As a nation we have seen worse
The Internet had less influence then, leaving the corporate media even more powerful than they are today.
The corporate media more than any other institution had it in for Al primarily because of their overwhelming financial conflicts of interest which of course they never disclose (d) to the public.
Cut off their fossil fuel money, never!
They wanted Bush all along, I don't believe every single Democrat would've supported Gore either had he bucked the S.C. certainly a larger share of Independents wouldn't have.
A Gore Administration would've been relentlessly trashed by the corporate media from the get go.
I totally agree *rump has no more respect for the law than he does for anything or anybody, which is zero.
However for some Republicans and even more Independents, Gore's example can't be ignored when juxtaposed to *rump.