|
"International court’s attack on Israel a sign of the free world’s moral collapse"
"Pete Hegseth Is Right for the DOD"
"Why Our Constitution Secures Liberty, Not Democracy"
Woodworking and Construction Hacks
"CNN: Reporters Were Crying and Hugging in the Hallways After Learning of Matt Gaetz's AG Nomination"
"NEW: Democrat Officials Move to Steal the Senate Race in Pennsylvania, Admit to Breaking the Law"
"Pete Hegseth Is a Disruptive Choice for Secretary of Defense. That’s a Good Thing"
Katie Britt will vote with the McConnell machine
Battle for Senate leader heats up — Hit pieces coming from Thune and Cornyn.
After Trump’s Victory, There Can Be No Unity Without A Reckoning
Vivek Ramaswamy, Dark-horse Secretary of State Candidate
Megyn Kelly has a message for Democrats. Wait for the ending.
Trump to choose Tom Homan as his “Border Czar”
"Trump Shows Demography Isn’t Destiny"
"Democrats Get a Wake-Up Call about How Unpopular Their Agenda Really Is"
Live Election Map with ticker shows every winner.
Megyn Kelly Joins Trump at His Final PA Rally of 2024 and Explains Why She's Supporting Him
South Carolina Lawmaker at Trump Rally Highlights Story of 3-Year-Old Maddie Hines, Killed by Illegal Alien
GOP Demands Biden, Harris Launch Probe into Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Accused of Killing Grayson Davis
Previously-Deported Illegal Charged With Killing Arkansas Children’s Hospital Nurse in Horror DUI Crash
New Data on Migrant Crime Rates Raises Eyebrows, Alarms
Thousands of 'potentially fraudulent voter registration applications' Uncovered, Stopped in Pennsylvania
Michigan Will Count Ballot of Chinese National Charged with Voting Illegally
"It Did Occur" - Kentucky County Clerk Confirms Voting Booth 'Glitch'' Shifted Trump Votes To Kamala
Legendary Astronaut Buzz Aldrin 'wholeheartedly' Endorses Donald Trump
Liberal Icon Naomi Wolf Endorses Trump: 'He's Being More Inclusive'
(Washed Up Has Been) Singer Joni Mitchell Screams 'F*** Trump' at Hollywood Bowl
"Analysis: The Final State of the Presidential Race"
He’ll, You Pieces of Garbage
The Future of Warfare -- No more martyrdom!
"Kamala’s Inane Talking Points"
"The Harris Campaign Is Testament to the Toxicity of Woke Politics"
Easy Drywall Patch
Israel Preparing NEW Iran Strike? Iran Vows “Unimaginable” Response | Watchman Newscast
In Logansport, Indiana, Kids are Being Pushed Out of Schools After Migrants Swelled County’s Population by 30%: "Everybody else is falling behind"
Exclusive — Bernie Moreno: We Spend $110,000 Per Illegal Migrant Per Year, More than Twice What ‘the Average American Makes’
Florida County: 41 of 45 People Arrested for Looting after Hurricanes Helene and Milton are Noncitizens
Presidential race: Is a Split Ticket the only Answer?
hurricanes and heat waves are Worse
'Backbone of Iran's missile industry' destroyed by IAF strikes on Islamic Republic
Joe Rogan Experience #2219 - Donald Trump
IDF raids Hezbollah Radwan Forces underground bases, discovers massive cache of weapons
Gallant: ‘After we strike in Iran,’ the world will understand all of our training
The Atlantic Hit Piece On Trump Is A Psy-Op To Justify Post-Election Violence If Harris Loses
Six Al Jazeera journalists are Hamas, PIJ terrorists
Judge Aileen Cannon, who tossed Trump's classified docs case, on list of proposed candidates for attorney general
Iran's Assassination Program in Europe: Europe Goes Back to Sleep
Susan Olsen says Brady Bunch revival was cancelled because she’s MAGA.
Foreign Invaders crisis cost $150B in 2023, forcing some areas to cut police and fire services: report
Israel kills head of Hezbollah Intelligence.
|
Status: Not Logged In; Sign In
Opinions/Editorials
See other Opinions/Editorials Articles Title: If Al Gore Had Won
Source:
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: 2037
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.
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
Replies to Comment # 2.
There are no replies to Comment # 2.
End Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
|
