george w. bush

ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON: Howard Dean and the Fight to Take Back America On this day, 20 years ago, former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont let out a loud cry in an Iowa concession speech. This is where the story starts and ends for most people. The “I have a scream” speech, it was called at...

I've been working for a while on a TL with a PoD in 2005, which is obviously the assassination of President Bush as the title suggests. This TL will focus primarily on how the world develops after that. This is the first chapter of that TL. After the Assassination of George W. Bush Chapter...

After the resignation of James G. Watt, Reagan's first Secretary of the Interior, in 1983, the top three contenders for the pick were National Security Advisor William P. Clark, New Mexico Congressman (and future Interior Secretary) Manuel Lujan Jr., and Wyoming Congressman (also the former WH...

I had this idea for a scenario regarding the electoral college. What if Kerry won the popular vote but still lost the electoral college to Bush to the same amount as he did in OTL? How would the country react? What would Congress do? Would there be some kind of a reform to abolish it and would...

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So with consultation from @Arthur Marston, I thought it would be interesting to do a visual photo thread for the dystopian scenario of No W written by @Lost Freeway (who unfortunately was banned in September 2017) similar to the photo threads for World War Z, 1983: Doomsday, Fatherland, and Man...

One Night in Boston: The Ramifications of the 2004 Democratic National Convention. One of the major surprises in the lead up to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston was that the keynote speaker happened to come down to two candidates. One was Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee to...

People often said "The 90s ended in 2004", and you can kinda see why. Now some would say late 90s culture ended after 9/11 but others say it was still hanging in there 2002-2003. In 2004 broadband overtook dial-up, Friends ended, Cartoon Network got rid of their 90s lineup, Web 1.0 ended, etc...

If 9/11 had never happened (let's say that the perpetrators are caught in Boston on September 11) how would Bush's presidency have panned out? Would he continue to focus more on domestic issues than foreign affairs? Would he still try to invade Iraq? Would Gore try for a rematch in 2004? Would...

So after over two years of trying to continue my original timeline and struggling to do so for various reasons, I've decided to turn "The Towers Still Stand" into a collaborative TL for the sake of keeping a good piece of Alternate History alive. Anyone who is interested in contributing, please...

What if 1992 Democratic nominee Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas would have selected Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts as his running mate and vice president, instead of Senator Al Gore of Tennessee for the United States Presidential Election of 1992? I remember reading that had Clinton had...

Many of the reasons why supposedly progressive people flocked to Ralph Nader and refused to consider voting for Al Gore was saying that the "oligarchical two-party system" unfairly prevented Nader from participating in the 2000 debates the way Ross Perot had in 1992. The documentary, An...

IOTL, Vice President Al Gore swept the 2000 Democratic Primary, winning every state and soundly defeating New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, who was his only primary challenger. But what if, through one means or another, Bradley pulled an upset and managed to clinch the Democratic nomination? Who...

(Second attempt of a collaborative TL, except clearly defined. The following post below is a copy of what was in the original post) Many Campaign 2000 alternate scenarios have been created. However, this one deals with if Al Gore had pursued a different strategy in dealing with the lazy and...

Many Campaign 2000 alternate scenarios have been created. However, this one deals with if Al Gore had pursued a different strategy in dealing with the lazy and vindictive press, in embracing President Clinton's campaigning help, and applying pressure to George W. Bush through the spring and...

As the title says, what POD can make George W. Bush more moderate as a Republican during his time as Governor of Texas and how would a moderate George W. Bush look? Given his victories in 1994 and 1998, him being a moderate instead of a conservative likely does not affect his chances of being...

After 9/11 George Bush becomes an Islamophobe. What happens next?

In a timeline where Senator John McCain of Arizona won the Republican Party's nomination for president, and did not select Governor George W. Bush of Texas as his Vice Presidential nominee, do you think that Bush could beat McCain's Vice President for the nomination in 2008 (assuming his brother...

There was once an interview with one of President George W. Bush's former advisors in which he describes how Bush was planning to invade Iraq right away. The advisor interviewed and other advisors saw little relevance between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin-Laden and advised Afghanistan be the...

In this scenario, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole is the Republican presidential nominee of 1992 but loses to the Democratic nominee. There are many ways to achieve this. The first one I could think of is a Bush presidency from 1985-1993. Depending on who Bush's vice president is (possibly Jack...