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In the discussion thread: If Al Gore had won his home state of Tennessee, he would have been POTUS. [View all]

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Fri May 4, 2012, 10:39 AM

MyUncle (854 posts)

16. Not sure I understand that.

Bushes are TX and Maine people, and I am scolding TN for voting the way they did.

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43 replies	Author	Time	Post
If Al Gore had won his home state of Tennessee, he would have been POTUS. [View all]	MyUncle	May 2012	OP
Cue the "But it was all Nader's fault" brigade	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#1
Nadar was a Florida thang.	MyUncle	May 2012	#3
Exactly, cu	Can I Come Home	May 2012	#26
How often does Tennessee go Democratic in the presidential election?	Beaverhausen	May 2012	#2
Since 1976, about half the time.	onenote	May 2012	#17
3 out of 9 times is not "about half the time"	Marzupialis	May 2012	#31
I was only considering elections prior to Bush-Gore.	onenote	May 2012	#33
There won't be any majority for a "D" for the foreseeable future.	SharonAnn	May 2012	#42
Tennessee voters voted against their own best interests to please their,	yortsed snacilbuper	May 2012	#4
There were problems with African American precincts in Tennessee during the 2000 election	Tony_FLADEM	May 2012	#5
Does not compute, TN is the reason for GW Bush - irregularities aside, TN did this to us.a	MyUncle	May 2012	#7
Had he won NH, which Kerry did in '04, he would've been President...	Drunken Irishman	May 2012	#6
Gore was caught napping	bluestateguy	May 2012	#8
The whole campaign dropped the ball from January until the week before the election...	Drunken Irishman	May 2012	#9
Gore didn't "use" Clinton very much	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#37
Yep. That's what the Republicans tell me every time, too.	BlueCaliDem	May 2012	#10
The bad part about that is	tularetom	May 2012	#11
Indeed.	MrSlayer	May 2012	#12
Bush lost his home state and became President	Marzupialis	May 2012	#13
Not sure I understand that.	MyUncle	May 2012	#16
Did Bush represent CT in the House and Senate? n/t	Daniel537	May 2012	#19
Bush outspent Gore 3 to 1	One of the 99	May 2012	#14
How do you allow that to happen in a state where your campaign HQ is located?	Daniel537	May 2012	#20
Gore just didn't have the money to match Bush	One of the 99	May 2012	#23
I don't think there was much of a campaign HQ here in Tennessee.	SharonAnn	May 2012	#43
If he had won NH he would have been president, or if he had won WVA	WI_DEM	May 2012	#15
He should have been POTUS but..........	Tippy	May 2012	#18
And today TN is a lost cause for Democrats.	Daniel537	May 2012	#21
It is. State offices are controlled by the GOP	politicasista	May 2012	#29
Let's just all agree	Proud Public Servant	May 2012	#22
So a campaign that started 19 points down in January 2000	One of the 99	May 2012	#24
Mondale no, McGovern yes	Proud Public Servant	May 2012	#28
So you're going to parrot GOP talking point	One of the 99	May 2012	#32
McGovern was "our Goldwater" only in the sense that he lost to an incumbent	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#38
Thanks. Ms. Brazille n/t	politicasista	May 2012	#30
Fuck Ron Paul.	Iggo	May 2012	#25
heh.	BootinUp	May 2012	#36
The Gore and Kerry Campaigns Narrowly Focused on a Few Big Swing States	Yavin4	May 2012	#27
It was a state he hadn't represented for 8 years	Hippo_Tron	May 2012	#34
This was the NRA's doing. They spent a ton of money in Tennessee telling residents Gore would take	stevenleser	May 2012	#35
And if the GOP hadn't blocked minority voters in and cheesed the results in Florida . . . . .	Sarcasticus	May 2012	#39
A lot of people don't realize TN had election	Lars39	May 2012	#40
TN was drifting more and more conservative in the 90's.	Jennicut	May 2012	#41

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