Would this world have been a better place if...

[Rickson]

Al Gore had been elected President of the United States? In any other country, Gore would have won with the popular vote, but because of our ridiculous electoral college, he lost. I honestly believe this world would have been better off today if Al Gore had taken his rightful place as President in the 2000 presidential election. The Bush administration? Nothing good to say there.

[tennisplayer1981]

Hard to say, but how would he cope with 9/11?

[YULitle]

Oh man, that's a hard question. I think I'll wait to answer that when more time has passed. :D ;)

[Rickson]

Hard to say, but how would he cope with 9/11?

You can bet he wouldn't have stayed in that classroom. Gore would have made his appearance in NYC just like any President would do, he would have looked for Bin Laden's boys just like every president would do, and he would have bombed Afghanistan for being Osama's hideout, but that's where the similarities would have ended. Gore would not have waged war on Iraq, costing us trillions of unnecessary war dollars.

[BeHappy]

^^^^
He would have done a Jimmy Carter.

[Rickson]

The people have spoken! Bush is going down in history as one of the worst presidents of all time!

[lilminihorse]

You can bet he wouldn't have stayed in that classroom. Gore would have made his appearance in NYC just like any President would do, he would have looked for Bin Laden's boys just like every president would do, and he would have bombed Afghanistan for being Osama's hideout, but that's where the similarities would have ended. Gore would not have waged war on Iraq, costing us trillions of unnecessary war dollars.

i think he would have

[Rickson]

i think he would have

Would have waged war on Iraq? I seriously doubt that.

[caesar66]

I think the poll is missing an option: "It would have been different but not necessarily better". I don't really think it would have been any better in some regards, but I doubt it would have been any worse.

[Tchocky]

I never liked Gore and have no idea if he would have made a good president. People who voted for Bush should get down on their knees and pray for forgiveness.

[Steady Eddy]

Gore would have considered issuing a "sternly worded statement" in the U.N. after 9/11. But then he would have chickened out, and just said how he "understands" why they did it. And will award nations in the mideast more foreign aid.

[Deuce]

Hard to say, but how would he cope with 9/11?
Perhaps the question is 'Would there have been a 9/11 if Gore had been elected instead of Bush?'

[Voltron]

No, I would say not, Bush is......I guess I'd get banned for saying what I want to say, so we'll go with horrible, but Gore would be so much worse. Personally, I hate Al Gore. There's my 2 cents, flame away TW....

[heycal]

You can bet he wouldn't have stayed in that classroom. Gore would have made his appearance in NYC just like any President would do, he would have looked for Bin Laden's boys just like every president would do, and he would have bombed Afghanistan for being Osama's hideout, but that's where the similarities would have ended. Gore would not have waged war on Iraq, costing us trillions of unnecessary war dollars.

I agree with your analysis of what Gore would and wouldn't do. Good post. (I also think 9/11 would have happened regardless of who was president at the particular time.)

[albino smurf]

This question and the responses from the GOP line towers kills me every time. He did fine for 8 years as VP, why would he have not continued in this manner? Things were a lot better prior to Bush. Clinton even fired off cruise missiles at Bin Laden... when has Bush even come close? We would have conducted ourselves in a manner that would suit the morals of most Americans under Gore versus expanding and redefining torture and killing thousands in the process. We'd have made a lot of progress environmentally as well, which would beenfit our economy as it is clear we need to move away from oil. Finally, economically we would be a million times better off. The catch phrase that did Gore in would have been our savior in these times. Lock box, anyone?

[SlapShot]

This question and the responses from the GOP line towers kills me every time. He did fine for 8 years as VP, why would he have not continued in this manner? Things were a lot better prior to Bush. Clinton even fired off cruise missiles at Bin Laden... when has Bush even come close? We would have conducted ourselves in a manner that would suit the morals of most Americans under Gore versus expanding and redefining torture and killing thousands in the process. We'd have made a lot of progress environmentally as well, which would beenfit our economy as it is clear we need to move away from oil. Finally, economically we would be a million times better off. The catch phrase that did Gore in would have been our savior in these times. Lock box, anyone?

