Imagine that Gore won the 2000 elections. Sept 11th happens. He goes to war against Afghanistan. But that's where he stops. There is no Iraq War II. Then in 08, a Republican wins the election. The economy is in shambles. Banks still get bailed out. But socialized medicine is not even a topic. Do you think this is how it would have gone?
Why wouldn't socialized medicine be a topic for him?
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Gore initially supported the war in Iraq, IIRC. I know that at least the entire Democrat Party leadership at the time did (e.g. Kerry, Pelosi, Reid, etc.). Gore also would've probably brought socialized medicine (he was Clinton's VP, after all) and disastrous carbon controls (that's been his thing since the early 90s). And Bush did at least bring a few good things to the table, like lower taxes and freer trade with the exception of his politically expedient steel tariffs. Though Gore used to be a "free trader," he soon 360'd on that position.
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we would probably have committed to stop using fossil fuels by 2012
For me the single-issue voter, Gore would have renewed the Assault Weapon Ban - so no dice.
Better off with a guy who acquired all of his wealth from a Soviet agent?
krazy kaju: Gore initially supported the war in Iraq, IIRC. I know that at least the entire Democrat Party leadership at the time did (e.g. Kerry, Pelosi, Reid, etc.). Gore also would've probably brought socialized medicine (he was Clinton's VP, after all) and disastrous carbon controls (that's been his thing since the early 90s). And Bush did at least bring a few good things to the table, like lower taxes and freer trade with the exception of his politically expedient steel tariffs. Though Gore used to be a "free trader," he soon 360'd on that position.
He supported the war, because he didn't want to look like a fool. But the bigger question - would he have started the war? I believed that Bush had all along wanted to continue where his father left off. He had Cheney, Rumsfeld, and a few other war-hawks in his cabinet. Gore is fairly left wing, but Obama is a full bred socialist. He had communist teachings shoved down his throat since he was a kid. His affiliations with Wright and Alinsky should scare the heck out of anybody. Additionally, the repubs controlled both the house and Senate back in the early 2000s, so I doubt Gore could have carried his full agenda out.
cheaties:He supported the war, because he didn't want to look like a fool.
Gore has been the highlight of Copenhagen, etc, etc... And he wasn't even President. Didn't he win the Nobel Peace Prize. He's always showcased by those-that-be. To bring up the past of Bush or Obama doesn't shed light on this. They fit the role of a U.S. president in this current climate and so their developmental stages towards the presidency are supportive of what it takes to be a president now-a-days I guess. The rest of the posters pretty much put a nail in Gore's coffin. Yet I wanted to add here. How do you know what I quoted of you above? Sounds too psychological.
No. Bush was definitely the lesser poison to pick between the two. Like sic semper tyrannis said, Gore would have imposed way more gun control, and like another poster said, Bush lowered taxes.
I also think Gore would've started a 2nd war, and he would've spent more on the welfare state in addition to that.
Edit: Nutjob Lieberman was his VP--think of all the censorship he would've pushed. Also, the Democrats didn't run on humble foreign policy in Y2K.
I doubt it would have been much different. I am certain Iraq would still have been invaded; the US government has been slow dancing it's way towards regime change there since Clinton's time. The policy of the U.S. Government had been for the decade before the second gulf war one of regime change in Iraq.
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