List alternate PMs or Presidents

[lord caedus]

Originally Posted by Meadow

I just got it. You clever bastard. It was all a matter of looking at things from a different angle...

That's exactly what I was thinking when I finally got it.

[theman from the ministery]

Originally Posted by Makemakean

The annoyance that no one has noticed what this is a play on, after all my research!!

I still don't get it

[Makemakean]

Originally Posted by Meadow

I just got it. You clever bastard. It was all a matter of looking at things from a different angle...

Originally Posted by MrHuman

I seriously just got it. Just now. Like, as I was writing that I didn't understand. That's a really nice list!

Originally Posted by lord caedus

That's exactly what I was thinking when I finally got it.

Why, thank you gentlemen, thank you.

Originally Posted by theman from the ministery

I still don't get it

The idea is that it's supposed to be the OTL list, but in reverse. For example, John F. Byrnes is stand-in for John Tyler, Alton B. Parker is stand-in for Grover Cleveland, Winfield Scott is stand-in for Dwight Eisenhower, Samuel Houston is stand-in for Lyndon B. Johnson, and so on... Granted, some of the analogues may be kind of forced, but I did my best.

[AlfieJ]

For Want of a Seat: Thorpe Loses in 1970

1970: Edward Heath (Conservative)
1974: Harold Wilson (Labour)
1978: Enoch Powell (Conservative)

SHIT ENSUES

[Thande]

Originally Posted by Makemakean

The idea is that it's supposed to be the OTL list, but in reverse. For example, John F. Byrnes is stand-in for John Tyler, Alton B. Parker is stand-in for Grover Cleveland, Winfield Scott is stand-in for Dwight Eisenhower, Samuel Houston is stand-in for Lyndon B. Johnson, and so on... Granted, some of the analogues may be kind of forced, but I did my best.

I did manage to work it out eventually. Indeed, that's one of the best ones anyone has done here. Like a sort of historical riddle.

[stefanbl]

Originally Posted by Makemakean

Why, thank you gentlemen, thank you.



The idea is that it's supposed to be the OTL list, but in reverse. For example, John F. Byrnes is stand-in for John Tyler, Alton B. Parker is stand-in for Grover Cleveland, Winfield Scott is stand-in for Dwight Eisenhower, Samuel Houston is stand-in for Lyndon B. Johnson, and so on... Granted, some of the analogues may be kind of forced, but I did my best.

It still took me about five minutes to work out after you explained it to me

[Makemakean]

Originally Posted by Thande

I did manage to work it out eventually. Indeed, that's one of the best ones anyone has done here. Like a sort of historical riddle.

Well it wasn't intended to be one. I believed that the first name would give it away immediately, which why I got a little annoyed that no one commented.

[serbrcq]

Originally Posted by Makemakean

Why, thank you gentlemen, thank you.



The idea is that it's supposed to be the OTL list, but in reverse. For example, John F. Byrnes is stand-in for John Tyler, Alton B. Parker is stand-in for Grover Cleveland, Winfield Scott is stand-in for Dwight Eisenhower, Samuel Houston is stand-in for Lyndon B. Johnson, and so on... Granted, some of the analogues may be kind of forced, but I did my best.

I like it a lot. Didn't quite get why this guy was the Lincoln equivalent, though, although I could definitely see Davis as Johnson.

The Chester Arthur analogue being actually born in Ireland was a nice touch

[serbrcq]

So which countries haven't we done yet? America as Equatorial Guinea?

US Presidents since 1968:
1968-1979: Lyndon LaRouche (US Labor) [1]
1979-present: G. Gordon Liddy (Democratic)

[1] Overthrown in a military coup in 1979 after a reign of terror proportionally more destructive than Hitler's, given 101 consecutive death sentences by a special tribunal and executed via firing squad.

Alright, that one's kind of dumb.

[Turquoise Blue]

Australia? We haven't did that... Hmm... Gillibrand would be the current Prez, of course, but who would be the others? Contribute, please.

Obama as Reid? Both are quite nerd-ish...


Down Under the Star-Spangled Banner

1972: Horatio Humphrey? (Labour) Gough Whitlam
1974: George H. W. Bush (Moderate/National coalition)
1976: George H. W. Bush (Moderate/National coalition)
1980: George H. W. Bush (Moderate/National coalition)
1984: Walter Mondale (Labour)
1988: Walter Mondale (Labour)
1992: William Clinton (Labour)
1996: Dick Cheney (Moderate/National coalition)
2000: Dick Cheney (Moderate/National coalition)
2004: Dick Cheney (Moderate/National coalition)
2008: Barack H. Obama (Labour)
2012: Kirsten Gillibrand (Labour)

[Plumber]

Howard always struck me as a Bush/Cheney hybrid.

[Turquoise Blue]

Originally Posted by Plumber

Howard always struck me as a Bush/Cheney hybrid.

Alright, added. I hope you know why I spelled it "Labour"...

[Turquoise Blue]

Who's the Keating analogue in America?

[Japhy]

Well the amount of effort in this thread has gone down dramatically, with its recent upswing in activity.

[Plumber]

Originally Posted by Turquoise Blue

Alright, added. I hope you know why I spelled it "Labour"...

I don't actually, since Australia spells it Labor.

Originally Posted by Turquoise Blue

Who's the Keating analogue in America?

I don't know much about Keating, I just know he won a Trumanesque / Majoresque victory.

Originally Posted by Thande

I did manage to work it out eventually. Indeed, that's one of the best ones anyone has done here. Like a sort of historical riddle.

Yeah, it was really good.

[Turquoise Blue]

Originally Posted by Plumber

I don't actually, since Australia spells it Labor.


I don't know much about Keating, I just know he won a Trumanesque / Majoresque victory.


Yeah, it was really good.

Yes, but the trick was, the actual Australians spell the word labour, but the party Labor. This time, its reversed... Do you see?

Hmm... Bill Clinton?

[serbrcq]

Originally Posted by Japhy

Well the amount of effort in this thread has gone down dramatically, with its recent upswing in activity.

My Equatorial Guinea one was just a joke; there have been a couple good ones on the last few pages.

[Japhy]

Originally Posted by serbrcq

My Equatorial Guinea one was just a joke; there have been a couple good ones on the last few pages.

I know that yours was a joke. Its the Copypasta US and Some Other Country thing, which takes you know, Zero effort.

[Turquoise Blue]

Originally Posted by Japhy

I know that yours was a joke. Its the Copypasta US and Some Other Country thing, which takes you know, Zero effort.

To be honest, it takes more effort then just to type up a quickie list. Those things have to be thought through.
You can't have Reagan be the equivalent to Mulroney, its unimaginable. So, research has to be done.

[Japhy]

Originally Posted by Turquoise Blue

To be honest, it takes more effort then just to type up a quickie list. Those things have to be thought through.
You can't have Reagan be the equivalent to Mulroney, its unimaginable. So, research has to be done.

Its still just a transplant, rather then a real scenario, which we used to actually have show up, which you guys haven't brought in.