Who was the rightful winner of the 2000 election?

[adam]

Gore may have won the popular vote but he was losing ground like wildfire right up until the election. Had they moved the election back a month, Gore would have lost with very sound Kerry numbers. It is sad that the Florida FEc couldn't get it together enough to declare a winner sooner and it is a shame that a former VP couldn't do any better than that...but what happens happens. I personally think Bradley would have been a better choice.

[adam]

Nader.

In all serious though, Gore didn't deserve to win. He was losing ground like wildfire in the polls. Had the election been a week later it would have been as sound a loss for the Dems as 04'. Gore lost the EC, thus he lost the election. The Gore-ons just need to move on.

[adam]

Nader.

In all serious though, Gore didn't deserve to win. He was losing ground like wildfire in the polls. Had the election been a week later it would have been as sound a loss for the Dems as 04'. Gore lost the EC, thus he lost the election. The Gore-ons just need to move on.

The question isn't who deserved to win. Walter Mondale deserved to beat Ronald Reagan, but of course he didn't.

Walter Mondale didn't deserve the nomination as far as I am concerned. What convinced the Democrats that the Vice-President of a ticket that got landslided by Reagan could fair better as the head of the ticket?

Anywho, Bush won Florida. All 100,000 recounts conducted gave Bush the state. Conspiracy therios aside, Bush got the most votes in Florida. It's time the Democrats moved on. I will garuntee that if they lose 2008, they will find some way to crawl back to 2000 for a whine fest.

[adam]

Nader.

In all serious though, Gore didn't deserve to win. He was losing ground like wildfire in the polls. Had the election been a week later it would have been as sound a loss for the Dems as 04'. Gore lost the EC, thus he lost the election. The Gore-ons just need to move on.

The question isn't who deserved to win. Walter Mondale deserved to beat Ronald Reagan, but of course he didn't.

Walter Mondale didn't deserve the nomination as far as I am concerned. What convinced the Democrats that the Vice-President of a ticket that got landslided by Reagan could fair better as the head of the ticket?

Anywho, Bush won Florida. All 100,000 recounts conducted gave Bush the state. Conspiracy therios aside, Bush got the most votes in Florida. It's time the Democrats moved on. I will garuntee that if they lose 2008, they will find some way to crawl back to 2000 for a whine fest.

The official recount favored Bush. Most of the unofficial ones favored Gore. It all depends on what standard you use.

I agree that we should all move on, but the margin was so close, and the number of discrepancies and irregularities so large, that to say with any degree of confidence who actually won the state is delusional. I agree that conspiracy theories about Florida being stolen are wrong, but it's not at all unreasonable to feel, as I did, that Gore was the legitimate winner of the state, but that Bush ended up winning on a technicality.

The truly sad thing is that Gore let it get that close in the first place. Had he campaigned better, he could have carried all of the swing states he lost. HE could have won Florida by 5 points had he campaigned better.

Either way, I trust the official count. Despite what the Gore-ons will tell you, all of the counts he asked for were conducted in a timely manner and in a non-slanted manner. Had Al just shrugged and said 'damn', I would still hold a deal of respect for him. But noooo...he had to be a sore loser.

[adam]

Bush.  It is now fact.  Move on.

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Bush won narrowly, but he did win fair and square. 

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