
Ohio: Carl Stokes (D) over Tom Kindness (R); incumbent William B. Saxbe (R) retired
Oklahoma: incumbent Marvin Henry “Mickey” Edwards (R) over James R. Jones (D)
Oregon: Walter Leslie “Les” AuCoin (D) over incumbent John R. Dellenback (R)
Pennsylvania: incumbent Bob Casey Sr. (D) over George Gekas (R)
South Carolina: incumbent Fritz Hollings (D) over Henry D. McMaster (R)
South Dakota: incumbent Frank Farrar (R) over Tom Daschle (D)
Utah: incumbent Jake Garn (R) over Craig Oliver (D) and Mary Zins (Independent)
Vermont: Madeleine M. Kunin (D) over incumbent appointee Peter Plympton Smith (R)
Washington: incumbent Catherine Dean May (R) over Deborah Senn (D)
Wisconsin: Bronson La Follette (D) over Russell Olson (R); incumbent Roman R. Blenski (R) retired
– knowledgepolitics.co.usa
…The Republican Party’s loss of both American congressional chambers tonight clearly shows that the American people have lost faith in their President…
– BBC World News, 11/4/1986
Promoters of diversity could consider 1986 to be a boon to their cause. With Maureen Reagan and Paula Hawkins retiring but Mary Texas Hurt Garner, Patricia Schroeder, Barbara Mikulski and Madeleine Kunin winning seats, the night led to the Senate getting a net gain of two more female Senators, making for a historic first of fourteen woman serving in the Senate at the same time. The House also achieved a historically high number of women Representatives, going from 26 (4.9% of the House) to a whopping 59 (11.0% of the House). This was a larger jump in women composition than experienced in the original Ark Wave of 1970, which saw the number of female Representatives leap from 14 (2.6%) to a high of 25 (4.7%).
[snip]
In early 1987, freshmen newcomers Mike Bilirakis of Florida and John Skandalakis of Georgia met with three of their now-fellow Senators – Peter Kyros of Maine, John Sarbanes of Maryland and Nick Galifianakis of North Carolina – to form the semi-serious “Greek Caucus.”
A more serious group of Senators that was expanded by the midterms was the “Hispanic caucus,” comprising of Senators Pedro Jimenez and Roberto Mondragon of New Mexico, and their then-newest member, Senator Mario Obledo of California...
– Michael Stewart Foley’s Front Porch Politics: American Activism in the 1970s and 1980s, 2013 net-book edition
United States House of Representatives results, 1986
Date: November 4, 1986
Seats: All 435
Seats needed for majority: 218
New House majority leader: Hale Boggs (D-LA)
New House minority leader: Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
Last election: 181 (D), 254 (R)
Seats won: 232 (D), 202 (R), 1 (I)
Seat change: D ^ 51, R v 52, I ^ 1
– knowledgepolitics.co.usa
“A DONKEY TIDAL WAVE!”: REPUBLICANS BURIED AS DEMOCRATS RETAKE BOTH CHAMBERS IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS LAST NIGHT
– The Los Angeles Times, 11/5/1986
The 58-year-old Mexico-born L.A. Times journalist-turned-editor, progressive member of the Chicano community, and former Civil Rights activist Ruben Salazar was elected to an open US Congressional seat from California. ...Another female California Democrat to win a U.S. Congressional seat was the centrist-leaning Cammie King, a 52-year-old former child star from northern California who worked as the marketing coordinator for the Fort Bragg-Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce before election to said chamber in 1984.
[snip]
Democrat Charlie Dean was elected to a US House seat from New York’s 2nd District at the age of 36. The brother of state congressman Howard Dean of Vermont, Charlie Dean was a life-long peacenik who had worked as a coordinator for the Presidential campaign of Mike Gravel in 1972. After backpacking across Southeast Asia without incident, Charlie Dean joined the Peace Corps, served from 1975 to 1981, and then entered private practice upon passing the New York state bar exam in 1982.
[snip]
The sole independent elected to the House in ’86 was William Sorrell of Vermont. Sorrell was Chittenden County State’s Attorney from 1977 to 1978 before election to the state senate in 1980, switching from Democratic to Independent in 1982 to protest the state Democratic Party chairman’s support of a less progressive primary challenger to Sorrell’s re-election bid that year.
