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Alternate Wikibox Thread

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"I never heard as many compliments as anybody as I did on Inouye," President Lyndon Johnson noted on August 29, 1968.
"Yes, I know," interjected Vice President Humphrey.
"He answers Vietnam with that empty sleeve,” Johnson said. “He answers your problems with Nixon with that empty sleeve. He has that brown face. He answers everything in civil rights, and he draws a contrast without ever opening his mouth. I've never known him to make a mistake. He's got cold, clear courage, he's as loyal as a dog as you must've observed, he'd never undercut ya. He ought to appeal to the West. He ought to appeal to the world. It would be fresh and different. He’s young and new. It's something, it ought to be considered. ... I would consider Boggs... I'd consider Muskie. Terry Sanford would be good, he's been loyal but I understand the Southern boys think he's too liberal, I wouldn't irritate them any more than I had to. They all love Inouye. I don’t know why, but they all, I just — I think one thing is that they just look at him and see that he — they can’t fuss at him and say, ‘He doesn’t love peace.’ God knows, he wants peace more than anybody, and it’s quite a contrast with Agnew and civil rights thing and Nixon. And I just don't think that any Jew or any Pole or any Italian or anybody else, in other words, the South can’t get mad at him because he’s colored, and he would appeal to every other minority because he is one."

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"The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;
The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the twentieth day of January next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President."
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I love Inouye, I always thought of using him in a 1988 TL as a Presidential/VP candidate following a more explosive Iran-Contra Scandal.

I particularly liked thinking of a Biden/Inouye ticket and the possibility of President Inouye after an ill-timed aneurysm.
 
CTTeller said:
In December 2020, I started making a series I called Things Can Only Get Worse. I've decided to remake it, and so here it is.

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Can we get a version of this that isn't semi-transparent?
 
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Without making it from scratch again, sorry I really can't. I do still have the individual boxes if you wanted some of them.
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(only because this is the most recent reply) I would say that my only problem with this little AH (which is very good, I would stress how small of a problem this is) is that it would seem Ecology just replaces Labour in the North, and has little support among the traditional LibDem Home County types
 
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(only because this is the most recent reply) I would say that my only problem with this little AH (which is very good, I would stress how small of a problem this is) is that it would seem Ecology just replaces Labour in the North, and has little support among the traditional LibDem Home County types
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The Welsh Valleys becoming an eco-socialist utopia is a bit rich as well, though maybe there's some environmental disaster that knocks them in that direction?
 
monroetempleton said:
(only because this is the most recent reply) I would say that my only problem with this little AH (which is very good, I would stress how small of a problem this is) is that it would seem Ecology just replaces Labour in the North, and has little support among the traditional LibDem Home County types
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I will admit that I'm not entirely happy with the seats myself. I used UK-Elect's method of forecast for this, but I would have liked to see a lot more seats along the lines of Isle of Wight and the home county seats flip.
 
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And speaking of Thatcher...
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At the age of 15, I first made the above box in January 2019, and reposted it here when this thread started a year later. It was, if I remember right, the second wikibox I ever made. One of my more nonsense sided series, I added to it a year after that in 2021 but I don't think I ever posted it outside of Discord. Unhappy with the quality of the wikiboxes, I've decided to remake this series as well.

And so, here's The Lady's For Returning in another remake, with the 2020 election which I hadn't made yet, but had planned the general idea for a couple years.

I do plan to make the 2018 and 2020 leadership elections for the Conservatives but I really wanted to get this out today and so I'll probably post those later on in my White Space thread.
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Wanted to test out a format that I might use for future wikiboxes and whatnot, and I was provided an infobox by allthepresidentsmen after some discussions. Furthermore, I would like to give my thanks to @Comrade Izaac for the concept of the Union of Service Employees.

The scenario itself is very generic, so without further ado:

2032 United States presidential election
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For related races, see 2032 United States elections.​
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The 2032 United States presidential election was the 62nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2032. The Democratic ticket of Massachusetts governor Michelle Wu and the United States senator from Arizona Ruben Gallego defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent United States President Marco Rubio and the United States senator from Alabama Katie Britt. The election took place against the backdrop of the Thirties Recession kicked off by the Egyptian revolution of 2030 and the subsequent Arab Summer, as well as concentrated labor protests and civil unrest against the Gianforte administration following the controversial Walker v. Union of Service Employees ruling by the Supreme Court. The election saw the highest voter turnout by percentage since 1960, surpassing record turnout of 62.8% from 2020. Wu received 93.8 million votes, the most votes ever cast for a candidate in a U.S. presidential election.

The previous presidential election was won by Governor of Montana Greg Gianforte, with U.S. Senator from Florida Marco Rubio as his running mate. Gianforte swept aside a challenge from far-right Idaho congresswoman Priscilla Giddings to become the presumptive presidential nominee at the 2032 Republican primaries; however, he withdrew his candidacy and resigned on April 4, 2032, following an assault on The Intercept journalist Lee Fang, who previously reported on conflicts of interest regarding Gianforte's investments, at the unexpectedly violent Fighting For Freedom rally in Milwaukee. Rubio's ascension to the presidency was damaged by the complications of the rally and the controversial post-April primaries. In the meantime, a highly competitive primary saw Wu, a dark horse candidate, secure the Democratic presidential nomination over her closest rivals, former vice president Andy Beshear and U.S. senator from California Ro Khanna, making Wu the third female and first Asian-American nominee to head a major party ticket. The Libertarian Party nominated Patrick Byrne for president, while the Green Party nominated Lee Carter for president.

