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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

Was doing an ATLF for a film that barely anyone remembers despite it starring Angelina Jolie, that guy from Trainspotting and Matthew Lillard and having it being this 90s Cyber-Libertarian that can only be defeated by Anarcho-Communist Hackers, dumb?

Yes.

But the real question that should asked is, does this forum deserve a ATLF based on Hackers?

Yes.
 
Was doing an ATLF for a film that barely anyone remembers despite it starring Angelina Jolie, that guy from Trainspotting and Matthew Lillard and having it being this 90s Cyber-Libertarian that can only be defeated by Anarcho-Communist Hackers, dumb?

Yes.

But the real question that should asked is, does this forum deserve a ATLF based on Hackers?

Yes.

That it does, yeah.

Kinda wonder what do the electoral maps and the world abroad look like, and if social networks took off here like OTL or people on the Net generally prefer to stay very anonymous.

Tim Wu and Bruce Sterling are very interesting nominees, to say the least.

Frankly speaking, I pondered doing an ATLF, albeit I'm not sure if a list based on The Great Mouse Detective and Rescuers would really work 😔
 
the world abroad look like
Dominic Cummings is the most important man in Britain.
if social networks took off here like OTL or people on the Net generally prefer to stay very anonymous.
Everyone stays anonymous, it’s like the 90s never ended, forum’s for days.
Tim Wu and Bruce Sterling are very interesting nominees, to say the least.
The power of internet heavy decentralised political parties.
 
1974-1981:Jacques Chaban-Delmas(UDR)
1974:George Marchais(PCF)
1981-1988:George Marchais(PCF)
1981:Jacques Chaban-Delmas(UDR)
1988-2002:Nicole Pasquier(UDF)
1988:George Marchais(PCF)
1995:Philippe de Villiers(MPF)

2002-2016:Jean-Pierre Chevènement(GU)
2002:François Bayrou(UDF)
2009:Nicolas Sarkozy(UDF)
 
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2019 Romanian Presidential Election-First Round:

Klaus Iohannis-32,82 %

Alexandru Cumpanasu-22,01%

Viorica Dancila-20,10%

Dan Barna-14,95%

2019 Romanian Presidential Election-Second Round:

Alexandru Cumpanasu-51,29%

Klaus Iohannis-48,71%


2020 Local Election Results in Bucharest:


Sector 1: Adriana Bahmuteanu (PER)-33,01%

Sector 2: Neculai Ontanu (ADER)-30,09%

Sector 3: Robert Negoita (PRO Bucharest 2020)-41%

Sector 4: Daniel Baluta (PSD)-57,03%

Sector 5: Cristian Popescu-Piedone (PPU-SL)-28,08%

Sector 6: Ciprian Ciucu (PNL-USRPLUS)-44,02%


General Mayor: Nicusor Dan (PNL-USRPLUS)-37%-elections for General Mayor declared void,to be restarted in early 2021


2020 Romanian Parliamentary Elections Results:

PSD-156

PNL-113

USRPLUS-79

AUR-47


UDMR-30

CPR-21


Independent-Valeriu Nicolau

Independent-Gabriel Oprea
 
From Rose Gardens to Refugee Camps: A History of the Second Tory Ascendancy 2010-2037

Produced between 2041 and 2043 "From Rose Gardens to Refugee Camps" was a three season long history podcast produced by Historicity. It was consistently ranked in the top 10 UK historical podcasts during its run and made the career of its primary host Aiden Reitz. However, the show was criticised for being politically biased and for focusing on the central theme of populism versus the establishment to the exclusion of other themes such as sex politics, climate, and the growing mental health crisis. Perhaps in response to these criticisms, Aiden is currently working on "Crash" - which follows the climate crisis from the 1980s to the Treaty of San Francisco.

