For Democrats: Does 2000...

[Joe Republic]

I only just noticed this thread.

For the record, I am indifferent to both Al Gore and George W. Bush, but I can still see how Democrats might *still* be angry at the 2000 election.  Even though Bush won a majority in both senses last fall, I would still be bitter that it wasn't Al Gore running for re-election instead.

For me personally, it highlighted a simple fact that if one guy gets more votes than the other and yet still loses because of a clause in the federal constitution, then there is something seriously wrong here.  It has become the ultimate irony now that the US currently seems to be under the impression that all oppressive dictatorships should have democracies just like ours.  I would fully agree with that sentence if only for the last three words.