Trump: Gore was/is a P*<>y. I am special.
Man, that election and 2004 were both heartbreaking but Gore gutted it out throughout those objections. He was a good man. I think Bush has showed himself to be a better man than I thought after the end of his term. Trump isnât fit to even consider himself a candidate.
My idea of hell is having to relive the period between November 2000 and January 2001 over and over again
I have been watching the âsurrogatesâ argue that Trump is JUST LIKE Al Gore and the media run with it for the last couple of days. Itâs times like this I want to stand up and scream âNO you arenât. Not all things are equal. THIS IS NOT a both sides do it moment!â As much as I canât stand Trump I think we ALSO have to hold the media account for their lazy journalism through this campaign. From letting Trump use them for ratings and cost savings to writing their columns in advance to both sides do it. It really IS time to take responsibilityâŚfor our JOBS, our CHOICES and our VOTES.
GrrrrâŚI hate that Trump is making us relive the 2000 electionâŚespecially now that we know how the subsequent eight years went for this country.
I found this at Politico, and it breaks down the numbers. The biased SCOTUS gave the election to bush as we know, but he was ahead by only 1/2 of a percentage point when they did that. Then they gave him FL and he was over the 270 by just one. We all know Gore lost his home state of TN but bush also lost CT where he was born.
I dunno. At the end of the day, I think this country need G.W.'s presidency, if only to shock it out of complacency and demonstrate why the GOP can never hold the White House again.
An entire generation has a potent reminder of why they need to get out to the polls.
How Bush behaved after being in office is almost inconsequential. What he did in office us something we will not know whether we have survived for perhapsn another 75 years. He took a country at the high point of history, and in eight short years drove it and global civilization nearly into extinction. He spent his first 8 months in office under-reacting to the threat of terrorism and the next 7 years over reacting. He invaded the wrong country on a lie. He undermined the cohesion of all of our global alliances, He transferred $12 trillion dollars of societyâs resources from the demand side 99% to the supply side 1% causing demand to crater in 2008. He was too morally bankrupt and too dumb to run a country. Now that heâs retired, he paints pictures of his toes poking up out of the water on the other side of the bath tub. Thatâs what he does when he doesnât have evil people smarter than him telling him what to do. His carelessness has devastated the country and the globe. .
My idea of hell is eternally being forced to find decent coffee in rural Arizona.
Gore ran a shitty campaign, had horrible debates, refused to allow Bill to help. But when it came to the end, he took it like a great man and didnât burn the country down. Of all the marks I have against Gore, he redeemed all of them with that. Yea, what happened after was awful, but âwhat could have beenâ may very well have been worse.
Somehow I donât think reminding voters of the 2000 Bush/Gore debacle is particularly helpful to the GOP.
Just keep going South. Eventually, youâll hit Colombia.
I stayed up all night watching TV that emmer effing election night. It was amazing and terrible.
Good time to mention that the infamous âBrooks Brothers mobâ of GOP Congressional staffers pretending to be dangerously irate voters opposed to the recount was organized and directed by one Roger Stone.
Edited to add: For the 2016 election night, I will be gathered with many Trump-despisers at a UC San Diego event âFree and open to all UCSD students and community membersâ. Itâs a public university, so anyone can be a âcommunity memberâ.
Election Night 2016: A Political Party
I think Ted Cruz was in the mob. Without Googling I canât say what he was at the time except a climber. Maybe in DOJ as a clerk to a Supreme
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Looks like Putin has already gotten Degenerate Trump to help his advance his plan to undermine the US election⌠A fân IDIOT !!
U.S. vote authorities warned to be alert to Russian hacks faking fraud:
U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials are warning that hackers with ties to Russiaâs intelligence services could try to undermine the credibility of the presidential election by posting documents online purporting to show evidence of voter fraud.
Especially in light of HOTOGâs threats of poll watchers. Time to remind people who really does the intimidation (yo, media?)
Letâs remember that Bushâs stolen election meant that many went to early graves FOR NO REASON in Iraq.
Hey! What a great election acceptor Al Gore was! The problem with using this as a model for Trump is that after promising us over and over again in the debates and in his campaign that he would fight for us, he rolled over and accepted Billy Bushâs determination fo the 2000 election. So, we got ignored results of the USS Cole investigation and the demotion of Richard Clarke, which led directly to 9/11, which led to the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, which in turn made the invasion and occupation of Iraq into âthe adjacent possible.â There are a fair number of disasters Bush 43 wrought, and they all sprang from this gentlemanly acceptance of election results.
Tim⌠I am not disagreeing with you on how bad his presidency was but it was what the American people wanted. We live in a Republic. I think his ideas sucked⌠but they were ideas that the American people supported at the ballot. It isnât like he did what he did without any legislative support. Iâm think your diatribe should be against Americans, not solely against Bush.