W was a slightly better President than algore would have been. Same goes for John Frigg’n Kerry. In both races he was the lesser of two evils...but just barely.
W was lucky to have the two worst possible Democrats as opponents. Just as Obama was lucky to have to two worst possible Republicans.
“W was a slightly better President than algore would have been. Same goes for John Frigg’n Kerry.”
If Al Gore had won in 2000 and 2004, Vice President Lieberman would have likely been the Democrat candidate in 2008 and then again in 2012 had he won the 2008 election. We might have been spared Obama or seen Obama face Trump in 2016.
In addition McCain would likely have been the GOP candidate in 2004 if Gore had won in 2000, and assuming McCain lost, someone else would have been the GOP candidate in 2008. Romney perhaps. Arguably Lieberman would have been a better president than McCain or Romney.
Thank Ralph Nader for George W. Bush being elected POTUS in 2000 instead of Al Gore. Nader won 97,488 voted in Florida in 2000. Bush beat Gore by less than 600 votes in the final Florida tally. Had Nader not been on the ballot. most of his supporters would likely have voted for Gore or stayed home. It is logical Gore would have captured at least 600 of the 97,488 Nader votes in Florida, thereby winning Florida’s 25 electoral votes and the election.
It seemed like a no brainer at the time, but he sure hasn’t aged well. Moving into crapweasel country.