– Gary C. Jacobson’s The Power and the Politics of Congressional Elections, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015
United States Governor election results, 1986
Date: November 4, 1986
Number of state gubernatorial elections held: 36
Seats before: 26 (D), 22 (R), 2 (I)
Seats after: 35 (D), 15 (R), 0 (I)
Seat change: D ^ 9, R v 7, I v 2
Full list:
Alabama: William J. “Bill” Baxley II (D) over John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R); incumbent Ann Bedsole (R) was term-limited
Alaska: Tom Fink (R) over George H. Hohman Jr. (D), Don Wright (Green), Andre Marrou (Liberty) and Bill Hudson (Alaskan Indep.); inc. Bill Clinton (D) retired
Arizona: Carolyn Warner (D) over incumbent Richard Kleindienst (R)
Arkansas: Lynn Lowe (R) over incumbent Orval Faubus (D)
California: fmr Stanford U Pres. Donald Kennedy (D) over Anthony M. Kennedy (R); incumbent George Christopher (R) retired
Colorado: Byron L. Johnson (D) over Bob Leon Kirscht (R); incumbent Bill Daniels (R) retired
Connecticut: incumbent Robert K. Killian (D) over Julie Belaga (R)
Florida: Bruce A. Smathers (D) over Louis Frey (R); incumbent Jack Eckerd (R) was term-limited
Georgia: Billy Carter (D) over Guy Davis (R); incumbent Hal Suit (R) was term-limited
Hawaii: incumbent Jean King (D) over Dominis Garrida “D. G.” Anderson (R)
Idaho: incumbent Larry Jackson (R) over Marjorie Ruth Moon (D)
Illinois: incumbent John Anderson (R) over Adlai Stevenson III (D)
Iowa: incumbent Jo Ann McIntosh Zimmerman (D) over Roxanne Conlin (R)
Kansas: Jim Slattery (D) over incumbent Robert Frederick Bennett (R)
Maine: Libby Mitchell (D) over John McKernan (R) and Sherry Huber (I); Helen Longley (I) retired
Maryland: William Oswald Mills (R) over Stephen H. Sachs (D); incumbent F. P. Blair Lee III (D) retired
Massachusetts: incumbent Michael Dukakis (D) over George Kariotis (R), John Cassavetes (Liberty), Christy Mihos (I) and Nick Paleologos (I)
Michigan: incumbent Elly M. Peterson (R) over William B. Fitzgerald Jr. (D)
Minnesota: incumbent Coya Knutson (D) over Jon Grunseth (Independent-Republican-Liberty) and Florian Chmielewski (I)
Nebraska: Helen Boosalis (D) over Kay Orr (R); incumbent Charles Thone (R) retired
Nevada: incumbent Joseph Yale Resnick (D) over Ed Fike (R)
New Hampshire: incumbent Calvin Warburton (R) over Paul McEachern (D) and Paul N. Gagnon (Independent)
New Mexico: Fabian Chavez Jr. (D) over Joseph H. Mercer (R); incumbent Toney Anaya (D) was term-limited
New York: incumbent Mario Cuomo (D) over Paul J. Curran (R), Denis Dillon (Life) and Lenora Fulani (Green)
Ohio: Jerry Springer (D) over Paul E. Gillmor (replaced Bud Brown) (R); incumbent Jim Rhodes (R) was term-limited
Oklahoma: Mike Turpen (D) over Robert N. Goodhead (R) and Mike Fair (I); incumbent George Nigh (D) retired
Oregon: Norma Paulus (R) over Edward Fadeley (D (write-in)) and Neil Goldschmidt (D (withdrew)); incumbent Victor Atiyeh (R) retired
Pennsylvania: William W. Scranton III (R) over incumbent Stewart Greenleaf (D)
Rhode Island: Buddy Cianci (“Anti-Denton” R) over Anthony J. Solomon (D), Robert J. Healey (I) and Tony Affigne (I); incumbent Lincoln Almond (R) retired
South Carolina: Jesse Jackson (D) over Floyd Spence (R); incumbent Nancy Stevenson (D) was term-limited
South Dakota: Lars Herseth (D) over incumbent Clint Roberts (R)
Tennessee: Frank Goad Clement (D) over H. D. Patty (R), Charles G. Vick (Country) and Gentry Crowell (ID); incumbent Buford Pusser (R) was term-limited
Texas: Rick Perry (D) over incumbent Ross Perot (I), Ray Hutchison (R (write-in)), Mike Martin (R) and Maria “Rosie” Castro (La Raza Unida)
Vermont: incumbent Richard Snelling (R) over Ralph G. Wright (D) and Richard F. Gottlieb (Liberty Union)
Wisconsin: incumbent Paul R. Soglin (D) over Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (R)