Season One: Recorded February 2041 to June 2041

The 2010 General Election

1. "That bigoted woman" - Nationalism and class at the fall of New Labour
2. "I Agree With Nick" - TV Debates and emerging populism
David Cameron 2010-2016
3. "The Rose Garden" - The start of the First Coalition
4. "We are the 99%" - Riots, Occupy, Anti-Austerity and Ed Miliband
5. "Jubilympics" - The AV referendum and an illusion of unity
6. "I quite fancy my brother" - Equal Marriage, the Snoopers' Charter, House of Lords Reform and the breakdown of coalition
7. "Like a foreign land" - The EU Election, Carswell, Reckless, and the first Scottish Referendum
8. "The Man who hated Britain" - Race and nationalism in the General Election
9. "Kippers and Watermelons" - Populist uprisings and economic anxieties in the General Election 2015
10. "Champagne delivered to Downing Street" - Cameron governs alone
11. "A new kind of politics" - Jeremy Corbyn, the new radicals and the new mainstream
12. "The People's Vote" - The emergence of Remain: Stronger In, the death of Jo Cox, and Remoaners
13. "The People Spoke" - The £350 million bus, Galloway and Farage, the strange death and rebirth of the populist right
Theresa May 2016-2019
14. "Running through fields of wheat" - the political vision on Theresa May
15. "There will be no snap election" - the 2017 snap election
16. "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" - Populism before and after the 2017 general election

Season Two: Recorded November 2041 to March 2042

1. "A Meaningful Vote" - Brexit, parliament, and the public
2. "The Hostile Environment" - Domestic policy under Theresa May
3. "The Future is in your hands" - The Independent Group, antisemitism, establishment rebels and anti-populist protests
4. "Milkshake" - the crisis of right wing populism, nationalism, and antifascism
Boris Johnson 2019-2027
5. "Boris" - The 2017 Conservative Leadership election and the character of the new Prime Minister
6. "Prorogations and Resignations" - political realignment, and Brexit negotiations under Johnson
7. "In the Bleak Midwinter" - The General Election 2019. A three part Xmas special performed live in the Googlesoft Podcasting Centre in London. Special guests include Katie Foy, Benali Hamdache, Daisy Benson, and Gemma Stone
8. "Anxious about what happens next" - The beginning of the pandemic and the end of Corbynism
9. "Yeeting the statue into the canal" - Protest and policing under lockdown
10. "Eat Out to Help Out" - Domestic and economic policy between the lockdowns
11. "Reclaim the Streets" - The second wave, Kill The Bill, vaccination and the birth of a new populist left
12. "Britain gets the Clap" - The third wave and the end of lockdown
13. "The decade's saddest loss" - The death of Elizabeth II and the crisis of the monarchy
14. "The Roaring Twenties" - Culture, gender, race and the schism of the populist left in the shadow of the pandemic
15. "The Warring Twenties" - The global situation.
16. "Night of the Long Tweets" - Political crisis and an apolitical disaster.

Season Three: Recorded July 2042 to September 2042

1. "The most equal society on Earth" - The 2024 General Election and the debate on British identity
2. "A small minority entirely beneath notice" - Political violence, extremism, and social unrest in the 2024 general election.
3. "Revived, rejuvenated and ready" - The birth of the second Johnson ministry
4. "The least eventful political realignment in history" - The leadership contests of 2024
5. "EU Supergirl" - Centre, right, and leftist populism and the run-up to war.
6. "Playing Churchill" - The Conservative Party at war.
7. "The whole country stands united" - Populism, racism, and political violence on the home front.
8. "16th October 2026" - Special two part episode, recorded live at the KWV Centre - all proceeds going to the White Poppy Foundation and the 16th October Trust.
9. "Aftershocks" - Britain in the wake of 16th October.
10. "Not fun anymore" - The home front at the end of the war.
11. "Britain at the Death of Europe" - The Sarajevo Conference.
12. "Looking for the heart and soul of the Conservative Party" - The 2027 Conservative Leadership election
Gavin Williamson (2027-2036)
13. "Monkey's Paw" - The populist right takes the reins.
14. "Is that who that was?" - The resignation of Keir Starmer
15. "Letting the Tories in" - Left populism, Centrist populism, and the death of the establishment in the 2028 General Election
16. "A jackboot through the overton window" - The populist right and the death of the establishment in the 2028 General Election

