Name the event which has been most damaging to the US since 2000

[IDemo]

Last edited Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:24 PM - Edit history (1)

No polls yet on DU3, but choose from the following or add your own choice:

1) The theft of 2000

2) 9/11

3) The Patriot Act

4) The creation of the Dept of Homeland Security

5) The invasion of Afghanistan

6) The opening of the detention camp at Guantanamo and the use of torture

7) The invasion of Iraq

8) The theft of 2004

9) The financial collapse

10) The Citizens United decision by SCOTUS

[teddy51]

1. I say 9/11. n/t

[Greywing]

2. I vote the 2010 elections

[maryellen99]

3. 9/11 nt

[kaitcat]

4. You have it at number 1.

The treason of SCOTUS made possible all the rest.

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. Exactly!

[zappaman]

5. ok

1) BUSH/CHENEY

2) BUSH/CHENEY

3) BUSH/CHENEY

4) BUSH/CHENEY

5) BUSH/CHENEY

6) BUSH/CHENEY

7) BUSH/CHENEY

8) BUSH/CHENEY

9) The Jersey Shore TV show

[Devil_Fish]

6. All of the above. NT

[undeterred]

7. Theft of 2000 and 2004

All else rests on these

[no_hypocrisy]

8. The theft of 2000 led to the others.

[Faygo Kid]

20. Yes, that one is easy. Bush was more than disastrous.

It was one of the very worst things that EVER happened to this nation. I don't think we will ever recover from that one.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

22. +1 you nailed it. n/t

[rhett o rick]

9. The acceptance of the election theft of 2004. nm

[Bluerthanblue]

10. the [s]election of GW Bush enabled by the Supreme Court decision.

it set the groundwork for all the other things on the list.

[kestrel91316]

11. The theft of TWO presidential elections: 2000 and 2004.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. 8

due to speaker Gingrich, Paulson etc

[CherokeeDem]

13. The 2000 Election Theft...

followed by 9-11 led to everything else. Damn George Bush....

[baldguy]

14. In order:

1) The theft of 2000

2) The invasion of Iraq

3) The financial collapse

4) The Citizens United decision by SCOTUS

5) The creation of the Dept of Homeland Security

6) The theft of 2004

7) The opening of the detention camp at Guantanamo and the use of torture

8) The invasion of Afghanistan

9) 9/11

[roody]

15. 2000 election theft---the rest naturally followed

[Dawson Leery]

16. 1) The theft of 2000

This made all of the following events possible.

[TygrBright]

17. Election, no question. n/t

[limpyhobbler]

18. number 1 it is

the others would not have happened or would not have been as bad if it hadn't been for number 1.

[gopiscrap]

19. The theft of 2000

then 9/11 then Citizens United

[Uncle Joe]

21. The theft of 2000 set the foundation for the rest and

I fear more to come.

Thanks for the thread, IDemo.

[Zorra]

23. 1) The theft of 2000. Choices 2 thru 9 were a direct result of choice #1. nt

[Terra Alta]

24. if not for the theft of 2000

most of the rest would have never happened.

Fuck Bush and Cheney.

[MichaelMcGuire]

26. All

My top three are;
4) The invasion of Afghanistan
5) The opening of the detention camp at Guantanamo and the use of torture
6) The invasion of Iraq

[muntrv]

27. The theft of 2000. That set everything in motion.

[jwirr]

28. You forgot the election ronald raygun. The mess we are in started with him.

[IDemo]

30. I'd never argue that he didn't kick America over the cliff

but the OP did state "since 2000".

[jwirr]

32. Okay - but the effect still is happening today.

[IDemo]

33. Indeed it is, particularly the egregious lie of trickle-down economics

[csziggy]

29. 1) The theft of 2000

[aaaaaa5a]

31. Bush Tax Cuts! nt

[Stinky The Clown]

34. Hanging chads

That's when the camel's nose came through the tent flap.

[customerserviceguy]

35. The Patriot Act

What a case of a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[IDemo]

36. Added to the list, thanks for reminding me

How'd I forget that one, anyway?

[bhikkhu]

37. That is one long list of crappy stuff, I have to say...

I'd be prone to put the worst as the election theft of 2000, as it set the stage for all the rest.

...and I hope everyone keeps that in mind going into the next election - enough "both parties are the same" and "what difference does it make" - seriously, unless we want to get another list going, it does make a difference!

[Honeycombe8]

38. 9/11. Without that, most of the other things wouldn't have happened. nt

[barbtries]

39. everything followed from number 1.

all the rest. gotta be number 1. what a different world it could be.

[WCGreen]

40. #1

[quaker bill]

41. 8 years of GWB

We will be recovering from that for the rest of my life.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

42. 9/11

They buried us economically. They knew exactly how we'd respond.

[upi402]

43. NAFTA -continuing

Betrayal of American democracy, it didn't pause at that dateline.