Wyoming: Thyra Thomson (R) over Al Hamberg (D); incumbent Dick Casull (R) lost re-nomination
– knowledgepolitics.co.usa
In an “all-Greek” race, Dukakis achieved a third full term in a landslide victory over his four challengers:
Incumbent Michael Dukakis/Demo. Party organizer Joyce Spiliotis (Democratic) – 58.25%
Businessman George Kariotis/businessman developer Nicholas M. Nikitas (Republican) – 27.29%
Actor-activist John Cassavetes/fmr US Rep. Nick Mavroules (Liberty) – 9.06%
Businessman Christy Mihos/lawyer-activist Gale D. Candaras (Independent) – 4.14%
Fmr state rep. Nick Paleologos/fmr GOP Party Chairman Andrew Natsios (Independent) – 1.12%
Others tickets/Write-in candidates/blank votes – 1.14%
– clickopedia.co.usa/Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election,_1986/results
PERRY BEATS PEROT! GOP Blames Martin Scandal For Loss
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…Perry, b. 1950, won a Purple Heart in 1976, at the age of 26, while being a member of the “Uganda Rough Riders” ground forces that overthrew the dictator Idi Amin from the African nation of Uganda in an international effort that year. Returning home to a hero’s welcome, Perry was soon elected to the state senate, serving there from 1979 to 1983, before being elected Lieutenant Governor in 1982, after defeating 10-year-incumbent Bill Hobby in an upset. Perry often sparred with Governor Perot, most noticeably over tax hikes and Perot’s apparent indifference to agricultural concerns. Perry, a conservative Democrat, campaigned on his deep Texas roots and humble rural upbringing to win a decisive victory last night over incumbent Governor Perot, an Independent. …The GOP vote, still reeling from the scandal concerning their original gubernatorial nominee, ended up split between the controversial and deeply conservative and Martin, who remained on the ballot, and the relatively more moderate Hutchison, the state party’s official write-in candidate…
[snip]
…in the race for Lieutenant Governor, the Democratic nominee, incumbent San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, defeated Republican challenger, David Davidson, by a five-point margin. Cisneros will be the state’s first Hispanic Lieutenant Governor…
– The Dallas Morning News, 11/5/1986
ROWLAND EVANS: …as you can see by this chart, the upcoming composition of the Senate will be much like the upcoming House composition – unfriendly to the President.
CHART: “Should the President Be Impeached?”
Jack Edwards (R-AL) – no; (Senator-Elect) Mary Texas Hurt Garner (D-AL) – leaning to yes
Paul Fannin (R-AZ) – no; (Senator-Elect) Eddie Basha (D-AZ) – yes
Maureen Reagan (R-CA) – undecided; (Senator-Elect) Mario Obledo (D-CA) – yes
Paula Hawkins (R-FL) – leaned to no; (Senator-Elect) Mike Bilirakis (R-FL) – yes
Mack Mattingly (R-GA) – no; John Skandalakis (D-GA) – yes
Russell B. Long (D-LA) – no; (Senator-Elect) Buddy Roemer (D-LA) – yes
Thomas B. Curtis (R-MO) – no; Bill Bradley (D-MO) – yes
Norris Cotton (R-NH) – no; (Senator-Elect) Emile Beaulieu (D-NH) – yes
Mark Andrews (R-ND) – no; (Senator-Elect) Kent Conrad (D-ND) – leaning to yes
William B. Saxbe (R-OH) – no; (Senator-Elect) Carl Stokes (D-OH) – yes
John R. Dellenback (R-OR) – leaned to no; (Senator-Elect) Les AuCoin (D-OR) – yes
Roman Blenski (R-WI) – no; (Senator-Elect) Bronson La Follette (D-WI) – yes
EVANS: When it comes to the subject of impeachment, the midterms have given the Senate twelve more politicians who either believe the President is guilty or at the least favors the House voting for impeaching President Denton. That raises the number of pro-impeachment Senators, or anti-Denton Senators, pending on how you look at, from 59 to 71 – more than enough for the Senate to convict the President and remove him from office if the new House does indeed vote to impeach, which will likely happen.
