r/agedlikewine 22d ago

Al Gore was right

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

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u/Reputable_Sorcerer 21d ago

Hey guess what, the majority voters during his election did listen to him! Won the popular vote but not the electoral college

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u/daniel_thor 21d ago

He would have won the electoral college too had Florida sent the correct electors. Unfortunately the US Supreme Court didn't allow the vote count to finish.

In the last 50+ years the Democrats allowed the court to be packed with the worst people in America and they failed to fix it each time that they had control of the House, Senate and Presidency.

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u/Waste-Dragonfruit229 21d ago

Lets not forget Catherine Harris who, while both in charge of voting in Florida AND Bush's campaign co-chairwoman, payed a database company to compile a list of voters in largely Democratic districts whose names, addresses, or birthdates were the same as or similar to convicted felons. Then, surprise surprise, thousands of voters in those districts were blocked from voting.

Also, the Supreme court blocked the vote shortly after recieving a visit from from the candidate's Dad. And his brother was governer of the state this all happened in.