Season Four: Recorded March 2043 to July 2043

1. "The new reality" - Domestic policy at the end of the 2020s
2. "What isn't on fire, we burn" - Left populism in the era of political violence
3. "Nothing is not on fire" - The political environment and the literal climate
4. "Families have been broken" - The victories and failures of right populism in power
5. "An outdated institution" - The 2033 general election TV debates and the new Labour Party
6. "Collapsing upwards" - Voter suppression and political violence on the campaign trail.
7. "Progressive Alliance" - Centrist populism and the curious rebirth of the Liberal Party
8. "Liking our wounds" - Left populism takes the lead
9. "The Republican Monarchy and the King of the Squatters" - Criminality, terrorism, the aristocracy, etc adjust to the new world.
10. "Enemies Everywhere" - The state of the cabinet in the run-up to the elections.
11. "Greatness in our grasp" - How the Conservatives lost the 2036 general election.
12. "The bimbofication of the Labour movement" - How Labour didn't win the 2036 general election
Elena Bunbury (2036-2038)
13. "Everyone is behind you" - The resignation of Gavin Williamson, the new Coalition and the populist centre in power
14. "No Gods No Masters" - Labour, protest and the new new left.
15. "Britain the beautiful" - Poverty, race and class at the start of the Global Crash
16. "Not even any leftovers" - The end of the coalition.
17. "Ragnarok" - Special cross-over episode with Elections Live and the History of Twitter, performed in the Westminster Centre.
 
From Rose Gardens to Refugee Camps: A History of the Second Tory Ascendancy 2010-2037

Produced between 2041 and 2043 "From Rose Gardens to Refugee Camps" was a three season long history podcast produced by Historicity. It was consistently ranked in the top 10 UK historical podcasts during its run and made the career of its primary host Aiden Reitz. However, the show was criticised for being politically biased and for focusing on the central theme of populism versus the establishment to the exclusion of other themes such as sex politics, climate, and the growing mental health crisis. Perhaps in response to these criticisms, Aiden is currently working on "Crash" - which follows the climate crisis from the 1980s to the Treaty of San Francisco.

Season One: Recorded February 2041 to June 2041

The 2010 General Election

1. "That bigoted woman" - Nationalism and class at the fall of New Labour
2. "I Agree With Nick" - TV Debates and emerging populism
David Cameron 2010-2016
3. "The Rose Garden" - The start of the First Coalition
4. "We are the 99%" - Riots, Occupy, Anti-Austerity and Ed Miliband
5. "Jubilympics" - The AV referendum and an illusion of unity
6. "I quite fancy my brother" - Equal Marriage, the Snoopers' Charter, House of Lords Reform and the breakdown of coalition
7. "Like a foreign land" - The EU Election, Carswell, Reckless, and the first Scottish Referendum
8. "The Man who hated Britain" - Race and nationalism in the General Election
9. "Kippers and Watermelons" - Populist uprisings and economic anxieties in the General Election 2015
10. "Champagne delivered to Downing Street" - Cameron governs alone
11. "A new kind of politics" - Jeremy Corbyn, the new radicals and the new mainstream
12. "The People's Vote" - The emergence of Remain: Stronger In, the death of Jo Cox, and Remoaners
13. "The People Spoke" - The £350 million bus, Galloway and Farage, the strange death and rebirth of the populist right
Theresa May 2016-2019
14. "Running through fields of wheat" - the political vision on Theresa May
15. "There will be no snap election" - the 2017 snap election
16. "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" - Populism before and after the 2017 general election

Season Two: Recorded November 2041 to March 2042

1. "A Meaningful Vote" - Brexit, parliament, and the public
2. "The Hostile Environment" - Domestic policy under Theresa May
3. "The Future is in your hands" - The Independent Group, antisemitism, establishment rebels and anti-populist protests
4. "Milkshake" - the crisis of right wing populism, nationalism, and antifascism
Boris Johnson 2019-2027
5. "Boris" - The 2017 Conservative Leadership election and the character of the new Prime Minister
6. "Prorogations and Resignations" - political realignment, and Brexit negotiations under Johnson
7. "In the Bleak Midwinter" - The General Election 2019. A three part Xmas special performed live in the Googlesoft Podcasting Centre in London. Special guests include Katie Foy, Benali Hamdache, Daisy Benson, and Gemma Stone
8. "Anxious about what happens next" - The beginning of the pandemic and the end of Corbynism
9. "Yeeting the statue into the canal" - Protest and policing under lockdown
10. "Eat Out to Help Out" - Domestic and economic policy between the lockdowns
11. "Reclaim the Streets" - The second wave, Kill The Bill, vaccination and the birth of a new populist left
12. "Britain gets the Clap" - The third wave and the end of lockdown
13. "The decade's saddest loss" - The death of Elizabeth II and the crisis of the monarchy
14. "The Roaring Twenties" - Culture, gender, race and the schism of the populist left in the shadow of the pandemic
15. "The Warring Twenties" - The global situation.
16. "Night of the Long Tweets" - Political crisis and an apolitical disaster.