ROBERT NOVAK: Hm, well I agree that last night spelled bad news for the Denton White House, but we can’t confirm that a lot of these Senators will stick to what they’ve said. Senator-elect Garner, for example, is from Denton’s home state, where he’s still fairly popular.
EVANS: The results clearly show that Denton’s lost the support of the American people. It’d be political suicide to continue for even someone from Alabama to stick by the President after such a pro-impeachment mandate…
– KNN, 11/5/1986 broadcast
[pic: https://imgur.com/hWxUzVP ]
– President Denton on the White House grounds, reportedly deep in somber contemplation, 11/5/1986
NEBRASKA STATE LEGISLATURE OK’S BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
…Nebraska became the 11th state to ratify the proposed U.S. Constitutional Amendment earlier today. The BBA was passed by both chambers of the U.S. Congress two years ago, but its ratification process has slowed in recent years over multiple concerns… [9]
– The Boston Globe, 11/9/1986
DENTON APPROVAL RATING REACHES NEW LOW OF 25%
– The San Francisco Chronicle, 11/14/1986
SENATE STRIPS MENTAL HEALTH TEST FROM GUN REFORM BILL OVER ABUSE FEARS
…Senate leaders have agreed to replace the mental health test measure with one demanding background checks and waiting period requirements instead… there is also ongoing debate over the extent of responsibility that state governments would have in enforcing such a bill…
– The Chicago Tribune, 11/23/1986
THE N.F.U. & YOU: Why Kansas Workers Are Joining Unions In Droves
…an increasing number of farmers are unionizing, joining the Nation Farmers Union, and other organizations, as Governor-Elect Jim Slattery promises to work with such groups to solve the current crisis facing Kansas’ rural workers. More cooperatives are also being unionized as outgoing Governor Bennett’s hands-off approach to farm debt led to a rise in approval of government intervention in recent years across the state.
…Over two years of mobilizing to implement pro-farmer policies akin to economic agrarianism culminated in a fairly liberal Democrat (Slattery) being elected Governor earlier this month in a two-man, scandal-free campaign focused almost entirely on local issues…
– Time Magazine, late November 1986 issue
“There will be at least one Article of Impeachment will likely be for one count of conspiracy with Donald E. Lukens to control the unlawful disbursements of monetary funds appropriated solely for the Department of State,” GOP Representative and House Ethics Committee member Doug Bereuter (R-NE) informed the President.
“Congress’ house judiciary committee members are planning to form the articles – er, or article – in January,” House Whip David Emery added. For only the second time in American history, an impeachment vote was indisputably going to be held. “From what I’ve gathered, though, they’re actually looking to go with two articles: obstruction of justice and abuse of power.”
“Affirmative,” White House Counsel Mitchell Kobelinski agreed with Emery. “The new Democrat-led House leadership, headed by that Boggs b@stard, plans to schedule Impeachment Hearings for January, and expect to hold a vote on them by the end of February. After that, it’ll be up to the Senate to either convict or acquit.”
“Furthermore,” Emery offered additionally details, “it’s projected to be on bipartisan lines, as some Republican elected in November won on anti-Denton platforms.”
Kobelinski continued, “And as I was saying, the Senate’s planning to start the impeachment trial as soon as the House votes to impeach, and the Senate won’t be slow to act. They have the diaries as evidence, they have people willing to testify, and they have the votes. Some of them even think they’ll vote before the end of April, but I think we can push that date farther down the calendar when the time comes.”
“If the time comes,” Denton sullenly thought aloud. “Any other bad news?”
Bereuter sighed before answering. “Inner-party support for you has fallen considerably. Several former supporters have switched to the pro-conviction side. Even some Party Leaders and members of the G.O.P.’s “old guard” – Dole, Wilkinson, Goldwater, and even Richard Nixon – have hinted as much.”
“Yes, I spoke with Nixon earlier today on the phone,” Denton remarked, “He said resigning would allow me to save face and control the narrative.”
