If Gore "really won" in 2000, why is HE not the Dem candidate this time again?
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peacefuljeffrey, in Speakers Corner
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It is entirely possible he looked at the lay of the land and said, wait four more years and this will all be well behind me, no W to contend with. Then he and Hillary can duke it out for the Democrat nomination.
Had Nader not taken a couple of small states the results would probably have been different too, with or without Florida.
Had Gore taken his OWN HOME STATE of Tennessee, Florida would have been moot as well. I think Gore's failure to do that is very telling. Everyone looks to Florida to "blame" for W winning; why don't they ask Gore what he could have done to convince his own "neighbors" to vote for him?
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Gore would have had an easier time of getting votes from Tennesseeans if he was actually from Tenn. Truth is he was raised in DC hotel rooms.
tbrown 26
As a Democrat, I'm glad that Gore's not running. The 2000 race was Gore's to lose and he lost it. Fact is, he couldn't even carry his own home state of Tennessee. I don't know of anyone whose ever lost their home state, not even McGovern or Mondale. And if Gore HAD carried Tennessee, he'd have won it right there because Tennessee has more Electoral votes than Florida. Florida wouldn't have mattered.
I couldn't stand Gore's preachiness. I basically held my nose and voted for him. Then when the Florida debacle followed, he tied the thing up in litigation. Bush basically stole Florida fair & square, the way Kennedy stole Illinois in 1960. At that time, Dick Nixon refused to demand a recount, even though he knew he'd been screwed. He didn't want to put the country through it. Not Gore though, he called out the lawyers and made more preachy speeches. He will forever be remembered as the whiner who tried to sue his way into the White House.
And by the way, for the record, I hope this year John Kerry beats Bush's ass like a gong.
Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !
I couldn't stand Gore's preachiness. I basically held my nose and voted for him. Then when the Florida debacle followed, he tied the thing up in litigation. Bush basically stole Florida fair & square, the way Kennedy stole Illinois in 1960. At that time, Dick Nixon refused to demand a recount, even though he knew he'd been screwed. He didn't want to put the country through it. Not Gore though, he called out the lawyers and made more preachy speeches. He will forever be remembered as the whiner who tried to sue his way into the White House.
And by the way, for the record, I hope this year John Kerry beats Bush's ass like a gong.
Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !
Muenkel 0
And if Gore HAD carried Tennessee, he'd have won it right there because Tennessee has more Electoral votes than Florida.
Need to correct this. Tennessee has 4 electoral votes, Florida has 25. I'm assuming you meant to say that if he won Tennessee, those 4 votes would have put him over the top.
As for Bush stealing the election, that drum is very old and is about to tear. I'd suggest stop beating it and get a new one.
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Chris
Had Gore taken his OWN HOME STATE of Tennessee, Florida would have been moot as well. I think Gore's failure to do that is very telling. Everyone looks to Florida to "blame" for W winning; why don't they ask Gore what he could have done to convince his own "neighbors" to vote for him?
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