Wargle.
Okay. We've discussed this off and on in a couple different threads, so it'll take time for me to scrape together everything and do a proper Post on the subject, but here's some quick notes on US politics re: Fenspace.
* Rudy Giuliani wins the '08 election by milking wave-panic for all it's worth (gobble gobble terrorists terrorists 9/11 9/11 gobble gobble).
* Turns out that Giuliani made GWB look like FDR, and promptly gets the boot in '12. We never decided exactly who replaced him but I sketched in a scene in the Unfinished Bane of My Existence that uses Obama as the default.
** Personally I could roll with Diamond Joe Biden as the first wave-friendly president, but I'm willing to explore options.
* The main not-actually-real congresspeople in the UBoME are Mary Wildman (D-CO6) and Al Kellerman (R-KS).
** Kellerman's sort of a Bob Dole expy: he's been the Senator from Kansas since dinosaurs ruled the earth, and basically intends to die in the saddle.
** Wildman, as noted, is Mal's little sister. And yes, she wins reelection in '14.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
Okay. We've discussed this off and on in a couple different threads, so it'll take time for me to scrape together everything and do a proper Post on the subject, but here's some quick notes on US politics re: Fenspace.
* Rudy Giuliani wins the '08 election by milking wave-panic for all it's worth (gobble gobble terrorists terrorists 9/11 9/11 gobble gobble).
* Turns out that Giuliani made GWB look like FDR, and promptly gets the boot in '12. We never decided exactly who replaced him but I sketched in a scene in the Unfinished Bane of My Existence that uses Obama as the default.
** Personally I could roll with Diamond Joe Biden as the first wave-friendly president, but I'm willing to explore options.
* The main not-actually-real congresspeople in the UBoME are Mary Wildman (D-CO6) and Al Kellerman (R-KS).
** Kellerman's sort of a Bob Dole expy: he's been the Senator from Kansas since dinosaurs ruled the earth, and basically intends to die in the saddle.
** Wildman, as noted, is Mal's little sister. And yes, she wins reelection in '14.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"