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Rather, I observed that Nixon conducted himself more graciously in one relevant instance, i.e., after the 1960 election, than did Algore in the 2000 election.
Do you see? I did not state that Nixon was a paragon of graciousness.
I take your point.
Florida required postmarks on all overseas ballots, even knowing military did not always postmark. It never mattered before. Many of the discounted military ballots had other problems, such as no signatures or witness signature.
Different counties were using different standard for the same rules.
My grandkids live in Tallahassee, very close to where all the action was. They went to watch the brouhaha several times a week. Now grown, I suspect one of them will be doing a graduate paper on the recount.
The Ds may have been trying to pull a fast one, without a doubt. But states need to tighten up some rules. I suspect we will be seeing some of the same stuff this election cycle.
Making it up as you go along or changing the rules in the middle of the game may be productive. But, some will stay ticked off forever and hit you in the face with a pie 10-15 years later.
Kudos to you! Most of us are reluctant to concede any point!
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Originally Posted by crone
Florida required postmarks on all overseas ballots, even knowing military did not always postmark. It never mattered before. Many of the discounted military ballots had other problems, such as no signatures or witness signature.
Different counties were using different standard for the same rules.
My grandkids live in Tallahassee, very close to where all the action was. They went to watch the brouhaha several times a week. Now grown, I suspect one of them will be doing a graduate paper on the recount.
The Ds may have been trying to pull a fast one, without a doubt. But states need to tighten up some rules. I suspect we will be seeing some of the same stuff this election cycle.
Making it up as you go along or changing the rules in the middle of the game may be productive. But, some will stay ticked off forever and hit you in the face with a pie 10-15 years later.
As for me, Yes, I do; indeed, I still think that Al Gore would have probably been a better President than George W. Bush was.
Anyway, any thoughts on this?
I voted for GWB, and i'm sad about it
I am betting that the world would be very different with Al Gore
1) a chance of 9/11 being prevented. The bush whitehouse was so focused on invading IRAQ they ignored the warnings about 9/11. Unlike clinton GWB didn't go after him. There is a chance that a non-deaf Al Gore administration could of prevented 9/11.
I voted yes, nobody has done more to damage to the Republican Party than Bush/Cheney. I do have regrets about my presidential picks in other elections too, but 2000 was the one I regretted the most (I would also change my '92 vote from Clinton to HW Bush).
However, I don't think Gore had it stolen from him in 2000......300 votes is 300 votes, election fraud is more of a dem thing, and he probably would have been down 50K votes in FL without so many illegals on the ticket, whom should not be allowed to vote and were bribed and registered by the democrats. (nothing has changed with that).
I think Gore would have given us a jump on alternative energy, at a time when gas prices were soaring. 911 still happens, but Gore would not have over reacted to it, and kept the budget in check. We would still have to go to Afghanistan. The housing crisis still happens, but we would be better prepared for it without all that debt from the Iraq War. We would be ripe at that point for a republican in 2008, probably George W Bush...lol.
Since we're indulged in fantasy here, let's chop off the last 2 years of Obama and put Romney in there in 2014 to finish off his term. Everything Obama has done these past couple years has been a loser for us......which brings up another one of my vote regrets you might be able to guess......
And Buchanan was right about NAFTA, might want to change out Dole with Pat in 96.
There is no doubt in my mind that Al Gore would have been a better president than Bush. We wouldn't have had the Bush tax cuts, we might have kept the budget surplus and done great things with it, and we almost certainly wouldn't have gotten entangled in Iraq.
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