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« Reply #51 on: December 23, 2011, 07:54:07 PM » |
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« Edited: December 23, 2011, 09:27:25 PM by ChairmanSanchez »
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The World of 2021
Presidents
1988: Mario Coumo (D-NY)/Al Gore (D-TE)
1992: Mario Cuomo (D-NY)/Al Gore (D-TE)
1996: William Weld (R-MA)/Pete Wilson (R-CA)
2000: William Weld (R-MA)/Pete Wilson (R-CA)
2004: Wesley Clark (D-AR)/Howard Dean (D-VT)
2008: John McCain (R-AZ)/George Allen (R-VA)
2012: John McCain (R-AZ)/George Allen (R-VA)
2016: Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)/Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)
2020: Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)/Gavin Newsom (D-CA)
Failed Tickets
1988: George H.W. Bush (R-TX)/Dan Quayle (R-IN)
1992: Dan Quayle (R-IN)/Slade Gorton (R-WA)
1996: Al Gore (D-TE)/Bennett Johnston (D-LA)
2000: John Kerry (D-MA)/Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
2004: Rudy Giuliani (R-NY)/George Voinovich (R-OH)
2008: Wesley Clark (D-AR)/Howard Dean (D-VT)
2012: Joe Manchin (D-WV)/Russ Feingold (D-WI)
2016: George Allen (R-VA)/Charlie Crist (R-FL)
2020: Charlie Crist (R-FL)/Kelly Ayote (R-NH)
41. Mario Cuomo: Mario Cuomo rose to prominence after giving the 1984 Democratic convention keynote address. The liberal New York governor was the early favorite in the race, and despite resistance from Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, and Reverend Jesse Jackson, Cuomo easily took the nomination, adding one of his former rivals, Al Gore (who dropped out early on) as his running mate. The Republicans nominated VP Bush and Senator Dan Quayle, and a brutal campaign between the two began. Cuomo eventually won out. The Cuomo Presidency was marked by Operation Just Cause against Panama, and Operation Desert Storm, which saw the US expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and the removal of Saddam Hussein from power. In Eastern Europe, Communism falls, peacefully in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland, and with much bloodshed in Yugoslavia (which breaks apart), and East Germany. President Cuomo wins reelection in 1992, over Senator Dan Quayle, who attacks his foreign policy as weak. During his second term, Cuomo enters the USA into NAFTA, and passes the Spending and Stability Act of 1993, which mandated that the Federal government fully fund all social and defense programs. In 1994, Republicans, led by Newt Gingrich, take back the House of Representatives and pass the Balanced Budget Amendment. Unfortunately for the GOP, most states refuse to adopt it, and it fails in mid 1995. President Cuomo will leave office in 1997 with mixed approval ratings. President Cuomo retired to New York, where he as of 2020 lives, albeit in poor health.
42. William Weld: The 1996 Republican primaries saw the surprise victory of Massachusetts Governor William Weld, over a field of rivals, including Senator John McCain, Senator Arlen Specter, Secretary of Defense Collin Powell, Senator Phil Gramm, and Speaker Newt Gingrich. Picking California Governor Pete Wilson as his running mate, Governor Weld faces up against Vice President Gore, who faced only a minor challenge from former Senator Mike Gravel, and Lyndon LaRouche in the 1996 Democratic Primaries. On election night, Weld narrowly wins the Presidency, by less than 10,000 votes in his home state of Massachusetts. During his first term, President Weld passed the Fair Trade is Free Trade Act, which saw low tariffs on imported goods (mainly from the Asian Tiger's, such as Thailand, China, Taiwan, and South Korea) and putting profits into the Treasury, as well as lowering the Corporate Tax rate to historically low levels. The repeal of President Cuomo’s Spending and Stability Act was the last major domestic victory for the Weld Administration. President Weld faced no opposition in the 2000 GOP primaries, and faced off against his fellow Massachusettian, John Kerry. Kerry led briefly in the polls, but after revelations about his service in Vietnam were released by RNC head Karl Rove, Kerry sank in the polls. He lost the election by 5% to President Weld. In 2001, President Weld ordered US troops in Afghanistan to assist the Northern Alliance, after the RIAA (Revolutionary Islamist Army of Afghanistan) took power. In April of 2002, the US launched Operation Warpig after the CIA revealed the Libyan government was sponsoring the RIAA, and were behind the Kabul Embassy bombing, which killed 35 Americans, as well as the bombing of TWA Flight 800 in 1996. Libyan leader Mummar Qaddafi was killed in the early hours of the operation by US commandos in a controversial raid on his Sirte Compound. President Weld left office in 2005 with high approval ratings, and retired to Boston, where he died in 2018.
