Write it Down...Gore is going to win it all

[SPC]

Gore did not win the election. He won the popular vote, which means he recieved more votes nationwide than Bush. But, he recieved less votes than Bush in the state of Florida, which gave Bush more electoral votes than Gore, and therefore, Bush won the Presidential Election as the constitution and electoral college states.

naso, more floridians intended to vote for gore than bush.  it just so happens, there were some impediments.

im not a gore fan.  but i also dont live in denial.

Bush won Florida, he won the electoral vote, he's a two-term President. It's done.

stupid hack.. if a republican won the popular vote and lose the electoral college you would be mad.. so go to hell

im sick of these rethugicans

Republicans always win the EV when they win  the PV.

[cp]

"I went with my mother to the polls on November 7, 2000 and she let me push in the ballot for Bush."

In more civilized places that counts as child abuse

[12th Doctor]

Alright... its a new "mypalfish" thread that we can keep bumping back up ever six months from here to eternity... that reminds me... I'm gonna go bump up that thread,

[CultureKing]

Gore did not win the election. He won the popular vote, which means he recieved more votes nationwide than Bush. But, he recieved less votes than Bush in the state of Florida, which gave Bush more electoral votes than Gore, and therefore, Bush won the Presidential Election as the constitution and electoral college states.

naso, more floridians intended to vote for gore than bush.  it just so happens, there were some impediments.

im not a gore fan.  but i also dont live in denial.

Bush won Florida, he won the electoral vote, he's a two-term President. It's done.

sure, he legally won.

surprise, surprise.  the voting problems only plagued areas with high numbers of minorities and oldsters.  worked out convenient for bush, eh?

If they don't know how to accuratley push down a ballot...then they shouldn't vote. I went with my mother to the polls on November 7, 2000 and she let me push in the ballot for Bush. Clearly, if a 12 year old kid knew how, then the people in Florida should have known.

Well said. I did the same thing with my mom for Bush in '04.

so... your saying that you were smart enough in 2000 the know how to vote in Florida, now would you have been able to also re-register your name on voting day because it was "mistakenly" removed due to the fact that you live a historically democratic and minority area?
No one is argueing that the Florida voters are too stupid to figure out to vote (except for the whole Butterfly ballot fiasco), its more of a being disenfranchised

by the way, I realize I need to stop and forget 2000, leave it behind... its just really hard, it would have been easier if Bush had not turned out so bad

[Nym90]

Intelligence is a prerequisite for voting? Pardon me, but that sounds eerily similar to the arguments used for literacy tests back in the bad old days of the South.

In any event, as others have mentioned, intelligence has nothing to do with getting "mistakenly" removed from the voter rolls. The smartest person in the world can't overcome that obstacle to voting.

And yes, Bush did win by law. Just like O.J. Simpson is also innocent by law. Dwelling on the injustice doesn't really do any good in either case, and in these types of situations we do indeed have to move on, but at the same time we should never forget, lest these things happen again.

I'd love to see Gore run again, and I think he'd be a very strong candidate. I doubt he's going to run though, I honestly don't think he really wants to be President.

[Smash255]

Intelligence is a prerequisite for voting? Pardon me, but that sounds eerily similar to the arguments used for literacy tests back in the bad old days of the South.

In any event, as others have mentioned, intelligence has nothing to do with getting "mistakenly" removed from the voter rolls. The smartest person in the world can't overcome that obstacle to voting.

And yes, Bush did win by law. Just like O.J. Simpson is also innocent by law. Dwelling on the injustice doesn't really do any good in either case, and in these types of situations we do indeed have to move on, but at the same time we should never forget, lest these things happen again.

I'd love to see Gore run again, and I think he'd be a very strong candidate. I doubt he's going to run though, I honestly don't think he really wants to be President.

Agreed, and I agree that we shouldn't dwell on the problems that have happened.  With that being said in order to prevent the problems of the past we have to address the issue and not pretend that it didn't exist or wasn't a problem as some people want to (ahem Naso)

[JSojourner]

He'd make a formidable candidate if he just lost some weight and took a shower; he really let himself go after the 2000 debacle.  He can make a Nixon-esque comeback

ROFL!  You know, there is unfortunately a lot of truth in what you say.  Looks matter.  They shouldn't, but they do. 

Gore can still cut a fairly handsome figure but the paunch and the beard need to go.  I think, however, if he does dispatch these minor "blemishes", people will rememebr his paunchy, bearded phase with great affection.  So many of us fight the bulge...and what man hasn't wanted to rip off his tie and go native for six months?

It's just that -- for better or worse -- we don't want our President looking like that.  Frankly, Mike Huckabee (whose politics I hate) deserves more credit that ANY candidate in this regard.  He's done a magnificent job of losing weight and keeping it off.  But I still kinda like that he was a big boy for awhile.  Makes him more human.

I agree with everyone -- Gore runs, he wins.

And I do suspect Hillary might not run after all.  Interesting prediction.  Remind me to give you kudos when it comes true!  (I didn't have the stones to say so before someone else -- but I think your hunch is correct.)