I think it deserves it's own thread: Gore won the election

[colsohlibgal]

39. American Coup 2000

1 chad, 2 chads, 3 1/2 chads, 0 chads, Gore won Florida despite the illegal dumping of voters, mostly black, because their name was similar to a felon. And other shenanigans. It was unprecedented as far as I know - in the pivotal state electorally one of the candidates has his brother as governor and his head state election official was Florida's too.

Then there is the real coup by the Supremes. The final decision was that stopping the recount would cause irreparable harm to - not the US, but Dubya. Unbelievable.

The way this played out was also facilitated by Gore himself - by falling all over himself to concede right away in a razor close election, and later restricting his request for a recount to a few counties in Florida instead of the whole state.

Of course this all happened in an election where Gore comfortably won the overall popular vote.

After Dubya was installed of course he had the unreal gall to claim a mandate - and lead us into a phony war that ruined lives and bankrupted the US while his cronies made 100s of millions.

That Hillary Clinton did not see this shades my view of her to this day. Of course she had a lot of "democratic "company who shamed themselves as well.