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In reply to the discussion: Don't know about you, but I'm still FURIOUS about Selection 2000. [View all]TfG
(61 posts)And I am also saddened that Al Gore, one of my favorites, did not get to take his rightful place as POTUS.
What the Supreme Court did in 2000 what an abomination. They basically thumbed their noses (the 5 voting against) at the will of the people and took the decision out of our hands. They lost all credibility with me at that point. So basically, our votes didn't mean anything.
Some want to blame Nader voters but I don't because they were exercising their democratic right to vote for the person of their choice. To blame that is to condemn democracy. No, the blame goes squarely on the shoulders of the Supreme Court Justices who sided with Bush, along with Bush's goons in Florida who helped along with the dirty work of getting him in the White House.
And it's so painfully tragic for so many reasons, for all the things that have occurred since that fateful election. What a different world we would be living in today had President Gore been seated. I can't help but feel we should have done more. We should have all taken to the streets to protest this outrage. And our political system has only taken more advantage since then.