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2016 Postmortem

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10. That was a worse decision than McCain picking Palin.

Thu Jul 14, 2016, 06:01 PM

Jul 2016

Gore had his reasons, but they were not good ones or good choices. He needed to be as bold as Clinton was when he picked Gore.

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I still shake my head when I think of Gore picking Lieberman. [View all] trumad Jul 2016 OP

Yeah dhol82 Jul 2016 #2

yeah.. yoou aren't the only one... hlthe2b Jul 2016 #3

lol, i had forgotten all about that. n/t. okieinpain Jul 2016 #4

I remember it well; big letdown. femmocrat Jul 2016 #6

Graham would have been a great choice. BlueStater Jul 2016 #7

The flush heard round the world AgingAmerican Jul 2016 #8

I remember being floored by that selection eissa Jul 2016 #9

That was a worse decision than McCain picking Palin. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #10

LOL! I agree, and believe me, as an Alaskan who knows Sarah - raven mad Jul 2016 #21

Gore came within a whisker of picking John Edwards in 2000... VOX Jul 2016 #11

History has a way of repeating itself! B Calm Jul 2016 #12

That was baffling. NurseJackie Jul 2016 #13

Definently don't want JL bluestateguy Jul 2016 #14

Don't most Jews vote Democratic anyway? TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #15

Well yes bluestateguy Jul 2016 #19

I remember that. You could almost hear the collective gasp of horror. AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #16

+1000 Arazi Jul 2016 #20

Yup bigwillq Jul 2016 #18