What would Atlas be like if it existed in the past?

[It’s so Joever]

Guys, you could just replace me with S019 if you want. I am basically just a discount version of him and everyone would be happy.

[It’s so Joever]

Move to Wyoming and bloc vote in the primaries. Colorado is a safe D state now.

This. I wouldn't be surprised if Polis were to win by double digits again next year, and by more than he did in 2018. However, I do think it's possible for Republicans to win a statewide office again in the near-future, but they would have to moderate, and it would probably require a candidate similar to Larry Hogan, Phil Scott, or Charlie Baker for them to pull it off. It would also require a strongly Republican-leaning political environment.

Yep, I feel so strongly about Polis’s re-election chances, I will vote against him as a “symbolic” vote because it’s not competitive.

US Senator Russ Feingold from the State of Wisconsin Forumlurker161 Concerned Citizen   ★★★★★ Posts: 5592

What can Wisconsin Republicans do to regain power? « on: April 21, 2009 at 5:12:34 pm » I plan to vote against the democrat in next gubernatorial race  as a symbolic protest. Wisconsin is now a safe democratic state given that Obama won by 14 points so i hope this moves the state to the left.

Good meme, but Colorado 2021 is not Wisconsin 2009.

[It’s so Joever]

Move to Wyoming and bloc vote in the primaries. Colorado is a safe D state now.

This. I wouldn't be surprised if Polis were to win by double digits again next year, and by more than he did in 2018. However, I do think it's possible for Republicans to win a statewide office again in the near-future, but they would have to moderate, and it would probably require a candidate similar to Larry Hogan, Phil Scott, or Charlie Baker for them to pull it off. It would also require a strongly Republican-leaning political environment.

Yep, I feel so strongly about Polis’s re-election chances, I will vote against him as a “symbolic” vote because it’s not competitive.

US Senator Russ Feingold from the State of Wisconsin Forumlurker161 Concerned Citizen   ★★★★★ Posts: 5592

What can Wisconsin Republicans do to regain power? « on: April 21, 2009 at 5:12:34 pm » I plan to vote against the democrat in next gubernatorial race  as a symbolic protest. Wisconsin is now a safe democratic state given that Obama won by 14 points so i hope this moves the state to the left.

Good meme, but Colorado 2021 is not Wisconsin 2009.

Wisconsin 2009: Democratic Trifecta, State had trended Massively democratic last election voting for the democratic presidential nominee in an unprecedented landslide. 5D-4R House delegation. Voted Democrat for president by 13.9%

Colorado 2021: Democratic Trifecta, State had trended Massively democratic last election voting for the democratic presidential nominee in an unprecedented landslide. 4D-3R House delegation. Voted Democrat for president by 13.5%

Long term trends are more than one cycle.
Colorado has been trending Dem since...well 2004. Colorado 2020 is more akin to Oregon 2004/2008.

[It’s so Joever]

TBH I’m never sure exactly who I would have voted for in 1992. I probably eventually would have voted for Bill…but I actually found HW to be an honorable man who is willing to adapt his fiscal policies based on actual circumstances over ideology (unlike modern day GOPers) Also the Gulf War and ADA (huge for me) would have made it super tough.

[It’s so Joever]

Supersize My TitoTots! progressive85 YaBB God ★★★★★ Posts: 4,310

Is Yugoslavia headed for a civil war? « on: February 28, 1989, 9:13:42 pm » I used to think the civil war talk was just a bunch of neumnost.  Now I'm not so sure.  Ever since Tito's death, we've become a nation that is so bitterly divided that we've come to hate one another.

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Is Yugoslavia headed for a civil war? « on: February 28, 1989, 9:14:21 pm » Maybe in the 2010s

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Is Yugoslavia headed for a civil war? « on: February 28, 1989, 9:16:37 pm » No but if the Milošević cult would just move to Sazan Island that would be great.

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Is Yugoslavia headed for a civil war? « on: February 28, 1989, 9:19:08 pm » No for many reasons: 1) Civil wars only really tend to happen if the armed forces are divided evenly across battle lines. I can't think of any issue that would split the army like that. They either side with Milošević or against him and we either get a dictatorship under Milošević or some other form of government without needing a war. 2) If you're suggesting this might come from a secession crisis like the American Civil War, it's really hard to see what an "independent Slovenia" or "independent Macedonia" would have to gain from leaving. It would only serve to provoke the central government to re-conquer them in a war they could never win. On the flipside, if you're thinking one of the more central nations like Serbia or Bosnia would secede, it would only be to their loss. For example, why would Serbia secede if a huge portion of Serbs live in Bosnia? Ditto Croatia. They're not going to voluntarily give up these populations by seceding, and they know they'll still be in charge of the nation as a whole by sticking together. 3) These aren't the days of the Versailles Conference where everyone just lives in their assigned nation and can claim self-determination. I live in Montenegro, and there are representatives of nearly every Yugoslav nation represented on my street. If this were half the country against the other half, maybe, but it's going to be hard to get people to turn on their neighbors for the benefit of some guy who lives half-way across the country just because their families were from the same ethnic background a century ago. If we do see any violence, it will be much more likely something like the Troubles or the Years of Lead where liberal paramilitaries and wannabe Ustaše, and partisan LARPers doing one-off attacks like JAT Flight 367, maybe a bit more frequently.

Forumlurker Forumlurker161 Atlas Icon ★★★★ Posts: 10,976

Is Yugoslavia headed for a civil war? « on: February 28, 1989, 9:20:30 pm » Doubtful. Watch these "14th Congress Crisis" takes age like milk as this turns out to just be another scare tactic.

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Is Yugoslavia headed for a civil war? « on: December 14, 1995, 3:55:14 pm » Bump. LOL

Ehh…I feel like I would be more likely to say something like “Yes and the USSR will get involved and it will trigger a nuclear war”

[It’s so Joever]

The fact I am not in that thread to talk about how Dewey is going to turn us into a communist dictatorship after he wins 40 states is such a missed opportunity.

Then again I easily could have been a Dewey supporter so it’s hard to say.

[It’s so Joever]

How do you make these types of meme? I have some ideas I just have no clue how you do this.