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SharonAnn

(14,176 posts)
14. And we missed out on Al Gore. The 2000 election was actually cheating. FL went for Gore
Thu Jul 6, 2023, 12:26 PM
Jul 2023

Granted, it was a small margin (less than 1,000 I think) but shutting down the recount vote in Miami (by the Brooks Brothers rioters, nearly all of whom were staffers of R Congressman and affiliated PACs) meant that GWB could get away with stealing the election.

The study of actual FL votes was done by a consortium of news organizations. Gore won. It was finalized and due to be published on Sept. 12th, 2001 but obviously was not published until some time later. We were still living through the 9-11 trauma for quite a while and it didn't get nearly the attention it should have. Most people I talk to about this don't know it was done and don't know what the conclusion was.

It's a shame.

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It is a problem AnnaLee Jul 2023 #1
It is concerning. What I found the most disturbing about 2016 was the electoral college BeckyDem Jul 2023 #2
You are exactly right on every point DeeDeeNY Jul 2023 #10
Thank you, DeeDeeNY. BeckyDem Jul 2023 #11
the 'young' have been fed disaffection stopdiggin Jul 2023 #3
Let's see it from their point of view. progressoid Jul 2023 #17
don't really disagree stopdiggin Jul 2023 #22
Cop movies invariable show ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #21
and plenty of 'dirty cops' in any stopdiggin Jul 2023 #23
I sometimes Rebl2 Jul 2023 #5
No need to THINK inthewind21 Jul 2023 #7
👆👆👆! Rebl2 Jul 2023 #20
If they lose interest and don't vote, they are the problem. LisaM Jul 2023 #12
Thanks HRC! Blue Owl Jul 2023 #4
We missed out on HRC RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2023 #6
Oh no inthewind21 Jul 2023 #8
And we missed out on Al Gore. The 2000 election was actually cheating. FL went for Gore SharonAnn Jul 2023 #14
It was all part of the MAGA Taliban's plan to steal SCOTUS. Initech Jul 2023 #18
Gore got screwed and so did democracy RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2023 #19
Interesting that the consortium was so thorough.. Permanut Jul 2023 #24
never happen llashram Jul 2023 #9
The current SCOTUS sides with the religious reich. And that's who they need to stop siding with. Initech Jul 2023 #13
They really side with the rich and the fanatical religious. SharonAnn Jul 2023 #15
What was the big problem with Hillary? What was all that about her being corrupt and corporatist betsuni Jul 2023 #16
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