Reply #331: But if Gore had actually debated Bush then Gore would have won easily. [View All]

[AnArmyVeteran]

Gore failed to even debate Bush or expose any of his inept and corrupt records while governor of Texas. In fact, Gore didn't even mention Bush's horrendous record in Texas where he sold out to 830 of the worst Texas polluting businesses by giving them exemptions to environmental laws. And in exchange for selling out every Texan, Bush received millions in campaign money in which to run for president. Because of Bush's collusion with corrupt oil and chemical companies Texas became number one in the nation in air, water and soil pollution. Asthma rates skyrocketed because of the toxins in the air under Bush. Many people who were vulnerable died because of the levels of pollution. But Gore never said a word.

Ralph Nader was prevented from debating in the 2000 debates because both major parties conspired to exclude him (so much for a fair election). The Commission on Presidential Debates, a corrupt front group ran by the republican and democratic parties deliberately excluded Nader because they were TERRIFIED of Ralph Nader's progressive message and how he would expose the status quo of corruption. Ralph Nader would have literally destroyed Bush in a debate because Nader wouldn't have agreed with everything Bush said, as Gore did. And the beneficiary of Bush's destruction would have been Gore. Since Gore had no intention of exposing the corrupt and inept past of Bush that gave Bush a total pass. Even a high school debater could have done a better job than Gore did. In fact, I watched all of those debates with groups of people and we sat there stunned because Gore actually looked like he was deliberately throwing the election by not even confronting Bush. It was an embarrassment of the highest order.

Ralph Nader called Bush "A corporation masquerading as a human being". Nader called Bush 'the bungling governor of Texas'. Ralph Nader KNEW Bush's horrible Texas record and would have exposed Bush to the nation. But Gore did absolutely NOTHING to expose the true story of Bush, from the destruction of the environment to the destruction of public education in Texas.

It was obvious Gore had no clue what Bush's record was and if he did he never brought it up. Nader didn't lose the election for Gore, Gore did. And had Nader been allowed in the debates the election wouldn't have been close enough for Bush to even steal. Hell, Gore couldn't even win his home state of Tennessee which would have given him the presidency. And Gore made another huge blunder when he called for the recount of just a few counties in Florida instead of a state wide recount, which would have given him the state and the presidency. The case would never have reached the Supreme Court had Gore asked for a state wide recount and that would have prevented the Supreme Court from stealing the election

Face it, Gore ran a horrible campaign. Anyone who couldn't beat Bush would have to have a blunder filled campaign, and Gore certainly did.

Again, Nader didn't give Bush the election, Gore did. The Green Party members were told to vote heavily for Green Party members in red states that wouldn't have made a difference in the outcome of the presidential race. How many other parties would direct their supporters to be so generous?

If you and others want to blame someone, blame Gore for completely blowing the debates and by cowardly colluding with the republicans to prevent Nader from participating in the debates. Nader would have certainly done what Gore could not and would not do in the debates, expose the inept and corrupt Bush for what he was.

Lastly, when Nader said Gore and Bush were virtually the same he was absolutely right in one major area. They were both funded by the same corrupt rich and corporations. That's what Nader meant when he said that. It was true then and it's becoming more and more true by the day because elections are constantly being stolen from the people by those who have the money to pollute and corrupt almost every election in the United States.

Nader was the ONLY candidate pushing for strict campaign finance laws which would have prevented the stealing of elections by the corrupt wealthy, but people choose to vote for one of the two major parties which will never change the corrupt system they own. As long as people keep voting in the same way and expecting different results they will continue to get the same corporate prostitutes in office. What's sad is that while they ensuring that only one of the major parties can win they are harming their country and they are taking rest of us down in their sinking ship.