Elections have consequences. Had Al Gore been sworn in as President, in all likelihood there would

[madinmaryland]

67. Thanks for your comments...

Afghanistan - I think it would have been more like the operation Obama had when he went after bin Laden. No war, just strategic strikes.

Iraq - Would never have happened. After Bush #1 went in and pushed Hussein back with no effort at all, the sanctions proved to be effective at keeping Hussein at bay (albeit at the cost of Iraqi citizens). BTW, there was "bipartisan" support for the Iraq War (2003) that was created only by lies, so I cannot consider that bipartisan at all.

SC - Roberts and Alito would never have been nominated by President Gore. Nor would Roberts be running the Supreme Court.

Federal Deficit - In addition to the wars, there was an un-funded tax cut, which transferred nearly $2 trillion to the wealthiest of the wealthy, an un-funded expansion to provide prescription drugs valued at $.5 trillion dollars. None of this was paid for.

"What-if's" - Whilst I can never say what a President Gore would have done had he actually become President, I base my thoughts on what the Clinton/Gore admin and Gore himself have said. Would it have been different from what I image, quite possible. Would Gore have been a great president? I don't know. He may well have been a one term president. How would a President Gore reacted to 9/11? How would the news media (Fox Noise) responded? Questions abound.