On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > David Brin wrote: > > > > February '77 National Lampoon --"Grand Fifth Term > > Inaugural Issue: JFK's First 6,000 Days" which > > featured a silver-haired JFK on the cover. The whole > > issue was a big "what if..." about how things might > > have turned out had the assassin's bullet missed JFK > > and hit Jackie instead. A very good issue--neatly > > deflates the Kennedy myth: US steers clear of Vietnam, > > but ends up in Northern Ireland instead. > > > In Heinlein's "The Number of the Beast", the succession > of USA presidents in "Timeline 2" is Woodrow Wilson, > Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, > Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, ..., > Neemiah Scudder Interregnum. > > I guess that he gave two 4-year mandates to each of the > three brothers (is it legal to have a brother succeed > another one in the USA?), which would make Ted Kennedy to > leave office in 1984 - or earlier, in the case of impeachment. > > Or maybe each Kennedy above is a different family member, which > would place Kennedy VI being elected in... hmmm... 1960 + 5 x 8... > 2000 (!). > > It's a pity that he abandoned this idea in later books, > because in "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" the presidents > are Roosevelt, Alvin Barkley (who?), and Patton (who dies > in 1961). > > Alberto Monteiro > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > Alvin Barkley was Harry Truman's Vice President. john _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
