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>2008 Icarus is much less a mod about General Wesley Clark than it is about this era of the Democratic party
I think that this line explains why many of modern TCT mods are melodramatic slop, no longer are they about actual alt-history elections but trying to make story about them.

What's the point of Viva Kennedy? There is none! It's just about what would have happened if JFK didn't get blown away!
Midnight 64? What if the Warren Report closed the enormous closed the gap between Goldwater and Johnson, not some sermon on the effects of conspiracies in politics.
If the George Wallace 1972 mod was made today it would be filled with whinny words about how Wallace was so evil and mean, that he didn't really stop being racist, instead of just being a "What If" scenario.

These mods don't want to focus on alt-history, they want to have some deep and profound take on the American political landscape but they are all the exact same, Republicans are le evil and even the most moderate ones are the same as pat buchanan in someway The Democrats are useless and any attempt at bipartisan reform is actually just handing power to the GOP, only do the wholesome 100 McGovernite progressives try to ever make society better.
I didn't mean to sperg out and write so much, I do think 2008 Icarus is a fun mod on a technical level and has a good aesthetic.