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In reply to the discussion: In hindsight Al Gore should have fought the Supremes [View all]shrike3
(5,370 posts)97. Absolutely. Absolutely.
A black minister reported that only half the ballot boxes at his church's polling place were picked up. One of the ones picked up ended up in a Miami hotel room.
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Waaaay too fucking polite. Goddamn polite gets you MAGA and other assorted shit-eating fascist fuckstains.
SoFlaBro
May 2024
#42
I won't be here to see it but my guess would be the historian will point to Bush v Gore as the start down this.....
usaf-vet
May 2024
#128
You don't have a clue. I've been in Florida for decades. So get your shit correct.
SoFlaBro
May 2024
#122
You don't have any idea what you are talking about. Welcome to DU. Let's see how this goes.
SoFlaBro
May 2024
#123
Jack Ruby's defense of killing Oswald was not to put Jackie and the USA through that as well.
GreenWave
May 2024
#77
Why are you ignoringthe Bush crime family and their surrogates, they're the thieves!
GoreWon2000
May 2024
#83
The slippery slope was sort hung on a chad that was plain to see at the time...
Model35mech
May 2024
#3
That magnifying picture of the guy trying to figure out the punches was a horrible optics picture.
jimfields33
May 2024
#111
And of course, there was the "Bush is the same as Gore" crowd who gave us Alito.
NNadir
May 2024
#10
The media did not report the NAACP hearing which found blatant examples of fraud.
shrike3
May 2024
#64
Hindsight is always 20-20, or so we imagine. Sometimes it's just wishful thinking.
Hekate
May 2024
#14
Damn right......I always thought he was a mister nice guy and wouldn't ruffle feathers.
a kennedy
May 2024
#28
Right, but didn't he just, and sorry for saying this, lay down after the ruling.....
a kennedy
May 2024
#40
First, he did fight it all the way to the Supreme Court. Something after? Are you suggesting a coup?
unblock
May 2024
#29
and just how was he going to do that? The mistake made was NADER and those who said "a vote for Gore
JohnSJ
May 2024
#30
I suspect that 9/11 is the reason that everything stopped in its tracks.
Baitball Blogger
May 2024
#38
Republicans are always "emboldened." Ideology. Was Florida theft proven in a way to take legal action?
betsuni
May 2024
#55
Right? Maybe he could have enlisted a mob to storm the capitol on 1/6 and seize power!!
tritsofme
May 2024
#88
Time to hold Congressional dems accountable for their failure to act in 2000
GoreWon2000
May 2024
#108
There is absolutely nothing more Obama could have done, these ridiculous myths need to die.
tritsofme
May 2024
#115
Well it's not true. There is nothing else he could have done, regardless of how you feel.
tritsofme
May 2024
#125
Definitely not! Plenty of folks love their fairy tales where Obama could have done "something"
tritsofme
May 2024
#129
"Democrats don't fight" myths, some sort of moral passionate populist "fighting" spirit they could've, should've,
betsuni
May 2024
#131
Figuratively speaking, there should have been blood in the streets when that happened.
hadEnuf
May 2024
#120