But my point was that Gore out of all the Democratic candidates was pretty fuckin sensible in terms of seeing big problems and wanting to deal with them, instead of just having a big party for all the defense contractors and oil companies and Wall Street.
Totally agree. He got lampooned for the “lockbox” but it was actually a decent idea. Regarding the ballots: There’s a (paywalled) study from Stanford that claims to show that people accidentally voting for Pat Buchanan were a significant reason the election went the way it did. The ballot is pretty terrible
All this analysis would be fun if it weren’t (a) so consequential and (b) continually showing our only hope dropping the ball.
“So like 50 assholes just worked hard on getting the guy they wanted, did some fairly basic shenanigans including showing up at an election office and throwing a fit?”
“Yeah. Is bullshit. And they changed the result, and looking back, it changed the whole world.”
Press A: “Wow. I’m never getting involved in politics, that’s corrupt as fuck.”
Press B: “Holy shit. Can we make a bunch of people to go somewhere and throw a fit? Like, what did they do? And it worked, and it made a difference?” “Yeah like a huge one.” “Holy shit…”
Totally agree. He got lampooned for the “lockbox” but it was actually a decent idea. Regarding the ballots: There’s a (paywalled) study from Stanford that claims to show that people accidentally voting for Pat Buchanan were a significant reason the election went the way it did. The ballot is pretty terrible
All this analysis would be fun if it weren’t (a) so consequential and (b) continually showing our only hope dropping the ball.
“So like 50 assholes just worked hard on getting the guy they wanted, did some fairly basic shenanigans including showing up at an election office and throwing a fit?”
“Yeah. Is bullshit. And they changed the result, and looking back, it changed the whole world.”
Press A: “Wow. I’m never getting involved in politics, that’s corrupt as fuck.”
Press B: “Holy shit. Can we make a bunch of people to go somewhere and throw a fit? Like, what did they do? And it worked, and it made a difference?” “Yeah like a huge one.” “Holy shit…”