Ergh, cannot brain this evening, but one thing jumps out:
The Tea Party wouldn't be a thing in ca. 2009 Fenspace. It only really got started as a reaction to the OTL '08 election, and since that went to Guiliani the Tea Party would've been subsumed into the somewhat more bipartisan kerfluffle of the handwavium panic.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
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"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
The Tea Party wouldn't be a thing in ca. 2009 Fenspace. It only really got started as a reaction to the OTL '08 election, and since that went to Guiliani the Tea Party would've been subsumed into the somewhat more bipartisan kerfluffle of the handwavium panic.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"