Season Three: Recorded July 2042 to September 2042

1. "The most equal society on Earth" - The 2024 General Election and the debate on British identity
2. "A small minority entirely beneath notice" - Political violence, extremism, and social unrest in the 2024 general election.
3. "Revived, rejuvenated and ready" - The birth of the second Johnson ministry
4. "The least eventful political realignment in history" - The leadership contests of 2024
5. "EU Supergirl" - Centre, right, and leftist populism and the run-up to war.
6. "Playing Churchill" - The Conservative Party at war.
7. "The whole country stands united" - Populism, racism, and political violence on the home front.
8. "16th October 2026" - Special two part episode, recorded live at the KWV Centre - all proceeds going to the White Poppy Foundation and the 16th October Trust.
9. "Aftershocks" - Britain in the wake of 16th October.
10. "Not fun anymore" - The home front at the end of the war.
11. "Britain at the Death of Europe" - The Sarajevo Conference.
12. "Looking for the heart and soul of the Conservative Party" - The 2027 Conservative Leadership election
Gavin Williamson (2027-2036)
13. "Monkey's Paw" - The populist right takes the reins.
14. "Is that who that was?" - The resignation of Keir Starmer
15. "Letting the Tories in" - Left populism, Centrist populism, and the death of the establishment in the 2028 General Election
16. "A jackboot through the overton window" - The populist right and the death of the establishment in the 2028 General Election

Season Four: Recorded March 2043 to July 2043

1. "The new reality" - Domestic policy at the end of the 2020s
2. "What isn't on fire, we burn" - Left populism in the era of political violence
3. "Nothing is not on fire" - The political environment and the literal climate
4. "Families have been broken" - The victories and failures of right populism in power
5. "An outdated institution" - The 2033 general election TV debates and the new Labour Party
6. "Collapsing upwards" - Voter suppression and political violence on the campaign trail.
7. "Progressive Alliance" - Centrist populism and the curious rebirth of the Liberal Party
8. "Liking our wounds" - Left populism takes the lead
9. "The Republican Monarchy and the King of the Squatters" - Criminality, terrorism, the aristocracy, etc adjust to the new world.
10. "Enemies Everywhere" - The state of the cabinet in the run-up to the elections.
11. "Greatness in our grasp" - How the Conservatives lost the 2036 general election.
12. "The bimbofication of the Labour movement" - How Labour didn't win the 2036 general election
Elena Bunbury (2036-2038)
13. "Everyone is behind you" - The resignation of Gavin Williamson, the new Coalition and the populist centre in power
14. "No Gods No Masters" - Labour, protest and the new new left.
15. "Britain the beautiful" - Poverty, race and class at the start of the Global Crash
16. "Not even any leftovers" - The end of the coalition.
17. "Ragnarok" - Special cross-over episode with Elections Live and the History of Twitter, performed in the Westminster Centre.
New list format?
New list format.
 
1969-1989*: Richard Nixon (Republican)
Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969-1973**), Gerald Ford (1973-1989)
1989-1993: Gerald Ford (Republican)
Vice President: Bob Dole
1993-2019***: Robert Redford (Democrat)
Vice President: Bob Kerrey (1993-2001), Carol Mosley-Braun (2001-2009****), Jesse Ventura (2009-2012*****), Joe Biden (2012-2019)
2019-2021: Joe Biden (Democrat)
Vice President: Kamala Harris
2021-present: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (Republican)
Vice President: Nikki Haley

*Died in office
**Resigned due to corruption scandal
***Impeached because of 11/2 scandal
****Resigned for unknown reasons
*****Died two weeks after 2012 election
 
