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Title: If Al Gore Had Won
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THE HILL
URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl ... tion/179451-if-al-gore-had-won
Published: Sep 4, 2011
Author: Brent Budowsky
Post Date: 2011-09-04 13:55:23 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 2042
Comments: 6
A recent poll by "60 Minutes" and Vanity Fair found that a majority of Americans, and a majority of Democrats, do not believe things would have changed much if Al Gore had been inaugurated president in January 2001. With a jobless scandal gripping the nation, the presiden'ts popularity collapsed from earlier levels, congressional favorable ratings laughably at 12 percent (within reach of Saddam Hussein's favorables), the Gore v. Bush poll is breathtaking.
If Al Gore had won, for starters: Had Gore been briefed by intelligence officers as Bush was in August 2001 about terrorist planes attacking buildings, Gore would have put our services on red alert and might well have prevented 9/11. Even if 9/11 had happened:
Gore would never have made the blunder of invading Iraq. Those American lives of troops KIA would have been saved. He would have focused on Afghanistan, which would have been won for keeps most likely by 2003. Many American lives of troops KIA in Afghanistan would also have been saved and our Afghan mission would have ended successfully long ago.
Gore would never have done the Bush tax cuts. Therefore, many trillions of dollars would have been saved from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and from not doing the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.
Instead of our current deficits, the Clinton-Gore budget surplus might well have continued under President Gore, instead of the deficits that ballooned under President Bush. The pro-growth and pro-jobs policies of Clinton-Gore, which were ended by President Bush, would have been continued by President Gore.
The pro-earth policies of President Gore would have made a substantial dent in pollution and taken the offensive against climate change. Gore would have still won and deserved the Nobel Prize, as a world leader of nations.
Torture would never have happened under an American president.
The Supreme Court would never have decided Citizens United as it did. Special interests would not have as much power to buy our elections and democracy had Gore been inaugurated in 2001.
Reducing income inequalities, which have shamefully skyrocketed under Bush and Obama, would have been a major priority under President Gore.
I could go on. You get the idea. Stay tuned for more. I might even elaborate about this in a book I have begun to write.
It is a sad commentary about Democrats today, especially but not only President Obama, that Democrats feel so depressed and let down that they cannot tell the difference between eight years of President George W. Bush and eight years of President Gore. Any Democrat who cannot tell the difference needs a serious kick in the butt.
Stay tuned. I predict the day will come when we will know for sure what President Gore would do, when President Gore does it.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Oh, HORSE SHIT. The PDB never said anything remotely close to this.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
war - - - is this you?
__________________________________________________________________________________________ Hahahahahahahahahahaha Anything to avoid talking about the current train-wreck administration
__________________________________________________________________________________________ won and deserved the Nobel Prize, as a world leader of nations. The Afghanistan's would've been throwing rose petals at our feet! Peace, love, and groovieness would break out worldwide. /s
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
If Al Gore had won in 2000, McCain would have been President in 2004. Either way, we would have been screwed.
WRONG, Boofer. It most certainly discussed hijackings with the planes and buildings under surveillance... "Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York."
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
If Al Gore had won, for starters: Had Gore been briefed by intelligence officers as Bush was in August 2001 about terrorist planes attacking buildings, Gore would have put our services on red alert and might well have prevented 9/11. Even if 9/11 had happened:
#2. To: Brian S, war (#0)
Brent Budowsky
HA! The tea-party, INDEED! They're so . . . ah . . . common
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
If Al Gore Had Won
HA! The tea-party, INDEED! They're so . . . ah . . . common
#4. To: Brian S, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)
He would have focused on Afghanistan, which would have been won for keeps most likely by 2003.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#5. To: Brian S (#0)
Gore would never have made the blunder of invading Iraq.
The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades. -- Alice Cooper
#6. To: Badeye (#1)
(Edited)
The PDB never said anything remotely close to this.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
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