History would have been quite different if...
A: Hitler had been spat on by wealthy muslims while painting watercolors in Vienna, and
B: Reagan had chosen a different running mate.
There’s actually a (in retrospect) funny story about Lyn Nofziger completely whigging out when he was told Reagan had chosen Bush as his running mate. Apparantly there was a drawing of straws to determine who got to tell him. And his reaction could be heard clear down the hall of the hotel they were staying in.
Per those who are in the Bohemian Grove circle, Reagan was told if he wants to become president that he had to select GH Bush as his VP.
Absolutely correct Spacebar. It was Reagan’s biggest mistake to succumb to “picking” GHW Bush as running mate and Veep.It was JFK’s biggest mistake likewise to “pick” LBJ.It’s well know that both these good men, Reagan and JFK , had no high regard for their running mates, who succeeded both men and changed American political life into something we still have to live with.
Reagan should have followed the advice his wife gave him and chosen Laxalt.
And yet, he chose him. He signed some anti-gun ban in 1986 as well.