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Thatcherpunk
1979-2013: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
1979 (Majority) def. James Callaghan (Labour), David Steel (Liberal)
1983 (Majority) def. Michael Foot (Labour), Roy Jenkins-David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance)
1987 (Majority) def. Neil Kinnock (Labour), David Owen-David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance)
1992 (Minority) def. Neil Kinnock (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Social and Liberal Democrats), David Owen (SDP)
1996 (Majority) def. Neil Kinnock (Labour), Paddy Ashdown-Rosie Barnes (Democrats - SLD/SDP)
1998 EU "In or Out" Referendum: OUT 51%, IN 49%
2000 (Majority) def. Gordon Brown (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Democrats), Kenneth Clarke (United 2000), David Owen (SDP)
2004 (Coalition With SDP) def. Glenda Jackson (Labour), Simon Hughes (Democrats), Kenneth Clarke (United 2000), David Owen (SDP)
2007 (Minority) def. Simon Hughes (Democrats), Ken Livingstone (Labour), Boris Johnson (United)
2012 (Minority) def. Stephen Kinnock (Labour), Simon Hughes (Democrats), Boris Johnson (United)

2013-: Michael Portillo (Conservative)
2016 Election Suspended Due To "Libyan-Irish Kensington Bombing"
2017 (Majority) def. Stephen Kinnock (Labour), Charles Kennedy (Democrats), David Owen (New SDP), Nancy Taaffe (Militant Labour), Zac Goldsmith (United)

From councilloradonis.freeblog.uk

Labour-Democrat Pact on Oxford council: What it means for the national parties.
Pushing out the Tory-United group on Oxford city council was a group job of local activists and others. As a long-standing councillor for the Democrats, I personally saw the groundwork of activists citywide pushing anti-Tory messages, and in the national swing for the Tories in the advent of the attacks in Kensington during the locals, the amazing result in Oxford can not be ignored by the national parties. Labour values and the values of the Democrats can be one in the same, and the idea that for some strange reason the Tories cannot be defeated in the wake of the national surge.

Ignoring the growing pains of the united council majority, Labour's national fall everywhere except for formerly Militant strongholds such as Liverpool, Coventry and central London shows a clear turn of opinion against them among the "Essex men" of Britain. The Democrats, however, gained council control in several rural councils. This proves, without a doubt, the growth of national Liberal ideals among those in Britain. Looking at the social policy of the Portillo government, such as at last repealing Section 28, it is clear that Portillo, once king of the social conservatives, is looking in fear at left-wing social movements.

The maintenance

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What system are you envisioning he
Well, I didn’t write anything down, but full on free-market conservatism for 40 years led to corporations, such as the now privatised British Telecom, being able to run wild and do whatever they want with the internet, such as massively restrict the flow of information.
I didn’t think about it that much, because I’m not an expert on the internet. Feel free to shout at me that it doesn’t make any sense.
 
The Electoral History of Bryan Gould (1939-)

1964-1968: Private Citizen, Labour
1968-1981: Private Citizen, NZ Labour
1972: Parliamentary Candidate for King Country

1972 (Jim Bolger, National) def: Bryan Gould (Labour), Derek Mason (Social Credit)
1975: Parliamentary Candidate for King Country
1975 (Jim Bolger, National) def: Bryan Gould (Labour), Derek Mason (Social Credit)
1978: By-Election Parliamentary Candidate for Rangitikei
1978 (Bruce Beetham, Social Credit) def: Jim Bull (National), Bryan Gould (Labour)
1978: Parliamentary Candidate for Rangitikei
1978 (Bruce Beetham, Social Credit) def: Les Grander (National), Bryan Gould (Labour)
1981-1986: Labour MP for Roskill
1981 def: Cheryl Parsons (National), Chris Lynch (Social Credit)
1984 def: Chris Knowles (National), Ben Matthews (NZ Party)

1983-1984: Labour Spokesperson for Housing
1984-1986: Labour Minister for Housing

1986-1987:
Democrats MP for Roskill
1987 (Bob Foulkes, National) def: Bryan Gould (Democrats), Phil Goff (Labour)
1987-1988: Private Citizen, Democratic Party
1988-1991: Leader of the Democratic Party

1988 def: Gary Knapp
1991-1992: Private Citizen, Alliance/Democrats
1992-2002: Alliance MP for Tāmaki

