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FlatStanley

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79. I'm not backtracking. I just don't think it would be the nirvana that OP suggested.

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 11:03 PM

Sep 2014

And frankly, I expected far more nirvana relative to Bush with Obama and it has not come to pass. Now you can argue that the GOP as literally shut him down, and I see no reason in retrospect to presume the GOP wouldn't have done the same to Gore. After all, Gore was Clinton's Veep and the Republicans hated Clinton. And with Joe Lieberman as Veep again you have to ask yourself just how different it would have been.

Sorry I'm so cynical, but the past six years have been and utter disappointment to me. That may be my problem, and a wrong perception, but I truly thought we were on the verge of an FDR level pivot from the Neocon and DLC disasters of the past thirty years.

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Elections have consequences. Had Al Gore been sworn in as President, in all likelihood there would [View all] madinmaryland Sep 2014 OP

This is what would have happened: mucifer Sep 2014 #1

Loved seeing it again, mucifer! Thanks so much for the great laughs BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #3

lol treestar Sep 2014 #5

OMG I remember that. As funny as it is it makes me cry. Autumn Sep 2014 #6

I remember... YvonneCa Sep 2014 #9

I hadn't seen this before. Brigid Sep 2014 #22

I never saw that before. Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #26

Gore FAVORED the Afghan War Al Carroll Sep 2014 #53

+ 1000. Thank you! BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #2

Well you can blame the Supreme Court for that fuckup bigdarryl Sep 2014 #4

They should have been impeached and the Democrats should never have tolorated Autumn Sep 2014 #7

There was a movement to impeach the Supreme Court 5 Samantha Sep 2014 #17

Uncanny. Almost by design. Autumn Sep 2014 #18

Movement by whom? Oktober Sep 2014 #40

A great number of people who were angry over the Supreme Court's decision Samantha Sep 2014 #47

Ahh... I thought you meant someone with power... Oktober Sep 2014 #48

And perhaps Sandra Day O'Connor then wouldn't have shut down Arizona public campaign financing... cascadiance Sep 2014 #45

I wholeheartedly agree ... NanceGreggs Sep 2014 #8

Sad isn't it? n/t YvonneCa Sep 2014 #11

As I said above, I don't believe that both parties are the same... madinmaryland Sep 2014 #12

In the multiverse universe theory there is such a parallel Earth...maybe I am already there.... Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #10

And climate change would have been dealt with already instead of "waiting in the wings"... cascadiance Sep 2014 #13

+1 lunasun Sep 2014 #31

Also, we would have been farther along in developing renewable energy sources Cleita Sep 2014 #14

Yes. So many, many things would be so different... CTyankee Sep 2014 #42

Of course, that also strongly implies . . . Staph Sep 2014 #15

Huh? Vice President Lieberman would have become President. madinmaryland Sep 2014 #16

D'oh! Staph Sep 2014 #21

Probably not. Lieberman is such a weasel that I doubt he could have been anything other than tblue37 Sep 2014 #25

WRONG Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #19

Did you read what I wrote? "Had Al Gore been sworn in as President" madinmaryland Sep 2014 #20

A probably no Islamic State, either. nt tblue37 Sep 2014 #23

Al Gore wanted to mainstreetonce Sep 2014 #24

The Republicans would have pulled out all stops in trying to cripple the nation and make the country Douglas Carpenter Sep 2014 #27

the guy who said Nader didn't throw 2000? you would've barbecued that party traitor by 2002 MisterP Sep 2014 #28

Will all respect, the only two statements we can say with any real certainty FlatStanley Sep 2014 #29

...which certainly would have been preferable. nt cyberswede Sep 2014 #30

Absolutely! FlatStanley Sep 2014 #32

Gore wouldn't have invaded Iraq, he wouldn't have raped the Bill of Rights nor pulled us Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #34

Sorry, but you know people by their WORKS. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #37

That's only half the story, you also know people by their words. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #38

Sorry. I'm an Atheist so I'm not concerned how the sentiment is portrayed in the Bible. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #39

Whether you're an Atheist or not, your quote evolved from the Bible. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #50

Since I didn't learn it from the Bible, and I didn't use it as written in the Bible FlatStanley Sep 2014 #51

It's both, Hitler, Goebbels, Ghandi, Martin Luther King and a legion of other historical figures' Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #55

Actually, I didn't state it categorically, but definitely with high confidence. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #56

"Real certainty" is about as close to categorical as you can get. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #57

I accept that. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #58

I don't believe you truly believe that, but your original post was all the credit that you could Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #63

I'm not backtracking. I just don't think it would be the nirvana that OP suggested. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #79

The major advantage with a President Gore Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #81

I don't disagree with you. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #82

I'm not sure I believe that. They go in promising all kinds of things. But the results never match liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #33

Yes. You know them by their works FlatStanley Sep 2014 #35

I dont know if we can say that or not. davidn3600 Sep 2014 #36

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #41

Maybe ol' Al shouldn't have spent the previous 4 years shilling for NAFTA. It wasn't popular. Romulox Sep 2014 #43

where is ross perot today? is he still alive? grasswire Sep 2014 #54

We would all be flying our solar powered flying cars too. B Calm Sep 2014 #44

Bad policy has consequences. JoeyT Sep 2014 #46

Elected President, but didn't take the oath joeybee12 Sep 2014 #49

I have thought about this get the red out Sep 2014 #52

You have a crystal ball? BKH70041 Sep 2014 #59

And I know Krystal Ball... madinmaryland Sep 2014 #62

Yeah, it's all me. (snicker) BKH70041 Sep 2014 #65

Of course Paul Krugman was laughed off the stage at Wharton. madinmaryland Sep 2014 #68

The coming week holds a tombstone. CBHagman Sep 2014 #80

Hmm, I really hate indulging in alternative history, but... BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #60

Thanks for your comments... madinmaryland Sep 2014 #67

Gore was more progressive than Clinton and there is no way his nominations for the SC Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #71

And if Gore hadn't of picked a walking/talling douchebag for a running mate zappaman Sep 2014 #61

You bring up a couple of interesting points. madinmaryland Sep 2014 #64

Gore chose his VP running mate with the same basic mentality as Lincoln did in choosing Johnson and Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #66

Gore ran away from the policies of the Clinton administration zappaman Sep 2014 #69

Gore didn't "run away" from Clinton's policies. Clinton threw Gore under the bus on at least four Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #73

I personally recommend this thread!!! Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #70

9/11 would have happened. former9thward Sep 2014 #72

Well... madinmaryland Sep 2014 #74

Not to beat a dead horse ... former9thward Sep 2014 #75

Well.. madinmaryland Sep 2014 #76

The deficit has never been $12 trillion; the national debt is that high jmowreader Sep 2014 #77

I am not certain the administration would have prevented 9/11, but I can well imagine... CBHagman Sep 2014 #78