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In reply to the discussion: Gore not becoming President: whose fault? [View all]truth2power
(8,219 posts)81. Supreme Court. It was not Nader...
Chris Hedges explained it clearly in his book, "The Death of the Liberal Class".
I will have to, fercrissakes, re-borrow that book from the public library and copy those paragraphs from the book so I can have it available when people say it was all Nader's fault.
Of course that would ensure that Hedges gets stuffed under the bus, here. Unless he's there already; I can't keep up.
> > > >
Oh, and every time someone mentions Ralph Nader I can't help but think of the two little girls in my neighborhood, the same ages as my children, who were killed in a horrible auto accident at a nearby intersection, many years ago. Thrown from the car.
Buried in their Easter dresses, they were.
That was before seat-belts. Yeah.
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Yes, if Al Gore had won his home state of Tennessee, Florida wouldn't have mattered.
Electric Monk
Jun 2014
#19
If nader didn't run Gore could have spent more time in TN instead of NM, WI, IA, and OR.
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#102
No, they did not. Between 40 and 45% of the electorate didn't vote at all.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#38
I suggested no such thing. I did say the electorate did not vote for Gore...
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2014
#65
Put it this way-- the Americans who cast their votes in November 2000 preferred Gore
Art_from_Ark
Jul 2014
#66
You might want to edit your post. There's a part in the middle where you appear to be
winter is coming
Jun 2014
#8
Thanks; that makes more sense. It was kind of like autocorrect on acid there for a while. n/t
winter is coming
Jun 2014
#16
yes sorry for the confusion. I'm posting from my hospital bed and my fingers no work so good.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2014
#20
"Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet" Which I believe truly explains their vitriol toward
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#34
I think a reasonable case could be made Gore would have won NM, WI, IA, and OR by bigger margins
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#108
The economy was flying. It shouldn't have been close enough to steal, lose or fuck up in any way.
LeftyMom
Jul 2014
#63
Supreme Court because they are supposed to uphold the law. Brother Jeb second
McCamy Taylor
Jun 2014
#36
USSC, BushCo. cronies, conservative Democrats, Gore, yellow, mealy mouth Democrats in that order.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#45
All of those things are irrelevant when the critical point is aknowledged: Gore won.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#116
Katharine Harris and Jeb Bush paying Diebold $4 million to cleanse the voter rolls of minorties
Tony_FLADEM
Jul 2014
#51
After re-watching George Carlin: Jammin' in New York, I wonder if he voted Nader in 2000?
Electric Monk
Jul 2014
#67
While other people had an effect, Nader was the single progressive with the greatest
pnwmom
Jul 2014
#68
how about the damn media? ragging on gore's sighs and sweaters and supposed "lies"?
unblock
Jul 2014
#76
oh, they were so tough on shrub. the teetotaler you'd love to have a beer with!
unblock
Jul 2014
#80
Seeing how Gore really won Florida, the Supreme Court is the only logical answer!
B Calm
Jul 2014
#78
I blame the Democratic reviewers who approved the wonky design of the Palm Beach ballot
LonePirate
Jul 2014
#79
but even with all the dirty shenanigans that went on in Florida, Gore still had more votes.
B Calm
Jul 2014
#82
The SC would never had intervened as there would have been no month long recount
LonePirate
Jul 2014
#83
You should have also included the spinless Dems in Congress as an option...nt
joeybee12
Jul 2014
#84
Jeb and Harris--but the people blaming Nader KNOW that, as much as Rummy and Cheneybeast
MisterP
Jul 2014
#98
I refused to select because trying to name one is comparing apples and oranges.
Jim Lane
Jul 2014
#115