Well, with a terrorist act of that caliber done in a Democratic term, I think we can expect a more aggressive foreign policy for the Republicans in their candidates, as well as a more hawkish attitude.
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What exactly is JFK Jr. up to TTL? Did he take the Senate seat that Clinton took IOTL, or did she take it?
Prediction: JFK Jr. and Obama split the vote of progressive change, and Clinton gets the nomination ITTL. Like OTL 8 years later, though, she loses, possibly to Santorum or maybe Schwarzenegger. The economy goes down the toilets, the Republican doesn't do much to fix it, and JFK Jr. or maybe Bernie Sanders wins the nomination in 2012 and easily becomes President
Prediction: JFK Jr. and Obama split the vote of progressive change, and Clinton gets the nomination ITTL. Like OTL 8 years later, though, she loses, possibly to Santorum or maybe Schwarzenegger. The economy goes down the toilets, the Republican doesn't do much to fix it, and JFK Jr. or maybe Bernie Sanders wins the nomination in 2012 and easily becomes President
Well, the thing is that Republicans have been howling for Gore to pull the last few hundred special forces troops out of Pakistan for the last three or so months, so this might be a bit awkward for them. I imagine most of them will want to leave Pakistan to its own devices.
He won the senate seat in 2004, a seat Chuck Schumer vacated to serve in the Gore administration. Hillary won in 2000.
Nobody's officially thrown their hat in the ring yet, the poll is just speculation.
So no Chucky the Shoom to lead the Senate Dems ITTL. What position does he serve in the Gore administration?
Alright. What are the top issues of the upcoming 2008 presidential election? I can see that some of them will be on the economy, though foreign affairs and social issues should also hold prominence.
Wait a minute *checks* stupid stupid me, Schumer was never in the Senate ITTL. He ran for governor against Pataki in 1998, lost, tried to run against Hillary in the primary in 2000, lost, and declined to run in the primary in 2004. So right now he's not doing much in a government capacity.
I should've checked that before, with a timeline this huge sometimes it's easy to get mixed up!
That last scene with the news report was terrifying. First of all, 400 people?! Secondly, that poor girl trying to tell the news people what was going on while they urge her to get treatment, only for the gunmen to break in and kill her with the feed going to static right before her death can be shown...that’s the stuff of nightmares, and will probably wind up being one of the major images of the war: an innocent woman murdered on air.
That’s just...yikes.
That’s just...yikes.
400 people at the bare minimum, likely to rise much higher since that's just the number of dead they found right away, not counting the ones dug out of the rubble or who will die in hospital, plus the casualties from at least half a dozen heavily armed gunmen going through the city, with at least two or three of them not being caught for at least an hour afterward. The final death toll won't be revealed until the next news post, but expect something in the neighborhood of 1,000.
Holy crap, somebody dying on air in the news, that's never gonna be forgotten.
There was also the Indy 500 tornado with the debris into the place where people were taking shelter, though with the SD televisions of the time you couldn't really make out that something truly awful had happened. After the Today incident I imagine that we'll be getting the broadcast tape delay finally (which we didn't get yet ITTL due to the butterflying of Nipplegate).
As promised, here's a glimpse into my TTL self:
Roger Renegade said:
Roger Renegade said:SEGApple4Ever: Alright, I'm not really a Nintendo girl, but am I the only that thought that guy was waaaaaay out of line in his M:Hc2 review?!
SadiraB.: THANK YOU!!!
Marcus-x-Krystal: I know, right!
SonicRenegade:OMG DAVE!!!! Did you seriously change your screen name to that?! ROFLMAO!
Marcus-x-Krystal: What!?
SadiraB.: RFOL
SEGApple4Ever: Lol
SadiraB.: *ROFL
SonicRenegade: I mean OK, I can kinda see them saying it doesn't quite feel "like a Metroid game" without the suit...but come on!! That review blew it way out of proportion! It's not like it felt like it was suddenly Blackheart or a "Metal Gear Samus" game...
-although now I totally want to play a Meal Gear Samus game! Besides...the story completely justified it!
-I can understand being upset about a complete gameplay shift...if it came out of nowhere, but the story set it up! The entire last game had the premise of "You want to claim a piece of the Chozo's Legacy, you damn well better earn it!" and took the suit from her. On top of all that it was fun!
-Wasn't that Miyamoto's Cardinal Rule in a nutshell? "Do whatever you want, but make sure it's fun."
SadiraB.: Exactly!
Marcus-x-Krystal: Yeah!
SEGApple4Ever: Good to know I'm not getting soft on games, just 'cuz they're from one of my favorite non-SEGA series!
SonicRenegade: Do any of you guys kinda feel like this might be the last one?
I mean I know it's the last one on the Wave but...it kinda had that "series finale" vibe to it. And to be honest, if they do make another one on the next console or the Supernova...I don't know how they're gonna top that ending!
SadiraB.: Was I the only one expecting Samus to say (either to the Core monster or in her closing monologue) "My name is Samus Aran...and I am the last Chozo."?
SonicRenegade: Ya know, I was thinking the same thing!
Jesus goddamn Christ.... 1,000 dead terrorist attack. And I thought Mumbai and Paris were terrible.
Once the final tally is up, gonna create a Wikpedia infobox for this event....
I wonder if the American embassy has to identify ever American casualty, including the poor caller that got killed on live American television.
Once the final tally is up, gonna create a Wikpedia infobox for this event....
I wonder if the American embassy has to identify ever American casualty, including the poor caller that got killed on live American television.
What makes it so much more painful is it comes right after an interrupted and hopeful interview with Steve Irwin, who's still alive here.
Yep.
He never did get near to the stingray in the end.
The Islamabad attacks ITTL is now the deadliest terrorist attack since TTL 9/11.....
And from analysis of the attack from the short snippet, it seems that the terrorists (who might be linked to the LeT or TTP due to the use of Punjabi) attacked pretty much every tourist site and major hotel in Islamabad.
I'm suspecting the hotel that was attacked was either the Serena or the Marriot.
I'm suspecting the hotel that was attacked was either the Serena or the Marriot.
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