Reply #14: RFK get two terms

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Nation suffers from Kennedy fatigue along with the economic woes and Reagan gets elected in '76. Serves two terms but without a Gorbechev, chafes against the Soviet Union agressively when they invade Afghanistan. Does not allow the Shah into the United States and tries to continue to use the rising Islamic fundamentalism to the American advantage in the Middle East and fails miserably. Bush loses in '84 to Ted Kennedy who is credited with the collapse of the Soviet Union and serves two terms, the second one just barely as the Republican Southern Strategy begins to bear fruit. '92 to '00 is Republican (not sure who, probably Kemp) and the economic expansion is blunted by military conflict in the Middle East as the Islamic threat to The Resource finally has to be confronted. Vietnam in the Desert brings us a Democrat, probably Gore in '00 or another Southern political figure. It is also the year that the Democrats lose the Senate to go along with the House that was lost in '98. Gore is a one termer.

George W. Bush is a footnote in Texas Ranger history as the driving force behind getting The Temple built in Arlington.