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stevenleser

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46. Had he not prevented it, but I think he would have.

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:55 AM

May 2013

Don't forget, the Clinton team was very much on the ball with paying attention to Al Qaeda, and Gore would no doubt have taken his cues from that. Also, he is the one who chaired Clinton's efforts on improving aviation security so if there had been CIA warnings about Al Qaeda attacking the US and using airliners as weapons, he would have taken it seriously AND he would have known what to do about it.

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True true malaise May 2013 #1

Certainly. Dawson Leery May 2013 #2

+10000000000000000000 treestar May 2013 #3

And most Big Name Democrats did decline to run. Bandit May 2013 #32

Yes. And that's what I keep bringing up SheilaT May 2013 #38

So true. Arugula Latte May 2013 #4

B I N G O ! ! ! tomm2thumbs May 2013 #5

And there would be Mormon fawning everywhere. zeemike May 2013 #6

you're damned right. it's odd how little 'good news' on the economy gets reported spanone May 2013 #7

It gets reported ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #29

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the economy was bound to improve no matter who was president NoMoreWarNow May 2013 #11

no, they wouldn't have signed onto decent jobs bills..... lastlib May 2013 #18

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yeah, you're probably right NoMoreWarNow May 2013 #42

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M3 spending? NoMoreWarNow May 2013 #43

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the media treats Repubs like they are little kids-- everything they do is so precious NoMoreWarNow May 2013 #9

I'm afraid that's true Douglas Carpenter May 2013 #10

That is correct. Whisp May 2013 #12

Who are this "media" you speak of? jonthebru May 2013 #13

There's also be some stories about our troops in Syria, and the upcoming war with Iran... JHB May 2013 #14

I'm sorry, but they wouldn't be saying those things jmowreader May 2013 #16

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Just another example watoos May 2013 #19

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Its the Media Stupid polynomial May 2013 #21

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Instead they find every damn negative shit story they can make up. Cha May 2013 #22

Also, Al Gore would have been impeached had he been President on 9/11 yodermon May 2013 #23

Had he not prevented it, but I think he would have. stevenleser May 2013 #46

Absolutely agree. They would have listened to Richard Clarke. yodermon May 2013 #47

And you are absolutely 100% right about that! stevenleser May 2013 #48

I realize this is the narrative that DU loves, but the media wasn't kind to Romney cali May 2013 #25

He was a truly horrible candidate Cosmocat May 2013 #31

A couple things here are screwed up jmowreader May 2013 #41

I don't disagree Cosmocat May 2013 #45

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The two Republican strongholds CNBC and Faux fellated Mitt on a daily basis. HughBeaumont May 2013 #49

Fox news Vietnameravet May 2013 #26

I suspect they still would be going on and on about Benghazi n2doc May 2013 #27

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YEP Cosmocat May 2013 #30

If the IRS were doing the WH bidding SCVDem May 2013 #34

Rmoney claiming this was my one of biggest fears if he got elected kairos12 May 2013 #35

If the GOP is conconting these "scandals" this early.... PennsylvaniaMatt May 2013 #44