Hensonverse Speculation and Commentary
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Hard to say really.
On one hand it would be great for the environment message on the other it's not necessary for the plot and is kinda a downer after all our heroes been through.
Reform is really going to make predicting nominees harder. Their hotpot approach to politics means that technically almost everyone could run for them as long as they dislike the current administration and NAFTA, so it's entirely possible that some of the nominees we predict for both the Democrats and Republicans could decide to run under the banner of the skunk.
Although I guess that currently their presidential candidate would be Perot.
Personally I think McCain would be a safe choice for the Republicans and is the most likely.
Clinton would have the personality for it sure, but his blase attitude towards flirting would not fly with many progressive voters post meetoo.
Nothing against General Powell, but he would likely not be the candidate for VP. He’s more famous than McCain at the time but he would likely be a choice the press speculate.
And of course who knows what the world will be like in 2000? Five years is a long time in politics.
I think for 96, Perot yes but in 2000 my gut says Ventura. He has a chaotic energy and he likely hasn’t pissed people off in the same way he pissed people off in our world. Yes Perot could run in 2000 but if he loses twice folks will as if he is a good candidate. I mean yes Perot could run a third time but like Adlai Stevenson II he will likely face strong opposition in the party to him running.
As for Minnesota politics, not sure if Norm Coleman runs for the governor’s office in 1998, but I can see he does, but not sure if he wins.
Though I can see him being a single term governor if he does.
Assuming the NHL draft, if they have one, works similar to other drafts has anyone wondered how the Anaheim Avengers inaugural season will affect the draft?
These alterations to the Avengers record will also affect the records of other teams:
Well when Jesse Ran in 1998 He was heavily watched by the National and international press for a governor of large but not the largest, midwestern state. I don’t think Jesse can win but he can either make one candidate lose. He will be similar to Trump in 2016 and 2020 but more style than in substance.
Jesse was not against gay rights. Jesse would bring in his conspiracy talk to the forefront especially with some scandals I got cooking.
I wonder if it's possible 9/11 could still happen, it's very possible Gore manages to give Bin Laden the ol' fashioned drone strike in '98, but it's important to remember Bin Laden wasn't the only sole orchestrator of the attacks.
Maybe a terrorist attack happens earlier? Maybe during the turn of the New Millennium?
Maybe a terrorist attack happens earlier? Maybe during the turn of the New Millennium?
I think it's a lost cause to discuss 9/11 when Geekhis or some other guest poster hasn't posted any hints about this incident happening ever since the late 80s or early 90s. We know more of Aum Shinrikyo's atrocities than anything from Al-Qaeda, which could actually serve as the defining terrorist crisis of the decade instead of the World Trade Center bombings.
Why? Did he do something to deserve being drone struck in 1998 or earlier?
The one terrorist attack I see not happening is the Oklahoma City bombing because the stated reasons for that have been either butterflied away or altered (Ruby Ridge and Waco).
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Yeah we likely kept troops in Saudi Arabia to persuade Saddam not to attack again that got OBL upset. Infidels in the holy land.Operation Infinite Reach - Wikipedia
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Also it was not a drone strike it was Tomahawk Cruise missiles. They were the drones of their time.
Not likely, like I said McVeigh claims the events at Ruby Ridge (which don't happen ITTL) and Waco (which had a different stated cause) where the reasons for the federal building bombing in Oklahoma City. So either Nichols and McVeigh either have to find other reasons for the bombing or plan a different attack.
Is this attack dependent on the August 7 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania which are potentially dependent upon the U.S.'s involvement in the extradition, and alleged torture, of four members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ)? If none of that happens ITTL then there's no missile strike.Operation Infinite Reach - Wikipedia
I would say yes eventually, however no idea who could be casted and when.
Honestly Islamic terrorism is such a complicated topic that trying to predict anything about it is going to be impossible.