Al Gore wouldn't have appointed conservative Supreme Court justices.

[LoZoccolo]

[madaboutharry]

1. The rulings of the current Supreme Court

are constant reminders of the ramifications of a stolen election.

[LoZoccolo]

2. Ralph Nader said that there was little difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush*.

[BlueDemKev]

9. Yep. The idiocy of Nader's supporters has come home to roost

...at the steps of the once-honorable Supreme Court.

[polichick]

11. And constant reminders of the end of democracy.

[marybourg]

3. But he did choose Joe Lieberman

as his V.P nominee

[LoZoccolo]

4. Joe Lieberman had a significantly partisan voting record.

[Cali_Democrat]

8. Joe Lieberman is an asshat.

[LoZoccolo]

10. Why do you say that?

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Because he endorsed McCain over Obama

[LoZoccolo]

15. Maybe he said it as a joke because McCain had already lost the primary by then.

[BlueDemKev]

18. True, but....

...remember he did return to the Democratic fold after Obama was elected, and helped gain the crucial Republican support needed to pass the stimulus and he did support health care reform.

The thing about Lieberman is he loves to be in the spotlight and being a maverick allows him to do that. Regardless, he is a headache and I'll be glad to see him replaced with a more loyal Democrat this November.

[tabbycat31]

23. he killed the public option

[tinrobot]

5. A VP Joe Lieberman would not nominate Justices

...nor would a VP Lieberman sit on the Judiciary committee.

Seems like a win-win to me.

[Kolesar]

17. I had never heard of the senator without a chin until Al Gore picked him for VP candidate

I did not watch the Monica Lewinski story, which apparently was Chinless Joe's greatest moment.

[Poll_Blind]

6. That'll show them who's the boss!

PB

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Yes thank you.

[libtodeath]

13. Probably the greatest crime ever committed on humanity.

[tkmorris]

14. Not across the board, no

I expect he likely would have taken a "maintain the status quo" approach however. Replacing a Moderate with a Moderate, a Conservative with a more Conservative, and so on. Gore was always a compromiser, and Nader believed, rightly or wrongly, that that is no longer good enough.

Don't misunderstand, I am no fan of Nader's refusal to drop out in battleground states in 2000, but I can understand the point he was trying to make.

[LoZoccolo]

16. I don't believe your opinion.

[tkmorris]

19. Which is of course the problem with "what if" posits

They are unprovable and subjective. Your OP is as much an example of this as my reply.

Al Gore is a good man. He should have won.

[truebrit71]

30. Correction: He DID win...

...until the SCROTUS stole if for Lt AWOL...

[JVS]

20. Are you talking about the pending ACA decision?

[KG]

21. Alito and Roberts were appointed in bush's second term.

what was the dem's excuse for losing the 2004 election?

[emulatorloo]

22. DU 2004: "I just can't vote for Kerry, he is not X enough for me."

Plus there was the media that cut all of Kerry's best sound bytes while cutting all of Bush's worst sound bytes.

Besides, Gore would have won his second term. And by the way, 9/11 probably wouldn't have happened, as Gore was used to taking Richard Clarke and his team seriously. Unlike Bush and Condi, who ignored them.

[politicasista]

26. +1 n/t

[MH1]

33. Bingo. n/t

[thesquanderer]

27. Shenanigans in Ohio

to answer your question about the "the dem's excuse for losing the 2004 election"

http://www.amazon.com/What-Went-Wrong-Ohio-Presidential/dp/089733535X

[truebrit71]

31. Thank you. In 2000 it was FLA, and in 2004 it was OH.

Both clear as day, and to this day, still no-one prosecuted....

[Major Hogwash]

24. Touche.

And now, here we are, almost 12 years later, having to defend President Obama. Talk about a waste of bandwidth!

[mzmolly]

25. Hear hear!

[scheming daemons]

28. Thanks, Ralph!

[CrispyQ]

29. I miss unrec. -nt

[Upton]

32. Al Gore lost his home state of Tennessee..

[politicasista]

34. Thanks to B. Clinton

and in some ways Ms. Brazille.

[JI7]

35. it's Tennessee