1992 def: Clem Simich (National), Verna Smith (Labour)
1993 def: Clem Simich (National), Lorraine Wilson (Labour), Gary Knapp (New Zealand First)
1996 def: Wayne Mapp (National), Gary Knapp (New Zealand First), Patricia Schnauer (ACT)
2000 def: Wayne Mapp (National), Gary Knapp (New Zealand First)

1994-2002: Leader of the Alliance
1994 def: Unopposed
1995 def: Jim Anderton

1996-2002: Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
1997-2002: Minister of Consumer Affairs
2002-2004: Private Citizen, Alliance
2004-2008: Private Citizen, Independent
2004-2008: Presenter at TVNZ
2004-2008: New Zealand Herald, Writer
2008-2010: Private Citizen, Green
2010-2016: Mayor of the South Auckland City, Independent

2010 def: Phil Goff (Independent), John Banks (Independent), Colin Craig (Independent), Rodney Williams (Independent)
2013 def: John Palino (Independent), John Minto (Mana Movement)

2016-: Private Citizen, Green

@Uhura's Mazda and the other forum Kiwis before you beat me with a pool cue, please let me explain.

So general idea is that Gould doesn’t get the foreign office job and after some time in the British Labour Party, heads back to more stable opportunities in New Zealand. He joins NZ Labour but never fits in as well as the British counterpart but does eventually gain a seat. Neither Old nor New Right Gould doesn’t like any the options ahead and eventually defects to Democrats and quickly becomes leader (how, *shrug*).

Anyway so bobbins happens and he eventually leads the Alliance and joins Anderton’s Alliance’s and takes it over due to having a vision and less authoritarian control over the party than Anderton does. Blah blah, he leads the Alliance into a coalition with Helen Clark in 1996 (as Jim Bolger doesn’t do as well when questioned by Gould who works well in the media landscape of the election).

So the Gould-Clark coalition happens and Left Wing things happen etc. Gould retires in 2002 and not longer after the Alliance splits etc. Gould eventually joins the Greens instead of the spiralling remains of Lalia Harre’s lead Progressives.

Is eventually persuaded to become Auckland Mayor and beats his old rival Goff. Eventually retires in 2016 to spend more time writing about his dogs and live near a cliff.

A very incredibly well thought out idea I know. Still learning about the weird, wacky world of New Zealand politics.
 
1969-1989*: Richard Nixon (Republican)
Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969-1973**), Gerald Ford (1973-1989)
1989-1993: Gerald Ford (Republican)
Vice President: Bob Dole
1993-2019***: Robert Redford (Democrat)
Vice President: Bob Kerrey (1993-2001), Carol Mosley-Braun (2001-2009****), Jesse Ventura (2009-2012*****), Joe Biden (2012-2019)
2019-2021: Joe Biden (Democrat)
Vice President: Kamala Harris
2021-present: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (Republican)
Vice President: Nikki Haley

*Died in office
**Resigned due to corruption scandal
***Impeached because of 11/2 scandal
****Resigned for unknown reasons
*****Died two weeks after 2012 election
If you can't tell this is Watchmen (Comic/HBO Series). I can't figure out who would follow Redford/Biden though. The only other political figure than Robert Redford mentioned in the show was Senator Keene of course, and the rest of the VPs were revealed by Word of God. I chose Dwayne Johnson because he seemed to fit the Robert Redford mold of "actor-turned-President". I thought about having Trump be elected in 2020 over Biden following a scandal that leads to Redford's removal but I figured that the 11/2 event which devastated New York might have either led to Trump's death or severely impacted his New York assets.

Idk why but I find this aspect of the Watchmen universe very interesting. How it not only satirizes both liberal and conservative politics but also presents an alternate history where we basically have Presidents-for-life who can run for as long as they like because of what I assume to be political apathy or authoritarianism.
 