I agree with this. 9/11 would have been a disaster any way that you slice it, but it was really March of 2003 that will define the Bush administration. I do believe that Gore would not have underwent the invasion and subsequent destruction of Iraq.

[little_e]

^^^^

I'm going to camouflage it to look like the Count of Monte Cristo. BTW one of the best political sketches done by SNL ever.

[Andres]

No, I would say not, Bush is......I guess I'd get banned for saying what I want to say, so we'll go with horrible, but Gore would be so much worse. Personally, I hate Al Gore. There's my 2 cents, flame away TW....
OK, your mama is fat.

[simi]

...(I also think 9/11 would have happened regardless of who was president at the particular time.)

Didn't the first World Trade Center bombing occur during the early term of Clinton's administration? How did VP Gore react then?

[simi]

OK, your mama is fat.

Hey! Call me fat, if you'd like . . . but leave our mamas out of it. As an Italian, you know better than that, even if you currently live down south.

[lilminihorse]

Would have waged war on Iraq? I seriously doubt that.

you never know. he could've picked up where clinton left off.. google operation desert fox

[heycal]

Didn't the first World Trade Center bombing occur during the early term of Clinton's administration? How did VP Gore react then?

I believe he soiled himself.

As for 9/11, if memory serves that was in the works for awhile, and hardly seems like the kind of thing Obama Bin Laden would have called off because of who was elected president. I can't imagine him watching CNN on election night and going "Wait! Stand down, boys! Looks like Florida is going for Gore after all!"

[SlapShot]

I believe he soiled himself.

As for 9/11, if memory serves that was in the works for awhile, and hardly seems like the kind of thing Obama Bin Laden would have called off because of who was elected president. I can't imagine him watching CNN on election night and going "Wait! Stand down, boys! Looks like Florida is going for Gore after all!"

My question is whether Gore would have listened to the security briefs that Bush allegedly ignored. We'll never know, so it's merely speculation, but one has to wonder.

[heycal]

My question is whether Gore would have listened to the security briefs that Bush allegedly ignored.

I doubt it. Or would have done anything differently than Bush did.

[Rickson]

We know that Gore is a lot more intelligent than Bush. Would the twin towers tragedy still have taken place? Probably, but Gore would have taken the news a lot more seriously than the feeble minded Bush who stayed behind with his mental peers (schoolchildren).

[10sfreak]

You can bet he wouldn't have stayed in that classroom. Gore would have made his appearance in NYC just like any President would do, he would have looked for Bin Laden's boys just like every president would do, and he would have bombed Afghanistan for being Osama's hideout, but that's where the similarities would have ended. Gore would not have waged war on Iraq, costing us trillions of unnecessary war dollars.
Wrong, wrong, wrong! Right now, we would be in the middle of the 7th year of the "Environmental Impact Study of Waging War in Afghanistan in Response to the Attacks of 9/11"! The Taliban would still be in power, there would already have been dozens, if not hundreds, of more attacks on American soil, etc.

[10sfreak]

This question and the responses from the GOP line towers kills me every time. He did fine for 8 years as VP, why would he have not continued in this manner? Things were a lot better prior to Bush. Clinton even fired off cruise missiles at Bin Laden... when has Bush even come close? We would have conducted ourselves in a manner that would suit the morals of most Americans under Gore versus expanding and redefining torture and killing thousands in the process. We'd have made a lot of progress environmentally as well, which would beenfit our economy as it is clear we need to move away from oil. Finally, economically we would be a million times better off. The catch phrase that did Gore in would have been our savior in these times. Lock box, anyone?
LOL! He "did fine as VP"?!? What does that even mean? Exactly what did that idiot do that was "fine" as VP?

[10sfreak]

We know that Gore is a lot more intelligent than Bush.Would the twin towers tragedy still have taken place? Probably, but Gore would have taken the news a lot more seriously than the feeble minded Bush who stayed behind with his mental peers (schoolchildren).
No, we don't know any such thing...what are you basing this on? Just in case you aren't aware, W had better grades at Yale than algore did at Harvard...Now I realize that grades don't tell the whole story, but nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING, about algore indicates to me that he's any more intelligent than my English Springer Spaniel...

