"Protect the integrity of an election (the Bush Vs Gore decision)"
That's good for a laugh! ![Roflmao](images/smilies/modern/roflmao.gif)
Had they preserved the integrity of the 2000 election, Shrub would have never been elected. There would have been no war in Iraq, no economic meltdown in 2008 and Hillary might soon be running on the tailwind of 3 consecutive successful Democratic Administrations.
Originally Posted by bigtex
Okay, lets play "what if" with Big Tampon. Its a bright day on September 11th, 2001 and President Al Gore has just finished shaving in the White House. Got a long day ahead of him, Gore has to get to Air Farce One. He is going to fly to California to encourage that they enact more global warming regs. He is worried because the slight economic downtown that started in the last year of the Clinton White House has not turned around yet. That idiot Bill called him again and said that he should announce a tax cut and his cunt of a wife still wants to be nominated to the Supreme Court. Fuck Hillary and fuck Bill! No, the tax increase was just want the country needed and eventually those bastards will start creating jobs like they're supposed to.
Yep, today is going to be a take it easy kind of day. Wheels up at noon (not early in the morning like that idiot governor from Texas), landing in California at 6 PM, meet with donors after dinner about 9 PM, maybe catch a massage before bed (have to see if Manuel is available out in Hollywood). Gore had just finished shaving when an aid and several secret service men rushed into the family wing of the White House.
WE ARE LEAVING MR. PRESIDENT!
They grabbed him while still in his pjs and rushed him down the hall.
WHAT IS THE SAM HILL IS GOING ON?
Once on the elevator that Gore recognized to him to the lower levels of the White House an agent explained that a second plane had just struck the World Trade Center.
PG: You mean the one in New York City?
A1: Aaaaa, yes sir, that one.
PG: So what is happening?
A1: We think the country is under attack and we have to get you to the bunker.
PG: Where is that idiot Edwards?
A2: Sir, your wife is on the way down on the next trip.
PG: Whatever...
A1: Sir, the country needs you right now.
PG: What am I supposed to do about it? Sounds like a New York problem. Let Guilani deal with it.
Elevator opens and several uniformed officers are waiting in the hallway.
PG: Fuck! You guys are here before me.
Uniformed Officer 1: Sir, we need orders.
PG: Do what you got to do and don't bother me, I have to get dressed.
UO1: We think that there may be more planes in the air. We need authorization to interrogate suspicious aircraft and if necessary shoot them down if they will not comply with orders to land.
PG: Did I just hear that you want to shoot down planes, American planes?
UO1: Yessir...
PG: Fuck that! We are not shooting down anything. Find out who is behind this and what we did to piss them off. I am not going to start a war over a building. I want to talk with their leader. No one is going to say that President Gore jumped into a war the first year he was in office. Bill ignored this shit and look how popular he was. No, we're not shooting down anything.
The terrorists in Afghanistan were never brought to justice as the president was afraid that if we went to that country it would come out about Clinton's involvement wth the decision to put him there. Subsequent, unprovoked, terrorist attacks from an emboldened Al Quaida did seriously damage an American air craft carrier in the Straits of Hormuz and the loss of a destroyer. Gore did go to Congress and request authorization for military strikes in Iran in early 2003. The congress gave their tepid approval which resulted in a six month military build up that was required after that slashing of the military budget in years previous. Nothing more than a few naval strikes happened before President Putin of Russia intervened and warned Gore off. President Gore lost the 2004 election in a landslide to Dick Cheney after a primary challenge by Dennis Kucinich.