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The Main Course

1981 - 1989: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1980: def. Jimmy Carter (Democrat)
1984: def. Walter Mondale (Democrat)

1989 - 1993: George Bush (Republican)
1988: def. Michael Dukakis (Democrat)

1993 - 2001: Bill Clinton (Democrat)
1992: def. Ross Perot (Independent), George Bush (Republican)
1996: def. Ross Perot (Freedom), Lamar Alexander (Republican), Harry Browne (Libertarian)

2001 - 2005: Ross Perot (Freedom)
2001: def. Al Gore (Democrat), Arthur Olivier (Libertarian)

2005 - 2013: Colin Powell (Democrat)
2005: def. Ross Perot (Freedom), Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
2009: def. Donald Trump (Freedom), Herman Cain (Libertarian)

2013 - 2021: Sarah Palin (Freedom Party)
2012: def. Joe Biden (Democrat), Ron Paul (Libertarian)
2016: def. Elizabeth Warren (Democrat), Rick Santorum (Libertarian)

2021 - xx: Tammy Duckworth (Democrat)
2020: def. Steve Forbes (Libertarian), Ivanka Trump (Freedom)

(Inspired by two posts by @RyanF )

First contact was made in Kansas in 1986, when alien serial killers called the Krites escaped their transport and assaulted a Kansas farm; two alien bounty hunters subdued them, and left a mess of the local town of Grover's Bend. However, there were few witnesses who could confirm it was aliens, the UFOs were brief blips on USAF radar, and Reagan and his Joint Chiefs (as records showed) didn't think it was likely aliens would made first landing "in the boondocks".

The Krites returned in 1988 and over a three day period, forty-seven people in Grover's Bend were killed and swathes of the town laid waste. Gradually, it became clear to the outside world something had happened and weeks in, Reagan admitted there had been "hostile contact with alien lifeforms" but assured America and the world that the fact they were repulsed so easily showed there was no threat. There'd be some extra funding for USAF Space Command funding and SETI. Then in 1991, a third attack from the Krites happened in New York - this time, President Bush put the country on DEFCON One for the week and would meet with the UN to arrange a global countermeasure against alien attacks.

This was a political grenade in America: for all the arguments that could be made for why this response was different, the rural and midwestern states of America argued back that the government hadn't cared when they died but when less people died in a big city, boy, then it mattered. "They terrorised a town, then they did some real damage," was the sneer from the Mayor of Grover's Bend.

In the 1992 election, the Democrats flagged up that Clinton was from Arkansas, argued that their social plans would improve the states "Reagan and Bush took for granted", and pledged to ensure no alien threat could make landfall. His majority victory was obvious from October. What was a bigger shock was Ross Perot's third party run: with the Republicans wounded with a large chunk of their base, this populist anti-NAFTA southerner hit it big and got more votes than Bush. The Libertarians and small right-wing third parties made gains at Republican expense, and did enough damage in key swings to help the Democrats through.

Clinton was a transformative president with his comfortable majority, but Perot was prepared to make use of that - "Hilarycare" was condemned as a big-government waste of money that was raising taxes and not protecting the US from Krites. And by 1996, he had a political party to support his views. Only a three-way split of the US right-wing vote between Perot's Freedom Party, the Libertarians, and the collapsing Republicans (who had lost the religious right to Perot) kept Clinton in. In 2000, Perot ran again against Gore and this time he was ready.

Rather than battle him on government spending grounds (because a large chunk of the country liked him slashing welfare bills and "politically correct" decisions), the Democrats went after him by targeting his 'America First' policies on global alien defence - what if cheap spending let the Krites back in and they came after America next??? This would be a drumbeat used in 2008 but failing in 2012, as the world began to relax and the Freedom Party could argue the Democrats were using this as an excuse for deficit spending and ignoring US interests. That all went well - depending on your politics - for eight years as a low-tax, small-state, China-challenging, socially conservative government reigned...

...until, almost inevitably, two Krite attacks happened at once, one thankfully in the remote woods, another in an Iowa town that left over four hundred people eaten. An inquiry found the world's defensive shield didn't work well enough after twenty five years of alien technology advancing as well - but that didn't matter politically, because to America, this was the Freedom Party failing just as the Republicans had done. The Democrats thanked God they weren't in power and then hammered away until they got victory.

Now they're hoping the upgraded defensive systems actually work.