43. Wesley Clark: Wesley Clark took the American political scene by storm in 2004 when he beat Russ Feingold, Evan Bayh, and John Edwards for the Democratic nomination. Once serving as the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Clark was highly critical of American involvement in Libya, and Afghanistan. After winning the Democratic nomination, he picked Howard Dean, of Vermont to be his running mate. Clark ran against Republican nominee Rudy Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York, and defeated him in a 40 state landslide. Clark took office in 2005, and by the end of the year, had completely withdrawn US troops from Afghanistan, and Libya. In 2006, the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994. But President Clark's popularity faded with the economic collapse of 2007. The trade war that started under the Weld administration also heated up when the Peoples Republic of China, Thailand, and Vietnam formed the Shanghai Pact, which put all of their trade under the Chinese yen, set tariffs on the same level, and allow China to jointly develop industry in the region. With Secretary of State John Kerry's help, the Russian Federation, which had been in recession since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, formed the Moscow Protocol, which brought most of the former Soviet Republics back under Russian influence. Republicans charged that the policies of the Clark administration were harming US economic interest in Asia. President Clark lost reelection in 2008, and retired to Arkansas, where he currently lives, and is a frequent contributor to MSNBC.
44. John McCain: Senator John McCain defeated a large field of Republicans, including former Vice President Pete Wilson, Senator Elizabeth Dole, Senator Bill Frist, Senator George Allen, and Governor Jon Huntsman for the nomination. He picked Virginia Senator George Allen and his running mate, and defeated President Clark by 7% in the 2008 election. Immediately after taking office in 2009, the Russian army invaded Georgia, after tensions in Ossetia flared. Decrying what he saw as Socialist Imperialism, McCain led an international effort to oust the Russians from Georgia, going so far as to demand sanctions, and an arms embargo. After a three month occupation, the Russians withdrew. In June, violence flared in Iran after the presidential election was thought to be stolen. Operation Fairvote was conducted, resulting in the US air force launching airstrikes on the Iranian military, and embargo of Irans ports. By August, the regime had fallen. In 2010, President McCain signed the Bipartisan Healthcare Reform Act, which opened up state lines for insurance companies, and created federally administered health insurance cooperatives. In 2011, the Santorum/Paul Act was introduced by Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and Senator Ron Paul of Texas. The bill allowed for Americans to opt out of social security and Medicare, and made it illegal for money in the Social Security trust fund to be used by the federal government for other purposes. President McCain defeated West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to win reelection in 2012. In 2013, the US economy began to recover as the Shanghai pact broke. The US signed free trade treaties with South Korea, Japan, Chile, Brazil, Columbia, and Taiwan that year. In 2014, President McCain negotiated peace between India and Pakistan after years of minor conflicts. The Kashmir borders were redrawn to be split between Pakistan and India, and both sides agreed to destroy their nuclear programs. In 2015, the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline was constructed, allowing Iranian oil to flow into both countries, creating an economic boom. President McCain left office in 2017 with high approval ratings.
45. Andrew Cuomo: The son of President Mario Cuomo, and former Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo was elected to the Presidency in 2016, defeating Vice President George Allen in the election. While Allen led for most of the race, comments made by him about race were brought to light, and it brought him down. Cuomo would govern much like his father did, with an interventionist foreign policy, and a progressive social policy. In 2018, the US military launched Operation North Shore, occupying Uganda, and overthrowing the regime of President Yoweri Museveni, and forcing the Lord’s Resistance Army out of the country. In 2019, the trade embargo on Cuba was ended, and American companies poured in to invest. President Cuomo was reelected over Florida Senator Charlie Crist in 2020, and a month later, passed the Marriage Equality Act, which legalized Gay Marriage at a federal level.
The world now looks on into 2021….
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