Mr Gore argues that if he had made it to the White House, he would have been able to use the office as a "bully pulpit" to achieve change.
Man, did we ever dodge a bullet!!
http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2701314.ece
2007-06-25 05:23:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
I think that we lost out on a great opportunity for stand up comedians to have a field day with Mr. Gore.
2007-06-25 05:31:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
Dodged a bullet, no. I doubt things would be all that different today with Gore as President. President Bush has been very liberal in his domestic policy leanings (tax cuts and abortion being about the only exceptions). As far as Iraq, it is hard to predict where a President Gore would have taken us after 9/11. Gore has the benefit of hindsight now, but how would he have reacted on 9/11 and in the days after? No one knows, not even Al Gore.
As to Trevors point about electing the guy with the least votes, that is how it is done here in the US. The Presidency is not decided by majority vote, but rather by a majority of the electoral college. Check it out on wikipedia, it is an interesting and informative read.
2007-06-25 13:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by Marc G 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
are you somehow sugesting the what you got is an improvement
Now i am sure you guys are on something very strong
I think he could have been better than anyof the others as far as the earth is concerned
pity he is of the wrong blood line to ever be president
Hilary is not
if she gets in we will all be dodging bullets
you guys gotta stop thinking about ruling the world
besides there wont be much left of it by the time you do
2007-06-26 03:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not a day goes by that I don't lament that Bush "beat" Gore in the 2000 election. Yes, having a president that actually cares about the environment would be so much worse than having a president who ignores a known terrorist threat, then after we're hit by terrorists uses the opportunity to attack another country without provocation, cuts taxes primarily on the rich while building up a record debt currently at nearly $9 trillion, constantly lies to the American public, whose administration is mired in scandal after scandal, whose approval rating is the 3rd worst in US history, and who's taken a record number of presidential vacation days.
Yeah, having a president who every so often talks about the environment would clearly be so much worse. Good call.
2007-06-25 13:30:19 · answer #4 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Very lucky that the people of Florida voted for Bush. Or maybe the democrats just got too confused and voted for him by mistake.
2007-06-25 17:13:32 · answer #5 · answered by Scott L 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If Gore had made it to the White House we would of surrendered to Iraq.
2007-06-25 15:55:26 · answer #6 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It seems that Gore lost by hanging chads
2007-06-25 20:59:01 · answer #7 · answered by Ibredd 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It would have been better than our current administration using the office as a "bully pulpit" to censor, distort, and delete the evidence of anyone pointing out that change is needed.
2007-06-25 14:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by wi_guy 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Agreed, he's a complete wingnut! I wish these idiots would get thier science right. GAD!
2007-06-25 21:30:44 · answer #9 · answered by silently_running 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
And instead you elected the candidate with the lower number of votes and the one who has the lowest opinion ratings since Nixon and Watergate.
Well done for going against the wishes of the democratic electorate and electing for President the man that has damaged America's reputation around the world more than any other President in history.
I don't know what Gore would have done but he'd have been hard pushed to have done more to damage the US than Bush has.
2007-06-25 12:51:12 · answer #10 · answered by Trevor 7 · 7⤊ 7⤋