“He wants you to resign?!” Emery replied with a slight startle.
“He didn’t rule it out as a possible solution. Neither did I. He just thinks I shouldn’t be impeached, that much was made clear by our talk.” After a beat, the President asked, “Well, let’s just see how bad the damage is.”
Kobelinski went first with his breakdown of the Senate. Preliminary internal polling of the 100th Congress (the 1987-1989 session), counting Senator-Elects instead of outgoing Senators, showed the following breakdown as of the start of December:
Query asked (essentially) “Should the President be impeached for his alleged impeding of FBI investigators and/or other actions of his that pertain to the cover-up of former Secretary of State Buz Lukens’ sexual impropriety via an improper use of State Department funds?”:
Mary Texas Hurt Garner (D-AL) – yes 1
Albert Lee Smith Jr. (R-AL) – no 1
Hazel P. Heath (R-AK) – yes 2
Frank Murkowski (R-AK) – yes 3
Eddie Basha (D-AZ) – yes 4
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) – yes 5
J. William Fulbright (D-AR) – yes 6
Jim Guy Tucker (D-AR) – yes 7
Mario Obledo (D-CA) – yes 8
Richard Nixon (R-CA) – no 2
William Armstrong (R-CO) – yes 9
Pat Schroeder (D-CO) – yes 10
Chris Dodd (D-CT) – yes 11
Antonina Uccello (R-CT) – yes 12
William Roth (R-DE) – yes 13
Joe Biden (D-DE) – yes 14
Lawton Chiles (D-FL) – yes 15
Mike Bilirakis (R-FL) – yes 16
Sam Nunn (D-GA) – yes 17
John Skandalakis (D-GA) – yes 18
Patsy Mink (D-HI) – yes 19
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) – yes 20
Bethine Church (D-ID) – yes 21
George Vernon Hansen (R-ID) – no 3
Paul Simon (D-IL) – yes 22
Alan J. Dixon (D-IL) – yes 23
Vance Hartke (D-IN) – yes 24
Richard Lugar (R-IN) – no 4
Roger Jespen (R-IA) – no 5
Harold Hughes (D-IA) – yes 25
Bob Dole (R-KS) – undecided 1
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) – undecided 2
Lawrence Wetherby (D-KY) – yes 26
Harley Sanders (R-KY) – yes 27
Buddy Roemer (D-LA) – yes 28
Clyde Holloway (R-LA) – no 6
Ed Muskie (D-ME) – yes 29
Peter Kyros (D-ME) – yes 30
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) – yes 31
John Sarbanes (D-MD) – yes 32
Ed Brooke (R-MA) – yes 33
Eunice Kennedy-Shriver (D-MA) – yes 34
Jack Lousma (R-MI) – undecided 3
George Romney (R-MI) – yes 35
Joan Growe (D-MN) – yes 36
Mark Dayton (D-MN) – yes 37
James Meredith (R-MS) – yes 38
John Stennis (D-MS) – no 7
Bill Bradley (D-MO) – yes 39
Jerry Litton (D-MO) – yes 40
John Melcher (D-MT) – undecided 4
Larry Williams (R-MT) – yes 41
Ted Sorensen (D-NE) – yes 42
Orrin Hatch (R-NE) – undecided 5
Paul Laxalt (R-NV) – undecided 6
Barbara Vucanovich (R-NV) – undecided 7
Endicott Peabody (D-NH) – yes 43
Emile Beaulieu (D-NH) – yes 44
Mary Mochary (R-NJ) – yes 45
Frank X. McDermott (R-NJ) – yes 46
Pedro Jimenez (D-NM) – yes 47
Roberto Mondragon (D-NM) – yes 48
Mike Rockefeller (R-NY) – yes 49
Mario Biaggi (D-NY) – no 8
Terry Sanford (D-NC) – yes 50
Nick Galifianakis (D-NC) – yes 51
Kent Conrad (D-ND) – yes 52
Arthur Albert Link (D-ND) – undecided 8
John Glenn (D-OH) – yes 53
Carl Stokes (D-OH) – yes 54
Mickey Edwards (R-OK) – no 9
Bud Wilkinson (R-OK) – undecided 9
Les AuCoin (D-OR) – yes 55
Mark Hatfield (R-OR) – yes 56
Bob Casey Sr. (D-PA) – yes 57
H. John Heinz III (R-PA) – undecided 10
Bob Tiernan (D-RI) – yes 58
Claiborne Pell (D-RI) – yes 59
Fritz Hollings (D-SC) – undecided 11
Strom Thurmond (R-SC) – no 10
Frank Farrar (R-SD) – yes 60
Larry Pressler (R-SD) – yes 61
Al Gore Sr. (D-TN) – yes 62
Howard Baker (R-TN) – no 11
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) – yes 63
Ron Paul (R-TX) – yes 64
Jake Garn (R-UT) – yes 65
Frank Moss (D-UT) – yes 66
Phil Hoff (D-VT) – yes 67
Madeline Kunin (D-VT) – yes 68
Richard Obenshain (R-VA) – no 12
Harry Byrd Jr. (I-VA) – no 13
Scoop Jackson (D-WA) – yes 69
Catherine Dean May (R-WA) – yes 70
Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) – yes 71
John Raese (R-WV) – no 14
Bronson La Follette (D-WI) – yes 72
William Proxmire (D-WI) – yes 73
John Wold (R-WY) – no 15
Gale McGee (D-WY) – undecided 12
“What’s the total?!” Denton asked in disbelief.
