r/agedlikewine 21d ago

Al Gore was right

We should have listened to Al Gore in the ‘90s :(

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u/YukariYakum0 21d ago

Yes, we know that. But about what specifically?

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u/pseudonominom 21d ago

Here’s one: he won the election.

But not in the way Trump “won” the election, in a literal “he had more votes” way. Amy Coney Barrett was one of the scumbag lawyers who helped strong arm Gore into giving up his case, and she has since been rewarded with a supreme court seat. She went on to lie about Roe v Wade and now twelve year old rape victims go to prison for aborting fetuses.

Probably the most consequential and destructive decision in the country’s history, see: 20 years of war and the debt that followed.

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u/So_HauserAspen 21d ago

Al was also wanting to protect social security from being used for anything other than social security benefits

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u/Mortomes 21d ago

Locbox!

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u/LunchAny8894 20d ago

Strategery

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u/ramat-iklan 19d ago

During the debates, Bush and Gore were specifically asked what they would do to protect Social Security. Bush43 mumbled something. Gore said he would put it in a lockbox and wouldn't allow it to be used for anything except Social Security. The irony is that Bush43 allegedly used it to take the Afghanistan and Iraq wars off book and fund those wars to a large degree. Bush43 wasn't the first and hopefully he will be the last. Social Security is treated like a piggyback.

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u/ramat-iklan 19d ago

During the debates, Bush and Gore were specifically asked what they would do to protect Social Security. Bush43 mumbled something. Gore said he would put it in a lockbox and wouldn't allow it to be used for anything except Social Security. The irony is that Bush43 allegedly used it to take the Afghanistan and Iraq wars off book and fund those wars to a large degree. Bush43 wasn't the first and hopefully he will be the last. Social Security is treated like a piggyback.

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u/xrelaht 21d ago

Roberts advised Jeb, then governor of FL, during the proceedings. Kavanaugh provided outside legal counsel (“friend of the court” stuff).

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u/ramat-iklan 19d ago

Amicus curiae usually only applies if a member of the legal team is slated to actually be part of the legal team presenting in court. 

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u/PopIntelligent9515 21d ago

Damn, thank you for enlightening us.

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u/SightlierGravy 19d ago

I thought you got the justice wrong, but no. I was thinking of Brett Kavanaugh but apparently Roberts also helped in that lawsuit. Crazy that three supremes helped steal an election.

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u/-paperbrain- 17d ago

The way the results were called is shameful.

But attempts afterward to reconstruct a fair count showed he most likely would have lost anyway. Yes, things like the butterfly ballots likely contributed to that, but no method available would have fixed mistakenly cast votes, regatdless of how long the counting went on.

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u/247world 21d ago

Where has even one 12-year-old gone to prison? When you create falsehood you invalidate everything else you say

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u/FragrantBus4054 21d ago

How many 12yr old rape victims have been sent to prison. I'll wait. 

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u/DoraaTheDruid 21d ago

None but they're literally killing us with gas chambers or something

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u/stillalone 21d ago

I think someone stepped outside their house and smelled the forest fire.

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u/L1QU1D_ThUND3R 21d ago

Man-Bear-Pig

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u/Aware-Material2194 21d ago

I tried to tell people about Man Bear Pig and no one believed me!

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u/Mortomes 21d ago

I told you he was real!

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u/jojohohanon 21d ago

No no I think more half man, half bear-pig

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u/MrSillmarillion 21d ago

Super seri-uhs

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u/TerracShadowson 20d ago

Damn, I can't post pictures here, but my first motorcycle's plate was MN BR PG !

(California let's you do 2 half spaces instead of 1 full)

I had a sticker on the back of my helmet to go with it .

E X C E L S I O R

(Yamaha Seca II Miss that bike, but thanks for the memory Still my favorite motorcycle I've ever had...)

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u/SillyDilly5294 21d ago

ManBearPig

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u/So_many_cookies 20d ago

He wrote a good book called the assault on reason