He didn't have to lead the charge, but others in the Democratic leadership at the time should have. Yeah yeah I know, they go low, we go high. As usual. Polite capitulation was the play of the day. It worked so well, that Dubya was voted in a second term.
Sickening sight to see him at the gavel, pounding down and shouting "out of order" to members of the black caucus demanding the election be counted fairly, because not one sitting senator would back them.
Because the US is now at least 10 years behind a lot of the world now in developing alternate energy sources, and also income disparagy, child poverty, not to mention the military deaths, and world standing. And who knows what could have been by now without all that MIC spending and unnecessary tax cuts for the wealthy? And all the bail out money to right the ship? High speed rail across the country? A healthier education system, stronger SS and perhaps even a beginning of a type of single payer medical system? Who knows.
Because Dubya begat Trump. Tea Baggers morphed into Deplorables.....because they could.
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