Kobelinski re-read the sheets laid out on the coffee table before him. “73 are favoring conviction, 15 are still on your side," including Biaggi, who still claimed Lukens duped Denton in spite of Tyack's claims, "and 12 are still on the fence.”
“F@#, just 15?!”
“And 12 more on the fence, so, 27 at the most,” said Kobelinski.
“At the most,” noted Emery.
“Don’t try to sugar-coat it, Dave,” said the President. “I know a chopping block when I see one, and they’re putting my head to one come January.” After a moment of contemplation, Denton continued. “I refuse to go out that way. A pack of traitors, the lot of them! Going AWOL and abandoning me like this, feeding me to the wolves to protect their cushy career. I know what they’re saying. That this is it. They’re going to abandon the past six years of unprecedented success, all because I made one little error in judgement.” He sighed, “Why did I pick Lukens for State? That’s all it took. A misjudging of character…” After another pause, he concluded his monologue. “They want to put me in a keyless cell and drag me and my name, my family, and our policies, our accomplishments, our legacies – our country – through the mud. Through their sh*t. No. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. They’re not doing that. They don’t get to decide how this administration comes to an end; I do!”
– John Ehrman and Michael W. Flamm’s Jeremiah: The Denton Presidency, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2002
AFTER WEEKS-LONG EXTENSION, CONGRESS FINALLY ADJOURNS FOR WINTER RECESS
…In the final days before the holiday break, the House and Senate managed to pass several bills in the typically low-action winter period, including several conservative bills that would likely failed to be passed in the new Democratic-majority congress that will convene in January. …Two of these bills were the controversial Gun Reform bill and the Mental Health Research bill, both introduced earlier this year in response to the violent “Motorcade Incident” of March 1986. Originally one bill on demanding mental health tests for all gun purchasers, fears of the bill being abused to deny citizens their Second Amendment rights led to the contents being split into two bills – one calling for background checks and waiting periods for gun purchasers, and another boosting federal funds for research into mental health treatment…
– The Washington Post, 12/8/1986
Denton agreed with Senate and House leaders to do it in exchange for him being allowed to sign into law several key pieces of legislation, including the Mental Health Act, the Gun Reform Act of 1986, The Nuclear Waste Repository Act, and a bill that was possibly most important to him, the massive Goldwater-Nichols Defense Bill…
– Paul Kengor and Peter Schweizer’s The Denton Presidency: Assessing the Man and His Actions, Simon & Schuster, 2005
[First Lady] Katherine [Jane Maury Denton] wanted to spend one more Christmas at the White House, as she had been overseeing the plans for a celebratory extravaganza for weeks, if not months. …On Christmas Eve, after the festivities had come to an end, Katherine and I, with all seven of our children, gathered around the tree set up in the Yellow Oval Room. We shared stories, sang hymns, and relished in the ambiance. Instead of lamenting the close of this chapter of our lives, I did my best to give thanks to our Lord and Savior for giving me and my family an experience shared by only thirty-six families before us.
