gordianot
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:16 PM
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Vice President Joe Lieberman would he have been Gore's, Dick Cheney? |
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As a fan of speculative history can you imagine the potential clash between Gore and Lieberman, especially with Republican majorities in the House and Senate?
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:18 PM
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1. Gore's life insurance rates would've gone up. |
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Lieberman sure wouldn't have been Gore's version of Dan Quayle.
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:19 PM
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I can't stand that DINO. Switch parties or call yourself independent.........
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:19 PM
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No one could be as bad and insidious as Cheney. Besides, Iraq wouldn't have happened and we would probably have gotten bin Laden by now.
Mz Pip :dem:
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:19 PM
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3. He would've been pressuring Gore to go into Iraq regardless if... |
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9/11 happened. He has always been a big supporter of AIPAC's goals. If I was Gore, I'd be damned to be the 2nd Democrat to repeat Viet Nam.
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:24 PM
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6. I suspect he would have been AIPAC's voice in the White House. |
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Joe is and was Neo-Con insurance just in case. Another American President had a similar problem in the early 60's.
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:25 PM
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7. Gore was an Iraq hawk, too... |
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He was a big containment supporter, endorsed encouraging regime change, but whether or not he would have invaded is another story. http://lastofthefamous.blogspot.com/2003/12/please-dont-try-to-tell-me-wrote.html
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:33 PM
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8. I don't think he would've sponsored invasion at all. |
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If Bush Sr. thought invasion was a horrible idea, it stands to reason Gore would've thought so as well. Unlike Bush, Gore appears less blinded by ideology in the face of reality. Lieberman, on the other hand, I don't know, since he was one of ten legislators who signed a letter urging Bush to go into Iraq next right after the campaign in Afghanistan got moving.
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:39 PM
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9. I don't think so, either |
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But if a plan came along to support regime change that would've kept us out of Iraq, I bet he would've gone for it.
Richard Clarke had an interesting anecdote about Gore. He was at a briefing where they were discussing using black ops for something, and the militray planners balked at the legality of the operation. Gore said, "that's why they call them black ops".
I think he was a tougher cookie than he let on.
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:19 PM
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4. I was watching a PBS show on the history of computer gaming |
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and there was a young holyjoementum being a total asswipe about the horrors of violent video games. I am so glad he is marginalized. What a tool. Then again Tipper was on the same wavelength.
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:19 PM
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5. Nah, Lieberman is a weak reed blowing in the wind. |
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He would never have assumed the historic level of power and influence that Cheney has brought to that office.
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:44 PM
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10. At least he wouldn't have shot a 78 yo man in the face |
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Mon Mar-06-06 04:49 PM
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11. Gore wouldn't have given Lieberman the power Bush gave Cheney. |
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Lieberman could have been Gore's Quayle.
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