Talk:1963: No Dallas

General Statement of Purpose on this Althist-

As we know, there are many althists on "What if Oswald missed?" or "What if there had been no assassination?"....some of these tend to drift towards the "Oliver Stone" variety, with a virtual paradise occuring "if only JFK had lived". I think this is very unrealistic and blinded by partisan politics.

JFK probably WOULD have not escalated things in Vietnam as Johnson did, and therefore a whole host of "No Vietnam War" scenarios would have sprung off that. However, it would not have meant a "Utopia" in America or the world due to it.

Also, it's likely that a major rift in the Democratic Party could have still seen a Republican win in 1968, if, like Nixon, they played the "Southern Strategy" and moved the GOP away from civil rights and towards "states' rights" to garner the "George Wallace vote". Gblack61 20:53, June 9, 2010 (UTC)