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loneranger - Marvel Universe Presidents
From a thread I've started in the ASB forum
1968-1974: Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Spiro Agnew (R-MD)
1974: Richard Nixon (R-CA) / vacant
1975-1976: Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Gerald Ford (R-MI)
1976-1980: James Carter (D-GA) / Walter Mondale (D-MN)
1980-1988: Anthony Stark (R-CA) / James Rhodes (R-IL)
1988-1996: Steve Rogers (D-NY) / Joseph Biden (D-DE)
1996-2000: Joseph Biden (D-DE) / Al Gore (D-TN)
2000-2008: John McCain (R-AZ) / John Bush (R-FL)
2008-2012: Matthew Ellis (D-MA) / Anthony Rodriguez (D-NM)
2012: Matthew Ellis (D-MA) / vacant
2012-2016: Matthew Ellis (D-MA) / Barack Obama (D-IL)
2016: Norman Osborn (R-NY) / William Stryker (R-ID)
Richard Nixon was barely able to hang onto power thanks to working with Iron Man in toppling various Communist countries, including winning the Vietnam War. Still, he was damaged enough that Jimmy Carter's outsider campaign worked with the people. Carter didn't really want to send Iron Man around unilaterally enforcing American policy, so he sidelined Stark and tried to make peace with the USSR (which had turned isolationist under Premier Reed Rostislav). This made the Commie-hating Tony Stark pretty angry, and Tony was able to win the Republican nomination in 1980 and chose his best friend and biggest critic - Senator James Rhodes as his Vice President. Stark primarily focused on a renewed space race and battling the USSR - he created the Star Wars program, got a manned mission to Mars, and passed a universal healthcare bill.
He was followed by Steve Rogers, known popularly as Captain America. Rogers had been frozen in ice at the end of World War II and had resurfaced in the late 1960s. He fought alongside Stark in the 1980s but soon became a critic of his during the 1980s, eventually being convinced by a "Draft Cap" movement within the Democratic party in 1988. He accepted the nomination and went on to defeat James Rhodes in the 1988 election. Rogers did a lot to help American foreign policy wise, restoring relations with countries such as Cuba and Vietnam and enhancing SALT treaties (which had admittedly started under President Stark). He also pushed back against Congress, specifically vetoing a "Protection of Marriage Act" and other such violations of Civil Rights. He was helped in this matter by Supreme Court Justice Sam Wilson, whom Rogers had appointed to the court in 1989.
Rogers was succeeded by his Vice President Joe Biden (who had given Cap a strong showing in the 1988 primary) and Biden was largely seen as a "third term for Captain America". He lost in 2000 to Senator McCain and Governor Bush, who called for a return to a "Strong America". The McCain led the International effort against newly rising terrorist groups such as the Ten Rings.
Matthew Ellis (of the MCU) can basically be described as "Male Elizabeth Warren" in terms of past and broad career path (although he came to the Senate in 2002). He was re-election in a close run campaign in 2012, and soon afterwards was tainted by the revelation that his own Vice President Rodriguez was working with a terrorist organization (in this case AIM) that had attempted a coup on the executive branch. This led to a marked distrust in the national government, only barely mitigated by Ellis appointing charismatic Senator Barack Obama as his new Vice President.
This distrust came to a head in 2016, as corrupt businessman Norman Osborn successfully won the Presidency against the Barack Obama ticket, winning despite all odds on what was basically a massive smear campaign. Former President Stark - now a famous inventor in the mold of Steve Jobs, has expressed some concerns about the Osborn Presidency and believes that there should be an investigation into their ties to Anton Vanko's Russia.
1968-1974: Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Spiro Agnew (R-MD)
1974: Richard Nixon (R-CA) / vacant
1975-1976: Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Gerald Ford (R-MI)
1976-1980: James Carter (D-GA) / Walter Mondale (D-MN)
1980-1988: Anthony Stark (R-CA) / James Rhodes (R-IL)
1988-1996: Steve Rogers (D-NY) / Joseph Biden (D-DE)
1996-2000: Joseph Biden (D-DE) / Al Gore (D-TN)
2000-2008: John McCain (R-AZ) / John Bush (R-FL)
2008-2012: Matthew Ellis (D-MA) / Anthony Rodriguez (D-NM)
2012: Matthew Ellis (D-MA) / vacant
2012-2016: Matthew Ellis (D-MA) / Barack Obama (D-IL)
2016: Norman Osborn (R-NY) / William Stryker (R-ID)
Richard Nixon was barely able to hang onto power thanks to working with Iron Man in toppling various Communist countries, including winning the Vietnam War. Still, he was damaged enough that Jimmy Carter's outsider campaign worked with the people. Carter didn't really want to send Iron Man around unilaterally enforcing American policy, so he sidelined Stark and tried to make peace with the USSR (which had turned isolationist under Premier Reed Rostislav). This made the Commie-hating Tony Stark pretty angry, and Tony was able to win the Republican nomination in 1980 and chose his best friend and biggest critic - Senator James Rhodes as his Vice President. Stark primarily focused on a renewed space race and battling the USSR - he created the Star Wars program, got a manned mission to Mars, and passed a universal healthcare bill.
He was followed by Steve Rogers, known popularly as Captain America. Rogers had been frozen in ice at the end of World War II and had resurfaced in the late 1960s. He fought alongside Stark in the 1980s but soon became a critic of his during the 1980s, eventually being convinced by a "Draft Cap" movement within the Democratic party in 1988. He accepted the nomination and went on to defeat James Rhodes in the 1988 election. Rogers did a lot to help American foreign policy wise, restoring relations with countries such as Cuba and Vietnam and enhancing SALT treaties (which had admittedly started under President Stark). He also pushed back against Congress, specifically vetoing a "Protection of Marriage Act" and other such violations of Civil Rights. He was helped in this matter by Supreme Court Justice Sam Wilson, whom Rogers had appointed to the court in 1989.
Rogers was succeeded by his Vice President Joe Biden (who had given Cap a strong showing in the 1988 primary) and Biden was largely seen as a "third term for Captain America". He lost in 2000 to Senator McCain and Governor Bush, who called for a return to a "Strong America". The McCain led the International effort against newly rising terrorist groups such as the Ten Rings.
Matthew Ellis (of the MCU) can basically be described as "Male Elizabeth Warren" in terms of past and broad career path (although he came to the Senate in 2002). He was re-election in a close run campaign in 2012, and soon afterwards was tainted by the revelation that his own Vice President Rodriguez was working with a terrorist organization (in this case AIM) that had attempted a coup on the executive branch. This led to a marked distrust in the national government, only barely mitigated by Ellis appointing charismatic Senator Barack Obama as his new Vice President.
This distrust came to a head in 2016, as corrupt businessman Norman Osborn successfully won the Presidency against the Barack Obama ticket, winning despite all odds on what was basically a massive smear campaign. Former President Stark - now a famous inventor in the mold of Steve Jobs, has expressed some concerns about the Osborn Presidency and believes that there should be an investigation into their ties to Anton Vanko's Russia.
- loneranger
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