[Polaris]

Would this world have been a better place if... Al Gore had been elected President of the United States? Yes.

By himself, Bush does not seem to be capable enough to do too much intentional harm. But behind him Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rove, and Rumsfeld had a field day carrying out the Project for the New American Century. It is hard to imagine Gore doing anywhere near as badly as this lot.

[superman1]

Bush hasn't been in the public eye too much lately, what with the election and all, so the short-term memory public is already forgetting how horrible he has been. Even many conservatives were starting to hate him a few years in for all of his overspending and secrecy.

Anyone is better than Bush.

[Supernatural_Serve]

Much much worse...

still, the troubles facing America have nothing to do with who is president and the next president no matter who he is won't fix any of them because a president can't fix them.

[tennisplayer1981]

Yes.

By himself, Bush does not seem to be capable enough to do too much intentional harm. But behind him Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rove, and Rumsfeld had a field day carrying out the Project for the New American Century. It is hard to imagine Gore doing anywhere near as badly as this lot.

Good point. If Gore did win, I wonder who would be in his Presidential Cabinet. Bill Clinton, perhaps?

[LuckyR]

One thing though, if Big Al would have been President, we never would have known how poor the Bush years would have been in comparison. So his record would be being criticized on it's own merits, not being compared to (cuurently) known negatives.

[ChipNCharge]

No, we don't know any such thing...what are you basing this on? Just in case you aren't aware, W had better grades at Yale than algore did at Harvard...Now I realize that grades don't tell the whole story, but nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING, about algore indicates to me that he's any more intelligent than my English Springer Spaniel...

Do you think Bush has been a good President?

[TBanh12]

Bush is a decent president... he's not the worst (Ronald Reagan maybe?). He won the election for some reason. Maybe it was fate or a miscount. :shock::shock::shock: The incident in Florida was a JOKE! From what I heard and read back then, voters had difficulty looking at the ballot and filling in the corresponding circle. C'mon people... I don't think Florida(ians) are that stupid. I still laugh about that today. If you didn't understand it, couldn't you just ask how to fill it out???

I don't think Gore would have done much differently. Ever since he came out with "The Inconvenient Truth" I've hated on him. I watched the documentary, so I'm not just being ignorant. I fell asleep halfway through because it got boring. "Supersize Me", now that's a different story. The whole thing was based on statistics that made global warming look dangerous. IMO it's natural that the polar caps are melting... how did the Ice Age end billions of years ago? Did the cavemen use too much gas and oil for fire?

Sorry I got off topic; to restate my opinion - Bush has done a better job then Gore could have.

[Morpheus]

^^^^
He would have done a Jimmy Carter.

The next President will run into the same problem as Carter. We are entering a super cycle similar to the late 70s in which we will once again see stagflation. Obama won't have a chance because we will have few policy options to deal with the economy. We might even see hostages in Iran again the way things are going.

Re Bush, I suspect Gore would have done better because although he has a large ego, at least he would take input from others. Bush is too certain about everything. He takes no input from others and therefore has led us down a really bad path.

[Andres]

Hey! Call me fat, if you'd like . . . but leave our mamas out of it. As an Italian, you know better than that, even if you currently live down south.
Sorry, there's nothing I can do! He asked for flaming! I just gave him what he wanted :D

[Rickson]

Come on, you conservatives. 74% of those who answered the poll agreed that this world would have been a better place with Gore as president than with Bush. The people have spoken and most of us agree that Bush did a lousy job.

[HyperHorse]

Finally you make sense, Rickson...
The entire Republican party should burn in hell.

[Rickson]

Finally you make sense, Rickson...
The entire Republican party should burn in hell.

What? I never liked the Bush administration. In their demented minds, they did the whole world a favor by invading Iraq. They not only kept the USA but the rest of the world safe from terrorists. Oh please! Those idiots made the world a more dangerous place by ******* off terrorists even more. I firmly believe that if Gore had been the President of the United States, this country would be better off economically and much better off with foreign relations. The Bush ad thinks they did something good. What did they do for us? What did they do?