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pnwmom

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10. Neither would it have happened under a Gore administration,

Reply to RetroLounge (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 11:40 PM

Jun 2013

which Nadar helped to prevent. Nadar was open about preferring Bush, because he thought Bush's excesses would be more likely to push people in the other direction.

The Patriot act was an effort to rein in the excesses of the Bush administration, with its warrantless wiretapping. Gore wouldn't have approved of warrantless wiretapping and he most likely would have headed off 9/11. He wouldn't have ignored Richard Clarke running around with his "hair on fire."

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This NSA spying would not have happened under a Ralph Nader Administration [View all] RetroLounge Jun 2013 OP

Incoming!!! Rex Jun 2013 #1

LOL! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #5

Oh shit! Prepare for all hell to break loose! But you are probably right! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #2

You couldn't resist dragging ole Ralph into this brew ha ha? flamingdem Jun 2013 #3

Sometimes a mere WTF? isn't enough. So, What the Fuck? cthulu2016 Jun 2013 #4

LOL Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #6

There was no chance he would have been elected. But, if he had, he would have tried to Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #7

Correct. Scurrilous Jun 2013 #8

i think it's more likely he would have thrown Gore in jail JI7 Jun 2013 #9

Neither would it have happened under a Gore administration, pnwmom Jun 2013 #10

So Gore is a better Democrat than Obama? Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #14

Because Bush was President and let 9/11 happen, Obama is facing a very different world pnwmom Jun 2013 #16

Lieberman doesn't support all this stuff that Bush left behind? Didn't Lieberman back Bush in sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #15

Really? The man who picked LIEberman as his VP? appal_jack Jun 2013 #19

Same can be said for Bugs Bunny Coyotl Jun 2013 #11

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It is teh sly, isn't it. And your autosignature is ever more apropos. n/t Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #17

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From the old Star Trek movie, in the best Scottish accent. RetroLounge Jun 2013 #28

But of course. longship Jun 2013 #29

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No because an admininstration based in an ImagiNATION Raine Jun 2013 #22

Bingo. Skidmore Jun 2013 #23

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That gets a rec from me. Chan790 Jun 2013 #27