Timeline (President Hendrix)

POD September 1970: Jimi Hendrix survives a drug overdose in his london flat. This makes him realise that he needs to get off drugs, and he enters rehab. He cuts short his tour after he checks himself in at Zurich.

Entrance into Politics

 * March 1972: Hendrix is discharged from a rehab clinic in Switzerland with a clean bill of health.


 * August 1972: Hendrix meets Ron Paul after he gives a speech about government trust regarding the Watergate scandal. Hendrix is impressed by Ron Paul's words. Paul encourages Hendrix to enter politics as an old time Libertarian Republican which is an ideology that appeals to Hendrix.


 * January 1973: Hendrix writes in the New York times about Roe v. Wade being hypocritical in that the SCOTUS said that executing criminals was unconstitutional a few months previously in. He also converts to Methodism.


 * November 1975: Hendrix moves to Nevada and begins to take interest in politics.


 * May 1977: Hendrix states that he is a Republican during an interview on CBS news.


 * December 1977: Hendrix says he will run for the governorship of Nevada in the upcoming 1978 mid-term election.


 * May 1978: Hendrix against all odds defies the Republican party base and defeats John List for the Republican nomination for governor of Nevada.


 * November 1978: After leading in the polls over Democratic incumbent Mike O'Callaghan by 9 points for several months,Hendrix is elected the 24th governor of Nevada.

Governor of Nevada

 * 1979: Hendrix is sworn in as the 24th Governor of Nevada. Days after his inauguration in an interview with ABC news Hendrix says he will defend the rights and liberties of the people of Nevada by resisting corruption and by cutting taxes for all Nevadans.


 * 1980: Hendrix now popular from his tax cuts begins a comprehensive plan to double Nevada's surplus and invest in education for the citizens of Nevada.


 * 1981: Governor Hendrix signs the Nevada firearms defense act. The bill defends a Nevadans right to hold firearms. Shortly after the signing of the bill Hendrix is thanked by president Reagan.


 * 1983: Hendrix signs a bill that puts 10,000 new police officers on the streets of Las Vegas,Reno and Carson City in order to fight corruption and organized crime throughout Nevada. In October Hendrix announces that he will run for the U.S senate in 1984.


 * November 1984: Hendrix defeats his Democratic challenger by a landslide 64%-36% in the Nevada senatorial election.

United States Senator

 * 1985: Hendrix is sworn in as a United States Senator.


 * 1986: Senator Hendrix tells president Reagan to take a much more diplomatically aggressive stance towards the Soviet Union. Hendrix and Reagan soon begin to turn to each other for advice regularly.


 * 1987: Hendrix travels with president Reagan to Berlin. After his speech there Reagan says that Hendrix was instrumental in the idea for his speech.


 * 1988: Hendrix brings a bill before congress that creates much longer prison time for members of congress and senate that knowingly commit serious crimes while in office. The bill passes by a landslide. Later in the year Hendrix is thanked by president Reagan for his aid in helping his administration during his farewell speech.


 * 1989: During the fall of the Berlin wall Hendrix and long time friend Ron Paul make speeches praising capitalism's victory over communism.


 * 1991: Hendrix tells president Bush not to invade Iraq after the liberation of Kuwait saying "there will be a Vietnam like insurgency".


 * 1992: Hendrix says that president Bush's decision to raise taxes will probably cost him the election. In November Hendrix is proven right when Bush loses reelection to Arkansas governor Bill Clinton.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 * 1994: Republicans gain control of the senate and house of representatives. Soon after Hendrix is named speaker of the house. House republicans soon pass a bill giving a tax cut to 95% of Americans.


 * June 1995: After much thought Hendrix announces his biggest and most ambitious plan yet. Hendrix announces he will seek the republican nomination for president of the United States.

1996 Presidential Election
1996 presidential election(President Hendrix)
 * August 1996: Hendrix is confirmed as the GOP nominee after defeating Bob Dole in the primaries. In the RNC, he confirms Senator Dole as his running mate, with Ron Paul as secretary of the treasury.


 * September 1996: After Ross Perot decides to drop out of the race Hendrix begins to lead Clinton in the polls by 4% nationally.


 * November 1996: Hendrix defeats Clinton by five points in the general election and becomes the first black president of the United States. Clinton's defeat is blamed by many on his loss of the African American vote.