– Jeremiah Denton’s Take My Yoke Upon You And Learn From Me: My Memoirs, Simon & Schuster, 1991
“Ladies and Gentlemen, and the press, I would like to thank you all for being here.
For the past five years, eleven months and eight days, I have overseen an administration and a Congress that has accomplished many amazing feats of greatness and glory. Together, we tackled a runaway budget. We improved the economy by decreasing the poverty and unemployment rates by taking an ax to unnecessary taxes. We expanded the possibilities of the free market system. We protected the environment and preserved our national landmarks. We preserved family values and valiantly fought back crime and teenage delinquency plaguing our communities. We defended our allies in Latin America, brought peace and justice to North Africa, and ensured American victory in the decades-long standoff that was the Cold War.
Unfortunately, my fellow Americans, it has come to my attention that my Presidency has been compromised. The past several months have been tiring on us all, as the unfortunate details of the actions of members of my administration – including my own misjudgments – have come to light, dragging the names of people through the mud regardless of their innocence or guilt and placing them before the court of public opinion, clogging up America’s judicial system in a show that distracts us all from more important issues. Ending disease and hunger, strengthening national defenses, lowering taxes even further, ending inequality, and combating crime – all more important matters that require far more greater attention than this administration has given them as of late. We all need to focus and work on curing these social ailments, but I myself can no longer fight these good fights in this compromised office. And so, I am shutting down this media circus, and, with it, regrettably, my Presidency.
A good soldier never surrenders in the middle of a battle; a soldier keeps on fighting until the battle is won or lost. It is with shame and reflection that I confess that the battle to execute the agenda of this White House has been lost.
To make myself perfectly and legally clear: in order to better focus on strengthening America from a freer vantage point, and to return the attention of this country that I love so much to the real issues that matter and affect us all, I hereby resign from the office of the Presidency, effective noon today.
Good luck, Jack.
Thank you all for listening, God bless you all, and God Bless the United States of America.”
– Jeremiah Denton in a live televised announcement, White House Press Briefing Room, 1/28/1986, 7:30 A.M. EST
“Denton was, is, and remains an innocent man who resigned to spare the nation he loves, then, now, and forever more, from having to go through the awkwardness and embarrassment of seeing an incumbent President be forced to sort out the sordid affairs of those who betrayed his trust in front of the insensitive media, a sorting that would have continued to drag on for months on end, impeding his ability to serve his country as its leader. He took a bullet for us all!”
– Southern Baptist clergyman Billy Ervin McCormack of Louisiana, CBN broadcast, 9/9/1989
“In retrospect, maybe I should have seen it coming. I mean, I met the man now an’ again. Didn’t really talk to me that often about foreign or domestic policy, though. I guess he wanted to make his time in the White House different than how mine was. Distinct. And it did end up like that, I guess. I mean, I was aware that he could fly off the handle at times, but I am still surprised by just how badly he muddied everything up! I just hope this new fella, Kemp? I hope he’s a better and more open and transparent kind of leader than Denton. That’s what should have tipped me off – when the scandals started coming out, he didn’t step up and confess what he knew like what I did. Well, what’s done is done. His chickens came home to roost, and that’s that. I just wonder what’ll happen to ol’ Jer next, now that he’s out of a job an’ all.”
– Colonel Sanders to a reporter, 12/29/1986
NOTE(S)/SOURCE(S)
[1] Italicized snippet pulled from here: https://www.geni.com/people/Bud-Brown/6000000074076944025
[2] Real thing!: https://books.google.com/books?id=1GIZqyemR3UC&lpg=PA360&ots=PR0TwfX... “Ancient Gonzo Wisdom” book, page 360).
[3] In OTL, in December 2019, a lawsuit was filed in New York on behalf of nine anonymous accusers for battery, assault, and intentional emotional distress, with the claims dating from 1985 through the 2000s, and included individuals who were 13, 14, and 15 when they first encountered Epstein. These are the only publicly disclosed accounts of sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein that actually date back to the 1980s, suggesting his reign of evil did not truly begin until the early 1990s: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-new-sexual-harassment-accusers-push-new-law-giving-protections-for-adult-sex-abuse-survivors/ So, yeah, it’s getting nipped in the bud here.
