Minnesota Recount

[El Kabong]

You can't make the argument that Gore would have been much better without considering what could have happened if he was President.

Do you remember hearing about Al Gore laughing at Ollie North for being scared of Osama Bin Laden? How would that have gone over after 9/11? It's difficult to really figure out how the American people would have reacted to that when you look back at it....maybe people pay no attention to it and maybe Al Gore is seen as a giant buffoon who dropped the ball BIG TIME. It's a legitimate thought if 9/11 would have happened no matter who was President....because who knows maybe it wouldn't have but that's something that really sticks out to me as something Al Gore would have gotten skewered by.

And after the scandals Bill Clinton had, (Lewinsky, White Water, Travelgate, Troopergate, Sandy Berger, etc.) could Al Gore have survived 1 term without a major scandal and if he did have a scandal would he still have been a viable candidate for a second term?

[Trainer Monkey]

You can't make the argument that Gore would have been much better without considering what could have happened if he was President.

Do you remember hearing about Al Gore laughing at Ollie North for being scared of Osama Bin Laden? How would that have gone over after 9/11? It's difficult to really figure out how the American people would have reacted to that when you look back at it....maybe people pay no attention to it and maybe Al Gore is seen as a giant buffoon who dropped the ball BIG TIME. It's a legitimate thought if 9/11 would have happened no matter who was President....because who knows maybe it wouldn't have but that's something that really sticks out to me as something Al Gore would have gotten skewered by.

And after the scandals Bill Clinton had, (Lewinsky, White Water, Travelgate, Troopergate, Sandy Berger, etc.) could Al Gore have survived 1 term without a major scandal and if he did have a scandal would he still have been a viable candidate for a second term?

First off,try though republicans may,the only scandal that stuck to Clinton was Lewinsky
A major scandal,like being tied to a federally indicted lobbysist? Or lying about the reason for a war?

[El Kabong]

Trainer, were Americans tired of the Clintons and their scandals (the ones that stuck and the ones that didn't)? Was Gore hurt by being tied to the Clintons? Has America in general had the patience and consistency to stick with 1 party in the Executive Branch for 3 consecutive terms or even 4?!?!?!

The last couple of times Ford and H.W. Bush had a tough go of it (after following Nixon and Reagan respectively) with their approval ratings and the patience of the voters.

I'm not posting what I posted because Al Gore is a Democrat and not my favorite person...I am being objective here. I asked "What would happen to Gore after 9/11 given his previous statements about Bin Laden?" and my guess is things wouldn't have been good for him AT ALL just on that alone.