First term and Reelection
1997:


 * Hendrix begins with his plans to utilize the Clinton surplus.


 * Hendrix receives a CIA memo about possible genocide in former Yugoslavia. Hendrix sends troops to stabilize the region.

1998:


 * Hendrix imposes the largest tax cut in history which leads to a 8% increase in economic growth.


 * Hendrix signs a bill which constructs a 3000 mile long fence along the U.S Mexican border.

1999:
 * Hendrix gets the income tax repealed.


 * Hendrix cuts all "pork barrel" programs funded by the government.


 * Vice president Dole says he will retire at the end his term as vice president due to age issues.


 * The airlines security act is passed, which leads to impenetrable cockpit doors being implemented over 6 months

2000: 2000 presidential election(President Hendrix)


 * Tom Gephardt becomes the Democratic nominee for president.


 * Senator John McCain of Arizona is chosen as Hendrix's running mate.


 * Hendrix is reelected in a landslide after defeating Tom Gephardt and the Democrats with 372 electoral votes to 166.

Second Term
2001:
 * Hendrix is sworn in for his second term.


 * On 9/11, the hijackers fail miserably after they fail to breach the doors.


 * With 9/11 a failure, Hendrix decides to seek out and punish Bin Laden. The CIA tell him that Bin Laden is hiding in Afghanistan. Ron Paul then reminds Hendrix of a long forgotten loophole in catching Bin Laden - a letter of Marque and Reprisal.


 * Hendrix and the Secretary of defense Collen Powell co-sign a letter of Marque and reprisal on September 6 demanding that Mullah Omar hand over Bin Laden or they will refer it to the UN.


 * Mullah Omar refuses, and declares that the "imperialist warmongers will not step on Holy Land".


 * Hendrix fulfills his promise and gets the UN to approve an invasion of Afghanistan.


 * As a result of more competent leadership at the helm, the US capture Bin Laden in a matter of weeks and the Taliban are irrevocably routed.

2002:
 * Al Qaeda's second in command Ayman Al Zawahiri is killed by U.S forces.


 * Combat operations in Afghanistan end. U.S forces begin the reconstruction of Afghanistan.


 * Hendrix increases funding for NASA in the Space exploration act.


 * Mullah Omar is killed after a series of air strikes in Waziristan, Pakistan successfully eliminates most of the Taliban leadership.


 * After the CIA confirm VX gas was used on the Kurds, the United States gets Britain, Poland, Italy, France, Britain, Spain and Norway to help them in overthrowing Saddam.


 * Saddam is caught hiding in the presidential palace within 2 months. Saddam is subsequently handed over for trial to the Iraqi people and hung on New Year's eve.

Domestic Policy

 * NASA gets more funding, and they are projected to get a man on Mars by 2012.


 * Crime and corruption figures are at their lowest in decades.


 * The average house hold income rises to $125 000.


 * All Gun Control laws are repealed.


 * Puerto Rico became a State in the Union in 2004.


 * After Castro's death in 2006, Cuba warmed to the US.


 * Roe V Wade was overturned, and the abortion debate was devolved to the states.

Foreign Policy

 * With Jimi Hendrix at the helm, the US was described as entering a "Golden Age" of prosperity.


 * The War on drugs was seen as more successful, especially as FARC are driven out of Colombia and destroyed entirely. Drug rings were also smashed across Latin America and Central Asia.


 * The war on terror is more successfully executed, with Al-Qaeda being smashed in the nerve centre.


 * The War in Iraq takes place, but with more unilateral support, it is far more successful than in OTL with U.S forces leaving the country in 2009.


 * Iraq and Afghanistan are stable democracies, with close links to America.

2004 Presidential Election
2004 presidential election(President Hendrix)

John McCain is selected as the Presumptive nominee at the RNC convention in Phoenix, and he chooses Ron Paul as his VP. They later go on to win in a landslide against Al Gore and the Democrats with over 300 electoral votes due to a large amount of confidence towards the Republicans from the American public.

2005 European visit
In a effort to boost EU/US relation outgoing President Hendrix visits Europe where they strengthen relations via a joint nuclear missile defence shield which became a serious proposal, since the US economy was really strong.

2008
Jimi Hendrix worked on the McCain campaign trail, and his predecessor's legacy helped McCain secure a second term with McCain getting all but Ohio with his rival, Dennis Kucinich, only getting 3 electoral votes in ohio.

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