The "Insular War" is a nice one.
This reminds me of a thing I was going to do with Henry Cabot Lodge Sr. Thank you Japhy.Much like the Federalists before Hamiltons rehabilitation in the 1890s/1900s it's really a term we should avoid.
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Turn-of-the-century positivist types leading the rehabilitation of Alexander Hamilton makes such a depressing amount of sense.Much like the Federalists before Hamiltons rehabilitation in the 1890s/1900s it's really a term we should avoid.
what a nameG.-Raymond Laliberté
I'm working on a similar idea where Trudeau never enters politics, and instead Mitchell Sharp is Pearson's successor. It appears we have very similar thoughts on the RIN and the FLQ.The Champions: Part One
But I love the idea of the First National Union (and Federalist) party, Second, etc so muchI'm culpable of it as much as the next person but the National Union getting revived is a thing we probably need to do less. It was a cheap term that was never meaningful in 1864 and prominently was tarnished by Andrew Johnson's attempts to create a new party. Much like the Federalists before Hamiltons rehabilitation in the 1890s/1900s it's really a term we should avoid.
That said it's a good list @Time Enough
I had a similar thought when I saw in "If Gordon Banks Had Played" the use of the term "National Conservatives" to describe Tories who had crossed the floor to keep Labour in power - yes it gives you an AH 'aaaaah' feeling, but why on earth would they seek a comparison with Ramsey Mac considering what happened to him? Of course, there is the option of 'not the name they picked, but the one their opponents/the meedja pejoratively gave to them and stuck'.I'm culpable of it as much as the next person but the National Union getting revived is a thing we probably need to do less. It was a cheap term that was never meaningful in 1864 and prominently was tarnished by Andrew Johnson's attempts to create a new party. Much like the Federalists before Hamiltons rehabilitation in the 1890s/1900s it's really a term we should avoid.
That said it's a good list @Time Enough
Left on the Cutting Room Floor: An Alternate Presidents List:
Maybe, he’d probably work best in a ‘FDR dies early 20s, Prohibition is worse, America needs a Mayor who’s tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime...’ style world. Also you’re kind of limited to the 30s with him because he was already in his 50s by then.I wonder if you can do something like that with Anton Cermak
Mayor Cermak was not a natural-born citizen of the United States, so there is that.Hmmmm
I wonder if you can do something like that with Anton Cermak
Other than that it's pretty cool
Mayor Cermak was not a natural-born citizen of the United States, so there is that.
I really like the "The British public would be too smart but Americans are morons" energy in this post. But no I think it would inevitably come up through the press.I had a similar thought when I saw in "If Gordon Banks Had Played" the use of the term "National Conservatives" to describe Tories who had crossed the floor to keep Labour in power - yes it gives you an AH 'aaaaah' feeling, but why on earth would they seek a comparison with Ramsey Mac considering what happened to him? Of course, there is the option of 'not the name they picked, but the one their opponents/the meedja pejoratively gave to them and stuck'.
I think for the US, there is a window of plausibility for 'National Union' as there will be a slice of the population who know enough about history to recognise the intended comparison, but not enough to know about how it turned out. I don't think the same is true of 'Federalist' for most of US history.
I'm not entirely sure they actually formed a party as such in that anyway (at least at first), I think they would self-describe as Conservatives in a National Government. Personally I'd also associate it at least as much with Lloyd George (admittedly not necessarily much better) and Simon. But that may just be me.I had a similar thought when I saw in "If Gordon Banks Had Played" the use of the term "National Conservatives" to describe Tories who had crossed the floor to keep Labour in power - yes it gives you an AH 'aaaaah' feeling, but why on earth would they seek a comparison with Ramsey Mac considering what happened to him? Of course, there is the option of 'not the name they picked, but the one their opponents/the meedja pejoratively gave to them and stuck'.
I think for the US, there is a window of plausibility for 'National Union' as there will be a slice of the population who know enough about history to recognise the intended comparison, but not enough to know about how it turned out. I don't think the same is true of 'Federalist' for most of US history.