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In reply to the discussion: So tired of the Gore won popular vote, Bush won electoral vote meme [View all]HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)73. Upper Cut and Left Jab.... Keep Going The Knock Out Is Coming
You are one of the finest people on DU c_w. You understand your limitations and yet are willing to examine the truth. Please keep going with this thread, the poster you are speaking with isn't worthy of your time but I want to see this end with a KO. Thanks dude, your wife is very lucky to have you.
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So tired of the Gore won popular vote, Bush won electoral vote meme [View all]
bigbrother05
Oct 2012
OP
Bush "won" five to four in an election theft that will resonate down through history.
MADem
Oct 2012
#1
There was a bloodless coup d-etat in 2000. But no one held a gun to Gore's head to
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#2
Nadin, I will always accuse myself of failing my civic duty in Nov and Dec of 2000 when,
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#10
It brought me down already to the point where I no longer participate much
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#32
Thank you for the compliment, although I accept it with a heavy heart. I should point
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#64
should have dropped everything and traveled to Florida to give battle to the brownshirts in streets?
EX500rider
Oct 2012
#61
You've obviously forgotten the band of brownshirts flown into Florida expressly for the purpose of
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#63
we're all genisues in hindsight. BACK THEN, nobody, NOBODY really believed things would get this bad
pasto76
Oct 2012
#28
I feared it would, since I was one who had to suffer under gw's governorship.
caveat_imperator
Oct 2012
#31
Yes, but without widespread internet usage like today, we couldn't get the word out.
Indpndnt
Oct 2012
#38
The Onion did, in what is perhaps one of the most prescient and prophetic articles ever written
fujiyama
Oct 2012
#65
Maybe you could say the coup was in 1865 (and it also was not bloodless) - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#34
Excuse me, but there most definitely would have been a 'constitutional crisis' had Gore
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#62
I see your point, I suppose. I would point out merely that the SCOTUS did not
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#79
I think we pretty much see eye-to-eye, except that I don't think anyone in the working class
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#84
So Gore should have staged a coup d'etat of his own? No. What should have happened
NYC Liberal
Oct 2012
#69
Should have, could have, would have -- the 3 most popular phrases heard
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#72
The OP is a response to the current theme that the reverse is happening now
bigbrother05
Oct 2012
#6
Never forget the fact that the WHOLE STATE RECOUNT done by a consortium of media over a year's time
northoftheborder
Oct 2012
#5
"No body (sic) protested"???? Um, you haven't seen footage of the inaugural parade in D.C. in
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#25
He didn't need to take up arms. All he had to do was to demand that all votes
sabrina 1
Oct 2012
#43
Exactly--Bush didn't win FL's EV... the GOP machine stole the presidency
ReallyIAmAnOptimist
Oct 2012
#11
Which is why I'm not against voter ID laws. Had we had them in 2000 Gore would have POTUS #43
win_in_06
Oct 2012
#14
Are you saying minorities are less capable of standing in line at the DMV than whites?
win_in_06
Oct 2012
#50
You're assuming whites are more willing to deal with the red tape and hassle than minorities.
win_in_06
Oct 2012
#55
Surely it would have resulted in a more accurate and indisputable vote count.
win_in_06
Oct 2012
#26
IDs just get you into the booth. The counting problems I'm aware of happened after that point.
Gidney N Cloyd
Oct 2012
#27
Not naive to respect accountability. The President himself showed ID in order to vote. n/t
win_in_06
Oct 2012
#85
2000 never should have been that close except for the political malpractice Gore carried out
smorkingapple
Oct 2012
#30