A True October Surprise: The Added Surprises
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Introduction
Well, look who's back.
Um, hi?
What is this? A True October Surprise GT?
Wow, low blow. No, it's just a special of extra infoboxes from the ATOS universe, not a continuation of it past the TL's end of Inauguration Day 2017.
So a series of infoboxes for the Humphrey family?
No, shut up.
Okay, then what should we expect?
Different things: some lists, some elections, some personal infoboxes and even some pop culture-related goings-on.
How is this a "2016 election special"?
Well, some people involved in the 2016 elections make appearances. Plus, it felt kind of appropriate to have a surprise revisit to a universe that diverged from OTL because of an October Surprise.
OK. Does that mean I can ask what this random politician is up to, or what happened to this thing, ITTL?
You can, but if they aren't covered in this series or ATOS proper, they're probably unimportant ITTL and I might not feel like looking to see what they'd be up to in this universe.
That's kind of dickish, these people want to know what happened to [random OTL politician]!
I'm planning on posting at least one infobox a day for the entire month of October between work and classes, so forgive me if taking time to figure out an answer to every request is low on my list of priorities.
One per day? Aren't you unfairly upping expectations for other infobox TL makers?
Yes and yes.
What should the authors of No Southern Strategy, The Populist Problem of Preston Manning, Think of the Djurgården Boys and other fine infobox TLs think about your idiotic pace?
That they're doing a fine job and that I planned this out ahead of time specifically for a month-long spurt of posts.
Sounds like both a cop-out and that you're a bit insane.
Yes, and quite possibly.
Does that mean we need to read A True October Surprise again?
It would at least help, since most of the write-ups are going to mention things that occurred in the TL proper.
Fine. Let's see you drive this into the ground.
Full speed ahead!
Um, hi?
What is this? A True October Surprise GT?
Wow, low blow. No, it's just a special of extra infoboxes from the ATOS universe, not a continuation of it past the TL's end of Inauguration Day 2017.
So a series of infoboxes for the Humphrey family?
No, shut up.
Okay, then what should we expect?
Different things: some lists, some elections, some personal infoboxes and even some pop culture-related goings-on.
How is this a "2016 election special"?
Well, some people involved in the 2016 elections make appearances. Plus, it felt kind of appropriate to have a surprise revisit to a universe that diverged from OTL because of an October Surprise.
OK. Does that mean I can ask what this random politician is up to, or what happened to this thing, ITTL?
You can, but if they aren't covered in this series or ATOS proper, they're probably unimportant ITTL and I might not feel like looking to see what they'd be up to in this universe.
That's kind of dickish, these people want to know what happened to [random OTL politician]!
I'm planning on posting at least one infobox a day for the entire month of October between work and classes, so forgive me if taking time to figure out an answer to every request is low on my list of priorities.
One per day? Aren't you unfairly upping expectations for other infobox TL makers?
Yes and yes.
What should the authors of No Southern Strategy, The Populist Problem of Preston Manning, Think of the Djurgården Boys and other fine infobox TLs think about your idiotic pace?
That they're doing a fine job and that I planned this out ahead of time specifically for a month-long spurt of posts.
Sounds like both a cop-out and that you're a bit insane.
Yes, and quite possibly.
Does that mean we need to read A True October Surprise again?
It would at least help, since most of the write-ups are going to mention things that occurred in the TL proper.
Fine. Let's see you drive this into the ground.
Full speed ahead!
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Between this and the dozens of notifications I've received from your binge-liking of ATOS, I'm regretting name-dropping NSS.
Not really.
Things Nofix does in his spare time:
- Stare longingly at pictures of Carl Hayden & George P. Hunt
- Work on No Southern Strategy while preventing the madness/Gonzo from taking complete control
- Nofix-post in the British PMQs thread
- Wonder what the words "snow" and "cold" mean
- Write rap songs about wikibox TLs
I-it's not like your TL isn't e-entertaining, baka!
