HOW IN THE WORLD did this country pass up having Al Gore for POTUS

and instead had 8 YEARS of Doofus W McFlightsuit?

We were such a joke.

Florida........Jeb Bush country

The US Supreme Court double crossed the people of the United States. I am wondering why there are no impeachments for the remaining Justices who did this, who are still wearing robes?

We will be killed, ridiculed or ripped off--but this "we the people shit" went out long ago!

"Half a million more for Gore!" :patriot:

Everyone underestimates the Neocon Inquisition. Once they were in, the Wrecking Crew went to work.

We're all lucky to be alive.

It should be painfully clear to any thinking person that the Selection and pResidency of Doofus Dipshit were as calculated as they come. And you're right: we are all lucky to be alive. Unfortunately the same persons that brought 8 years of cheney*/bush* are still in play.

Money Can Buy" it became crystal clear how we ended up with George Bush in the White House. The perfect storm of Machiavellian power hungry ambitious greedy types in the right place at the right time for generations colluding to take over the U.S. And based on reading those two books it was easy to predict, for example, the calculated destruction of CA beginning with the installation of DRE voting machines, optical scanners, computerized central tabulators, all with secret software, the demise of Kevin Shelley and the installation of an illegitimately "elected" Republican governor in CA, and on and on.

As long as voting belongs to the corporate sector, we will continue to yield our democracy to corporate rule and every leader will take on the characteristics of "D.W. McFlightsuit"

judges appointed by his father stopped the counting of votes in the Province controlled by his brother. If it had happened in Africa, most Americans would have sneered and laughed: but because it happened here, nobody could admit it was a coup

:kick:

in late 2000 and early 2001. I consider it one of the best summaries of those dreadful days: it told us exactly what to expect

It still amazes me how many people don't even remember what happened in the 2000 "election". I lived in Palm Beach County, FL, (home of the butterfly ballot and hanging chads) then, still do, and I have a VERY good memory.

And what you said... that's what happened.

but instead he kissed cheney's ass.

That should tell you something.......


mark

close enough to steal, but it was.

Too many people are scared, too many are stupid.

1. To relentlessly slander and libel the primary political champion for opening up the Internet to the American People, thereby keeping the race close enough for Bush to steal.

The corporate media was hugely successful in this endeavor, I believe this was in large part because they enjoyed their work. The Internet was/is the greatest democracy empowering technological innovation ever created, magnifying the peoples' First Amendment power like never before, but it was also a thorn in the corporate media's side, posing a growing threat against the corporate media's monopoly of information; and all the money, power and influence that goes with it.

In short Al Gore had to be punished by the "Fourth Estate" for championing the American Peoples' First Amendment Rights. The near two year war against his credibility beginning in March of 99 was blindly waged against him by the corporate media in spite of his warnings of the growing threat that global warming climate change posed against society and maybe humanity's existence.

2. To demean or diminish the office of the Presidency as a means of shrinking the import of the office to enable Bush's shortcomings to power. Turning the American People's most important deliberation in to a contest of American Idol. the question of who should have the power to send your family member off to die in a war was covered with all the seriousness and depth of "Who would you rather have a beer with?"

The corporate media knew that if the American People; considered the office of President as a critical or important job/role influencing their lives, the better candidate would most likely triumph and the corporate media also knew Al Gore was by far the best candidate for the office and that Bush was vastly under-qualified, but that didn't matter and as a result the American People paid and are still paying a heavy price.

After the ballots were recounted in Florida, it turns out that Al Gore won Florida and therefore, should have been the president. However, the US Supreme Court stopped the recount, therefore effectively electing George Bush to the Presidency.

Oh, that was just a formality. Didn't mean a DAMN thing, what with computer theater and all.

Republican controlled voting company, massive voter fraud in Democratic districts (which is how they stole Ohio too), a complicit media . . .

. . . but mostly it was THESE bitches:



The democratic process which we hold dear was illegally usurped that day. At least 1 million or so people in this world would be alive and thriving today if it weren't for their idiocy.

There was no getting to three of those assholes. But Kennedy or O'Connor should have known better. Instead they joined those three DICKS and sent the country on a rocket ride to the abyss.

The voters we defrauded not fraudulent.

-Hoot

since the Republicans and Democrats were the same. I guess we found out how "the same" they were.

The Consortium proved this. Bush*/Cheney* did NOT legally and lawfully win Florida.

We were not at war and the economy was in good shape. It should have been Gore in a landslide. But had everyone in Florida who had not voted for Bush had voted for Gore, then there would have been no recount. It doesn't matter who proved what, the reality is that Bush served 2 terms as President of the United States.

This reminds me of what a Florida NFL coach once said about his team's loss by a bad call in the final moments of the game. He said that we had plenty of opportunities to score so that one bad call at the end of the game didn't really lose it for them. Had Democrats shown the same enthusiasm for Gore then as they do now and had they worked as hard to elect him as they did Obama, then history surely would have been changed.

in the state, the Secretary of State is your statewide campaign manager and running your election campaign out of her statehouse office with State of Florida resources. Oh, and let's not forget your lil' bro, the gov, and his sidekick, the secretary of state colluding to remove TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELIGIBLE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS FROM THE ELECTION ROLLS. Remember the voter purges, specifically targeting those groups most likely to vote for Gore? I do. Do you remember the "assistance" rendered by the national rethuglican high command? How can forget their blatant attempts to shut down any recounts? Does the "Brooks Bros mob" ring a bell?

Ah, and let's definitely not forget the RAMPANT electoral fraud: the framing, the caging, the outright suppression. How about the use of hired thugs--both on and off the state payroll to terrorize minority voters. How about Florida State Department of Public Safety officials "guarding" minority polling places and harassing minority voters?

Seriously, do I need to continue? Florida never was "close enough to steal." That was part of the cover up. Democrats in Florida did show the same enthusiasm as Dems did when they elected Obama. They just didn't realize how badly the deck was stacked NOT IN THEIR FAVOR. And do you know why it did not happen again? Because the entire country was watching and expecting electoral fraud.

Florida was NEVER close enough to steal. Florida was a done deal. The illegal acts of the SCOTUS proved that. When all else failed and it appeared all the Florida votes would finally be counted, the rethuglican-controlled SCOTUS illegally stepped in to halt the recount.

Besides, you are prone to shout to make your points.

Gore should have won the 2000 election in a landslide and it wasn't just about Florida.

your beliefs? looking forward to your answer, thanks!

ridiculing Gore for his "wonkishness." Gore was a smartypants, they said. It wasn't necessary for a president to smart like that, they said. And too many stupid-assed Americans agreed. The sad part is, most of them don't even realize what happened right under their noses.

The loss of his own state allowed the election to be stolen from him. He lost Tennessee over support for NAFTA, GATT, and gun control...he abandoned the very Tennessee voters who had voted him into Washington to begin with.

They stole the election - thank SCOTUS.

:sarcasm:

and the SOB Joe threw in the towel...made Gore do the classy thing....threw up...

FAAAAK...everytime this is brought up...I cringe ....what a waste of lives, $ , and opportunity

THE GOPiacs are now paying for their delusion....

Hack operatives like Donna Brazile were too much involved, and Gore's essential greatness did not shine through. We had just endured a rather sleazy, albeit prosperous, eight years of Clinton, and meanwhile Ralph Nader, despite what you think of his electoral behavior, was telling the absolute truth about the parties and the corporations.

It was way too easy for the crooks to steal the thing.

He won the election.

Stealing elections and Joe Lieberman.

It literally put the "Lie" into his campaign and hurt him bad. Also he rejected help from a very popular president. That's how.