[4] Who? This guy: https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/12/us/killing-in-council-chamber-stuns-city-in-rural-iowa.html
[5] OTL quote from early 2020!!!
[6] But it will happen OTL for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy!
[7] TTL’s 1986 P.O.M.A. is based on OTL’s 1996 D.O.M.A., F.Y.I.!
[8] ITTL Harlon Carter died in an accident in October 1975 (see corresponding chapter for further details), and without him Neal Knox and the pro-politicization faction of the NRA failed to take over the organization’s leadership ranks!
[9] To be covered in the next chapter, along with more stuff concerning Le Pen and what will happen with Denton and all that (E.T.A.: no later than the 24th)
D'oh! Sorry about that, I think I confused the White Sox for the Red Sox (meant for it to be the Red Sox (maybe)) - I'll fix that!
EDIT: fixed (I think...)
Drug overdose in the early 1980s, a death used by anti-recreadrug persons as an example of the danger/consequences of using such drugs.
Thanks for the comments; I really appreciate them!
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Uh, when exactly did the White Sox and Comiskey Park move to Boston? Did the Red Sox and Fenway Park move to Chicago at the same time?
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Kemp is pretty much a placeholder at this point for the next two years when the Democrats get into office. With this said, looking at the issues affecting BLUTAG citizens in this TL, I see either Carol Bellamy or, at the very least, Barbara Mikulski winning the presidency in 88. Although, TBH, I wouldn't be against Malcolm X throwing his hat into the ring. Either way, the late 80s to mid-90s is destined to become a very progressive time in American history.
I honestly kinda feel sorry for Jerimiah here. He dosent seem to me to be a corrupt guy, just really bad at his choice in picks and loyalty issues
I see I've missed out on a lot. The USSR collapsed earlier, and peacefully, I hope? A list of US Presidents after Sanders? Sanders is still alive huh? He died in OTL in the 80's, I believe.
Yep, the USSR collapsed in late 1984, which basically handed Denton re-election on a platter.
And Sanders is indeed living well past OTL, he was supposed to pass away in 1980.
Fenway was placed on the national registger of historic places, so might not be able to be demolished, but it'll be a good museum for Boston sports history, maybe adding stuff inside the field of play.
The Red Sox are too much an icon to move out of New England, but they've had no success unlike OTL after '67, so probably their farm system ran dry, maybe after '67 they didn't invest heavily in black ballplayers to make the team more equal with the other teams like they did OTL. Had they not won in '67 they may have moved out of Boston proper, and maybe that's what Trump meant. It does make sense - I forget when the Patriots moved to Foxboro but I can see rumors of Boston moving to a suburb like that.
It does need some sort of wall, this new Trump Park, at least.
If he starts what OTL became H.O.K. with their new yet retro-looking parks (just not the cookie cutter ovals of OTL 1970s) then that's good.
The Angels were *this* close to beating the Red Sox anyway OTL, same with the Astros over the Mets though it wasn't quite as clsoe...still very close games in that Series. So Astros and Angels really almsot did happen.
Denton was Grant on steroids when it came to not knowing who to trust.
The Red Sox are too much an icon to move out of New England, but they've had no success unlike OTL after '67, so probably their farm system ran dry, maybe after '67 they didn't invest heavily in black ballplayers to make the team more equal with the other teams like they did OTL. Had they not won in '67 they may have moved out of Boston proper, and maybe that's what Trump meant. It does make sense - I forget when the Patriots moved to Foxboro but I can see rumors of Boston moving to a suburb like that.
It does need some sort of wall, this new Trump Park, at least.
If he starts what OTL became H.O.K. with their new yet retro-looking parks (just not the cookie cutter ovals of OTL 1970s) then that's good.
The Angels were *this* close to beating the Red Sox anyway OTL, same with the Astros over the Mets though it wasn't quite as clsoe...still very close games in that Series. So Astros and Angels really almsot did happen.
Denton was Grant on steroids when it came to not knowing who to trust.
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I expect that Trump Stadium is going to be the most 80's baseball stadium it is possible to build, which means by 1994 it's going to look hopelessly dated. Retro styling for ballparks didn't come into fashion until the mid 90's. The only real saving grace would be if it's a single use stadium meant for baseball. Multi-use fields that try to be for both baseball and football really don't work due to the wildly different field requirements.
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