The Decade Gone By: A Collaborative TL

February 8th 2000: President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe gets stroke and dies five days later.

February 26th 2000: Zimbabwe is chaos when parliament can't choice succesor for deceased Mugabe.

May 3rd 2000: Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan hang by Turkish officials.

October 27th 2000: President Vladimir Putin assassinate by islamic terrorists.

October 28th 2000: Prime Minister Mihail Kasyanov become president of Russia.
 
October 29, 2000: John McCain proves himself a maverick... In last minute campaign stop, he calls Falwell and his evangelicals, dangerous for America, and "Agents of intolerance and hate" He vows that in the White House he won't pander to their interests. The speech is polarizing among the Republicans. One, he captured many independent voters 5 days before the election, and effectively put the foreign contribution scandal behind him. Two, he has almost completely alienated the Christian Right. The RNC threatens to remove him from the ticket unless he apologizes. McCain refuses. With 7 days to go the RNC just has to sit it out and hope that the damage to the base won't be too bad...

<the agents of intolerance thing he actually said in OTL, but better timed it could capture lots of moderates and undecideds.>
 
October 29, 2000: John McCain proves himself a maverick... In last minute campaign stop, he calls Falwell and his evangelicals, dangerous for America, and "Agents of intolerance and hate" He vows that in the White House he won't pander to their interests. The speech is polarizing among the Republicans. One, he captured many independent voters 5 days before the election, and effectively put the foreign contribution scandal behind him. Two, he has almost completely alienated the Christian Right. The RNC threatens to remove him from the ticket unless he apologizes. McCain refuses. With 7 days to go the RNC just has to sit it out and hope that the damage to the base won't be too bad...

<the agents of intolerance thing he actually said in OTL, but better timed it could capture lots of moderates and undecideds.>

How about this, guys?

November 8, 2000-Despite McCain's best efforts at salvaging his campaign, the damage done is enough to get voters to elect Paul Wellstone as the 43rd President of the United States, even if only by a somewhat slight electoral margin{he did win 60% of the popular vote, though}. This can effectively be blamed not only on the foreign contribution scandal, which is still fresh on the minds of many liberal and independent voters{although many conservatives and the mass media have totally put this behind them}, but also his failure to keep the Republican voters{evangelicals especially} happy.

November 11, 2000-McCain gets an hour's worth of airtime on FOX to do his impromptu speech..........he does congratulate Wellstone for the win, but spends about half that time complaining about 'illegal' immigration, 'welfare queens', etc.........which damages his reputation even more.

November 25, 2000-A car bomb set by Islamic extremists goes off near a crowded Moscow dining establishment killing over 50 people.
 
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Maybe I missed it- but who succeeded Gore as VP after he was killed? Probably not of much importance but just curious.
 

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January 29, 2001-In his first State of the union address President Wellstone lays out his ambitious domestic agenda which includes Universal Health Care and a large-scale conversion of the American economy to be more green friendly. He is expected to face an uphill battle with the Republican controlled house.
 
22nd January 2001: Tony Blair is shot by a man with previous mental conditions who says that he did it because Blair was a murderer. He is quickly given life for killing the Prime Minister.

January 23rd 2001: Leaders all over the globe mourn Blair's death with Wellstone saying 'Tony Blair's death is a dark day for all of the Western world.'
 
January 12th 2001: Interim president of Zimbabwe assassinate. Civil War of Zimbabwe gets worse.

January 16th 2001: President of Democratic Republic of Congo survives assassination attemp.

January 21th 2001: Democratic Republic of Congo blame Rwuanda and demands Rwanda extradite members of cospiracy. Rwanda doesn't extradite them.

January 26th 2001: Democratic Republic of Congo declares war for Rwanda.

January 27th 2001: UN declare Zimbabwe failed state.

June 1st 2001: Crown Price of Nepal Dipendra shoot whole his family. No one survives. Country is soon at chaos becouse of death of king family.

August 18th 2001: The Maoist occupy capital of Nepal, Kathmandu and declare People's Republic of Nepal founded.
 
March 3rd, 2000- US President Bill Clinton names Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas "Doug" Wilder to succeed the late Al Gore as Vice-President. Wilder is approved by congress, and is sworn in as the first African-American Vice-President.
 
November 27 – Jean Cretien is re-elected as Prime minister of Canada, as the Liberal Party increases its majority to 185 seats in the House of Commons.
 
January 30, 2002: President WELLSTONE and Vice President ROBB along with 410 Representatives, 93 Senators, 126 dignataries, and the entire Supreme Court are killed when a Boeing 777 out of Philidelphia was Hijacked by Islamic Extremists linked to Osama Bin Laden crashed into the capitol killing all 300 passangers and crew.
February 1, 2002: President Protempore of the Senate Strom Thurmond is sworn in as the nation's 44th President. The 99 year old president promises to step down as soon as he can nominate a VP and the remnants of Congress can confirm him (or her)
February 8, 2002: President Thurmond Nominates Elizabeth Dole for VP, the congress quickly approves her, and President Thurmond true to his word resigns 20 minutes after the confirmation.
This is loosely based on a Tom Clancy Novel.
 
February 7th 2001: Rwandan rebellions declare North and South Kivu indepent.

February 14th 2001: Army of DR of Congo fight against rebellions of Upper Katanga.

February 29th 2001: Riots in Kinshasa. President Kabila escapes from Congo.

July 11th 2002: Morocco occupy Isla Perejil which belong for Spain.

July 14th 2002: Maxime Brunerie shoots president of France, Jacques Chirac and then himself.

July 15th 2002: Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin becomes president of France.

July 16th 2002: Spain try take Isla Perejil back. Army of Morocco fire Spanish troops.

July 17th 2002: Government of Spain says that it is war with Morocco.

July 20th 2002: Spain stop attack of Morocco to Melilla and Ceuta.

July 26th 2002: War between Spain and Morocco ends and Spain gets Isla Prejil back.
 
September 11, 2001: Texas Legislature votes to impeach Governor George W. Bush over charges of lying in a sworn affidavit in a court case involving the wrongful firing of Texas Funeral Services Commission employee Eliza May. Democrats support the measure, Republicans are divided. Rumor has it that Lieutenant Governor Rick Perry is covertly backing Bush's impeachment.
 
January 30, 2002: President WELLSTONE and Vice President ROBB along with 410 Representatives, 93 Senators, 126 dignataries, and the entire Supreme Court are killed when a Boeing 777 out of Philidelphia was Hijacked by Islamic Extremists linked to Osama Bin Laden crashed into the capitol killing all 300 passangers and crew.
February 1, 2002: President Protempore of the Senate Strom Thurmond is sworn in as the nation's 44th President. The 99 year old president promises to step down as soon as he can nominate a VP and the remnants of Congress can confirm him (or her)
February 8, 2002: President Thurmond Nominates Elizabeth Dole for VP, the congress quickly approves her, and President Thurmond true to his word resigns 20 minutes after the confirmation.
This is loosely based on a Tom Clancy Novel.
Seriously?
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Can we ignore this?
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Please?
 
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