The central issues of the election involved the economic impacts of the recession, the future of the emerging Union of Service Employees and the American labor movement as a whole, immigration policy, the expansion of private security contractors and foreign policy issues such as tension with the European Union and the Second Russian Revolution. Wu campaigned on a progressive "Green New Deal" platform, with a push to protect labor rights and public transit, widen Medicare coverage and enact environmental policies to reach net-zero by 2050. Meanwhile, Rubio advocated for restrictions on legal immigration and harsher punishments on labor protesters in addition to increased restrictions on abortion and gender reassignment surgeries.

The tone of the general election campaign was widely characterized as divisive and negative, with widespread incidents of violence between Republican and Democratic supporters across the country. Wu faced attacks on her "inexperience" and was painted as a radical socialist, in certain cases leading to accusations of anti-Asian racism against the Republican campaign. Rubio's campaign theme of American strength abroad were marred by the 2032 Suez attack; furthermore, Rubio faced backlash from conservative Republicans over supposed "flip-flopping" on immigration, labor and foreign policy. Leading up to election day, Wu would hold a strong consistent lead in the national popular vote and across various swing states in opinion polls.

Wu won a decisive victory, winning the popular vote by a sizable margin and receiving a majority in the Electoral College with 357 electoral votes, while Rubio received 181. A number of Republican and some Democratic officials falsely alleged voter fraud and efforts to subvert the vote-counting process in certain states; however, Marco Rubio conceded by November 4. Wu became the first Democrat to win the presidential election in Alaska since 1964, Rubio's home state of Florida since 2012 and North Carolina since 2024.
 
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A City Upon A Hill?

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City Upon a Hill was an American television miniseries broadcast in 1984 on ABC. Starring Robert Redford, City Upon a Hill is a pastiche of Redford's own experiences following The Candidate (1972) and its sequel The Senator (1978), particularly in the attempts by both major parties to draft him ahead of the 1980 Presidential election. Redford plays Charles Hart, a film actor who is convinced to run for President in 1984 due to the success of his in-universe television show, City Upon a Hill, in which Hart stars as a high-school math teacher who wins the 1980 Presidential election as a dark-horse independent candidate.

The series was notably broadcast over the final three weeks of the real world 1984 Presidential election (and the week following election day), attracting controversy from both Democrats and Republicans due to Redford's explicit Democratic affiliation, something reflected in Hart's own political party. President Richard Schweiker would accuse the miniseries of contributing to his defeat in his reelection bid, resulting in legal litigation, while election winner Adlai Stevenson contested that the broadcast, particularly the depiction of the amoral and demagogue Hart capturing the Democratic Party in a populist fervour, had nearly handed Schwieker the election.

The role of Charles Hart remains one of Redford's most iconic performances, and in a twist of irony was seen as contributing to his own successful election to the Vice Presidency in 1992. The series also starred Peter Boyle, Redford's co-star in The Candidate and The Senator, as hawkish Republican Presidential nominee Theodore Rossi, Kate Capshaw as Hart's estranged wife Claire Hart, and Robert Urich as Hart's co-star-turned-campaign manager Wilson Cable. Frances McDormand notably appeared in an early role as Annabelle Sims, Hart's running mate who is elected at the end of the series as the first female Vice President of the United States.

The series is also notable for helping establish the color convention of Red Democrats and Blue Republicans, which became fixed during the highly contentious real-world 1984 election.

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CTTeller said:
A Merry Christmas from Frank Zappa.
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CTTeller said:
And happy day before New Year's Eve.
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Thanks to Lilitou for the name suggestion, which is fantastic and something I know that Frank would do.​
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A year has passed, and I've finally found the energy to continue/remake this series.

Here is Can't Slapp the Zapp, the story of how Frank Zappa singlehandedly destroyed the Democratic Party following his decision to run, influenced by his experiences at the PMRC senate hearings.

Thank you to Kim, Lilitou, Time Enough, Tibby and others for providing ideas and assistance across the time I've attempted this series.
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CTTeller said:
A year has passed, and I've finally found the energy to continue/remake this series.

Here is Can't Slapp the Zapp, the story of how Frank Zappa singlehandedly destroyed the Democratic Party following his decision to run, influenced by his experiences at the PMRC senate hearings.

Thank you to Kim, Lilitou, Time Enough, Tibby and others for providing ideas and assistance across the time I've attempted this series.
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Gonna be funny if Zappa’s party is still called Third when the Democrats die out.
 
ok so which one of u is actually allthepresidentsmen under a fake account ? i hate going "mods mods!" but it's very obvious that he's still around and still plagiarizing ideas from posters on here. this is his account on Reddit and this post is literally just @Meppo 's recent post, down to the fucking Greg Gianforte controversy and resignation, literally three days after he made a post about a Fetterman that seemed to weirdly mirror details from a timeline i did on my test thread the day before.
 

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ok so which one of u is actually allthepresidentsmen under a fake account ? i hate going "mods mods!" but it's very obvious that he's still around and still plagiarizing ideas from posters on here. this is his account on Reddit and this post is literally just @Meppo 's recent post, down to the fucking Greg Gianforte controversy and resignation, literally three days after he made a post about a Fetterman that seemed to weirdly mirror details from a timeline i did on my test thread the day before.
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With all due respect, that is not exactly the case here. The day before, I discussed a hypothetical 2032 scenario with allthepresidentsmen that I decided to write out here. Allthepresidentsmen helped me with the infobox. I should have clarified that we collaborated on this scenario more explicitly but at the time I was not sure what the policy on mentioning banned users was in this forum. I assumed he wouldn't be posting it elsewhere and, from what I understand, he's not on the site in any case.

The college seems to be more of a visual elaboration of it, for the most part, but I gave my consent to the making of this collage.

P.S. I'd like to apologize to you if you are (quite likely) displeased by me using one of your concepts in this scenario.

P.P.S. proof

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