It's been stated, in updates written from the perspective of the future, that they will break out the nukes before it's all over. Not only is it using weapons of mass destruction, up to and including dirty bombs, against its enemies in the rest of southern Africa, but under the influence of Afrikaner nationalists like Eugene Terre'Blanche, it's starting to discriminate against non-Afrikaner whites (particularly the Rhodesian refugees) on top of the existing apartheid system. A Nazi by Any Other Name: South Africa under the dictatorship of General Malan is rapidly sliding into this, practically becoming The Draka.Sadly, a Dead Fic, as of March 2021.īe wary of spoilers below as the timeline contains some shocking twists. The story ends in 1981, followed by a Sequel Series note which we will not mention by name as the title is a massive spoiler, bringing the woes to The '80s. The full story will not be given here due to the timeline turning on shocking twists, but thanks to McGovern refusing to exit the race and standing as a 'Peace' candidate, as well as George Wallace staying in the race, the result is that no one wins the Electoral College vote. Now it's worth pointing out that there are a lot of timelines out there in which that would be that: McKeithen, the Mary Sue alternative candidate, would trounce Nixon and then proceed to have an Alternate History Wank presidency in which all the mistakes that happened in OTL are avoided.įear, Loathing and Gumbo is not like that.

He's a more moderate figure than McGovern and can appeal to a wider audience, and crucially also comes from a political background that has acquainted him quite as much with dirty tricks as Nixon. In Fear, Loathing and Gumbo John Julian McKeithen, a former governor of Louisiana, decides to stand for the Democratic nomination. Then came Watergate and everything that ensued with that. McGovern was the candidate of the radical anti-Vietnam war far left, and at a time when Nixon's policies seemed to be turning the Vietnam situation around, he failed to woo moderates and the result was a landslide for Nixon. In Real Life ('Our Timeline', OTL) the 1972 American presidential election pitted incumbent Republican Richard Nixon against Democrat George McGovern. Thompson work Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, and concerns the same events. The title is obviously a reference to the famous Hunter S. An Alternate History timeline written by user 'Drew' on the site.

Fear and loathing in the campaign trail