This is going to be essentially a supplemental to ATOS: it will have some things not mentioned in the TL itself or flesh out things that were mentioned in passing.
Hopefully!
I hope another countries also are in this spin-off, likely Brazil, Argentina or Philippines.
Yes, other countries besides the ones that were covered in the original will be included.
This could be fun
Someone's mildly optimistic.
French presidential election, 1995
The French presidential election of 1995 was the most surprising election result of the Fifth French Republic, and perhaps French history. By 1995, the left in the form of the Socialist Party was battered, beset by scandal, with an elderly, sickly president who had been forced to cohabit with a conservative majority in the National Assembly after the 1993 electoral wipeout of the Socialists. Prime Minister Jacques Chirac had laid the groundwork for a presidential run almost as soon as he was appointed prime minister. Crucially, his strongest rival, Foreign Minister Édouard Balladur told Chirac he would not run. However, Chirac’s poll numbers against former PM Lionel Jospin, the Socialist candidate, were not as strong as those of a potential Balladur-Jospin matchup, dragged down by Chirac’s association in the mind of voters with the struggling economy. This, along with a concentrated effort by right-wing politicians who preferred Balladur to Chirac, caused Balladur to renege on his promise and declare his candidacy.
Suddenly, the election to succeed Mitterand moved from a predictable fight between the candidates of the two wings of French politics to an exciting race to see which two would face off in the second round. Jospin used the opportunity of the two strongest opponents the right could offer tearing each other apart to shore up his numbers, and all three attempted to gain as much credit as they could from the ongoing talks in Bern between American and Soviet ambassadors that many believed (correctly) could lead to an end to the half-century of tension between East and West Europe.
To no one’s surprise, Jospin came in first in the first round, with the two conservatives sapping each others’ support. Balladur edged out Chirac to take second and advance to the final round. The two remaining candidates were, for almost the entire two-week period between rounds, were in a dead heat and unable to effectively break the stalemate- Jospin because of the wariness of some voters of giving the Socialists a third consecutive term and Balladur because his aristocratic speech patterns and whispers of his involvement in several scandals had made the most effective of his attacks against Jospin and Mitterand ineffective. French voters went to sleep on May 7, 1995 with no idea who they had elected as president.
In the end, an extremely thin majority went for Jospin. Out of the nearly 30 million votes cast in the second round, a difference of only 78,000 separated the two candidates. The French right, having gleefully prepared for a return to the Élysée Palace as Socialist popularity dragged during the last years of Mitterand’s second term, were left speechless as Lionel Jospin was inaugurated while both Balladur and Chirac looked on.
Suddenly, the election to succeed Mitterand moved from a predictable fight between the candidates of the two wings of French politics to an exciting race to see which two would face off in the second round. Jospin used the opportunity of the two strongest opponents the right could offer tearing each other apart to shore up his numbers, and all three attempted to gain as much credit as they could from the ongoing talks in Bern between American and Soviet ambassadors that many believed (correctly) could lead to an end to the half-century of tension between East and West Europe.
To no one’s surprise, Jospin came in first in the first round, with the two conservatives sapping each others’ support. Balladur edged out Chirac to take second and advance to the final round. The two remaining candidates were, for almost the entire two-week period between rounds, were in a dead heat and unable to effectively break the stalemate- Jospin because of the wariness of some voters of giving the Socialists a third consecutive term and Balladur because his aristocratic speech patterns and whispers of his involvement in several scandals had made the most effective of his attacks against Jospin and Mitterand ineffective. French voters went to sleep on May 7, 1995 with no idea who they had elected as president.
In the end, an extremely thin majority went for Jospin. Out of the nearly 30 million votes cast in the second round, a difference of only 78,000 separated the two candidates. The French right, having gleefully prepared for a return to the Élysée Palace as Socialist popularity dragged during the last years of Mitterand’s second term, were left speechless as Lionel Jospin was inaugurated while both Balladur and Chirac looked on.
I can't wait to see what you've got in store for us
Especially Canadian-related stuff...
Especially Canadian-related stuff...