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The Main Course

1981 - 1989: Ronald Reagan (Republican)

1980: def. Jimmy Carter (Democrat)
1984: def. Walter Mondale (Democrat)

1989 - 1993: George Bush (Republican)
1988: def. Michael Dukakis (Democrat)

1993 - 2001: Bill Clinton (Democrat)
1992: def. Ross Perot (Independent), George Bush (Republican)
1996: def. Ross Perot (Freedom), Lamar Alexander (Republican), Harry Browne (Libertarian)

2001 - 2005: Ross Perot (Freedom)
2001: def. Al Gore (Democrat), Arthur Olivier (Libertarian)

2005 - 2013: Colin Powell (Democrat)
2005: def. Ross Perot (Freedom), Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
2009: def. Donald Trump (Freedom), Herman Cain (Libertarian)

2013 - 2021: Sarah Palin (Freedom Party)
2012: def. Joe Biden (Democrat), Ron Paul (Libertarian)
2016: def. Elizabeth Warren (Democrat), Rick Santorum (Libertarian)

2021 - xx: Tammy Duckworth (Democrat)
2020: def. Steve Forbes (Libertarian), Ivanka Trump (Freedom)

(Inspired by two posts by @RyanF )

First contact was made in Kansas in 1986, when alien serial killers called the Krites escaped their transport and assaulted a Kansas farm; two alien bounty hunters subdued them, and left a mess of the local town of Grover's Bend. However, there were few witnesses who could confirm it was aliens, the UFOs were brief blips on USAF radar, and Reagan and his Joint Chiefs (as records showed) didn't think it was likely aliens would made first landing "in the boondocks".

The Krites returned in 1988 and over a three day period, forty-seven people in Grover's Bend were killed and swathes of the town laid waste. Gradually, it became clear to the outside world something had happened and weeks in, Reagan admitted there had been "hostile contact with alien lifeforms" but assured America and the world that the fact they were repulsed so easily showed there was no threat. There'd be some extra funding for USAF Space Command funding and SETI. Then in 1991, a third attack from the Krites happened in New York - this time, President Bush put the country on DEFCON One for the week and would meet with the UN to arrange a global countermeasure against alien attacks.

This was a political grenade in America: for all the arguments that could be made for why this response was different, the rural and midwestern states of America argued back that the government hadn't cared when they died but when less people died in a big city, boy, then it mattered. "They terrorised a town, then they did some real damage," was the sneer from the Mayor of Grover's Bend.

In the 1992 election, the Democrats flagged up that Clinton was from Arkansas, argued that their social plans would improve the states "Reagan and Bush took for granted", and pledged to ensure no alien threat could make landfall. His majority victory was obvious from October. What was a bigger shock was Ross Perot's third party run: with the Republicans wounded with a large chunk of their base, this populist anti-NAFTA southerner hit it big and got more votes than Bush. The Libertarians and small right-wing third parties made gains at Republican expense, and did enough damage in key swings to help the Democrats through.

Clinton was a transformative president with his comfortable majority, but Perot was prepared to make use of that - "Hilarycare" was condemned as a big-government waste of money that was raising taxes and not protecting the US from Krites. And by 1996, he had a political party to support his views. Only a three-way split of the US right-wing vote between Perot's Freedom Party, the Libertarians, and the collapsing Republicans (who had lost the religious right to Perot) kept Clinton in. In 2000, Perot ran again against Gore and this time he was ready.

Rather than battle him on government spending grounds (because a large chunk of the country liked him slashing welfare bills and "politically correct" decisions), the Democrats went after him by targeting his 'America First' policies on global alien defence - what if cheap spending let the Krites back in and they came after America next??? This would be a drumbeat used in 2008 but failing in 2012, as the world began to relax and the Freedom Party could argue the Democrats were using this as an excuse for deficit spending and ignoring US interests. That all went well - depending on your politics - for eight years as a low-tax, small-state, China-challenging, socially conservative government reigned...

...until, almost inevitably, two Krite attacks happened at once, one thankfully in the remote woods, another in an Iowa town that left over four hundred people eaten. An inquiry found the world's defensive shield didn't work well enough after twenty five years of alien technology advancing as well - but that didn't matter politically, because to America, this was the Freedom Party failing just as the Republicans had done. The Democrats thanked God they weren't in power and then hammered away until they got victory.

Now they're hoping the upgraded defensive systems actually work.

crittersANB2.jpg
i had to google this movie even fucking existed because of how you mentioned it

if you're doing this, i'm going to have to make a writeup for my fucking boy mayor of second life leaderlist and post it here

very good list tho lmao
 
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