Someone needs to remind Bill Mahar that Bush STOLE the 2000 election he didn't win shit

[bigdarryl]

He's trying to make the argument that Obama could loose to Romney or Sanitarium because they look ridiculous to the progressives and that G.W.Bush also looked ridiculous the only thing he forgot to mention was Bush stole Florida and the Supreme Court gave him the election get your facts straight Mahar http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/03/maher-liberals-have-to-get-out-of-the-bubble-regarding-obama/

[JI7]

1. it was still close so the point is still made

just look at the shit that gets elected around the country, bachmann, allen west , gomert etc

[musicblind]

3. Exactly, JI7. The point still stands.

It was close enough that they could steal it, and it shouldn't have been.

If we aren't careful that might happen again.

[bigdarryl]

6. Gore won the popular vote by 500,000 more votes than Bush

it was the largest popular vote between the rethugs and the democrats I don't think that is close.Florida seemed close because of all the bullshit that went on there with stopping African Americans from voting and turning them away from the polls and then the Supreme Court ordering the stopping of the recount

[BlueCaliDem]

9. Candidates never win the presidential elections when they lose the popular vote

is what I've read time and again. I haven't checked this for accuracy, but is it true? If so, Duhbya is the first to have "won" the election in 2000 without having won the majority of the popular vote.

[Politicalboi]

11. That is what happened

They stole the election, but Gore had more popular votes.

[dsc]

12. actually it happened a few times

Grover Cleveland won the popular vote in his reelection campaign against Harrison, and Hayes lost the popular vote to Tilden in 1876.

[NYC Liberal]

17. Andrew Jackson got more electoral AND popular votes in 1824, and still lost.

[geckosfeet]

2. Actually, his supremist court handed it to him.

[libinnyandia]

4. If progressives had been united Bush would not have become president.

With the House and Senate controlled by Republicans, why would anyone want to take even the smallest risk of having the GOP control everything? United we stand, divided we fall. I seem to remember that Nader was not too concerned about Bush's victory.

[onehandle]

5. Stole it with assistance from Ralph Nader. nt

[bigdarryl]

7. One thing I notice about Bill Mahar is he's always making a case for the rethugs

and never the democrats.I think deep down he thinks democrats are stupid thats what I'm getting across from him

[phleshdef]

23. He just doesn't want Democrats to get too content. He obviously supports President Obama.

Bill Maher is wealthy not just THAT wealthy. Giving a million dollars to help re-elect President Obama is actually something he can feel financially, but yet he did it.

[wendylaroux]

8. ann coulter

i never took him as liberal,especially since learning he dated coulter.

[BlueCaliDem]

10. He calls himself a Libertarian

much like Ron Paul. In fact, I believe he admires Paul. That's what I take away from it every time he talks about Paul.

[phleshdef]

21. He stopped calling himself a libertarian ages ago. He calls himself a liberal/progressive now.

And he supports universal healthcare, regulating the shit out of corporations, higher taxes on the rich, gay marriage/marriage equality and pretty much all the same things as the rest of us on the left.

When he called himself a libertarian, he meant it in the sense of social libertarianism, not economic libertarianism.

[phleshdef]

22. He denies ever dating Ann Coulter. But Keith Olbermann once dated Laura Ingraham.

And there are liberals and conservatives that are straight up married.

Judging someone's ideology based on who they've been romantically involved with is very ignorant.

[wendylaroux]

24. boy your a charmer-i believe you are the ignorant one

[phleshdef]

25. Why? Because I don't base ideological judgements on internet gossip?

[Loudmxr]

13. I disagree. Bush did not win..Al Gore quit.

He could have taken it all the way to the House of Representatives.

Because all of our Presidents are appointed by the HR. They validate the Electoral College votes.

I remember some decent Republicans, when there were some, wavering on the vote.

Al should have taken it up the ladder but HE QUIT!!

Morally and financially were are the poorer for it.

[pansypoo53219]

14. nothing higher than the supreme court.

who were ALWAYS going to give it to bush TO PROTECT THEIR MAJORITY.

[csziggy]

18. Once the Supreme Court GAVE it to Bush, Gore couldn't take it anywhere

But his lawyers had already screwed up with their tactics on how to count the votes. Too long and complicated to go through here, but they never called for counting ALL the votes, just some of them. They had enough evidence of voting and counting irregularities to ask for a full recount and didn't do it.

Then for the places that were counting but stopped because of pressure from the Republican operatives, Gore's people did NOTHING to force the completion of even the partial counts.

It was clear from the voter lists purges that the fix was in for Florida. When the Supervisor of Elections for one county refused to use those lists because of obvious errors and another Supervisor was ON the list, there was no doubt at all. And Gore's people did nothing BEFORE the election to make sure people eligible to vote were not purged.

[dsc]

19. The GOP House would have no more voted for Gore

than Rush Limbaugh would run in the Boston Marathon. It is totally absurd to suggest otherwise. This is the same crew who impeached Bill Clinton in the face of an election they lost and Clinton's 70 approval ratings.

[tblue37]

15. Maher doesn't believe that the Repubs are able to steal

elections with the electronic vote-stealing machines. He's adamantly blind, deaf, and dumb about that clear reality.

[MrSlayer]

16. The point is that when the Republicans run a kook they win.

And when they run a moderate they lose. Whether President Bush won legitimately or not he served as such for eight years. Watch the clip and then decide, I think Bill's tone gets the point across.

[CreekDog]

20. Spell it "MAHER" not "MAHAR". Jeez, if you spell his name wrong 20 times, I don't care what you say

Spell his name right if you want to be taken seriously.

You spell Bill Maher's name wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME.