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The "tradition" of the Confederacy lasted five years.
The Obama administration lasted eight years.
The Obama administration is more a part of their tradition and heritage than the Confederacy.
Also: Obama's tenure only ended because of term limits. The "tradition and heritage" of the Confederacy ended in defeat at the hand of the United States.
I've been thinking about this recently. Reagan would have had a third term. Clinton would still get elected and likely have a third term as well because the recession that got Bush Sr. would have got Reagan. There's a good chance we don't defund counter terror in the FBI and we actually catch the 9/11 terrorists. So Clinton probably stays in office until the 2008 start of the housing crisis. At this point party fatigue usually sets in so Obama would likely lose to McCain. But that's okay because he was probably the safest GOP choice in the last 50 years. Still GOP policies would have done him in by 2016, at which point Obama v Hillary plays out and we get Obama as our current president. Trump forever remains a footnote as he tried to run against McCain in 2016 and McCain obliterated Trump's ego in the way only the military can.
Goddamn it I'm already fed up with our reality, I didn't need to read about an amazing alternative history where Iraq never happened and I probably joined the military to get an education and technical training!
Instead we got Bush, and I could smell the fraudulent stink of Iraq even as a stupid 17 year old...
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Oh yeah. Me too. But FDR scared the oligarchs and we couldn't have that.