I just thought about how different things would be under President Gore

[Hello_Kitty]

Had the election not been stolen in 2000.

I'm depressed now.


That's all. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Tux]

1. Well

With NAFTA and H1B, outsourcing/offshoring would still continue but I doubt 9-11 would happen. At least we'd have a voice against free trade that is wrecking our economy and jobs. Be nice to apply at Burger King and not compete against recent high school and college grads, retirees, and others that can't find work.

I really wish I majored in anything other than psychology. Clinical freaks make us all look bad. Hell, I've been thinking on getting a master's in UU ministry to hide it. Be great for KY job interviews. "So you're a godless liberal heathern minister?"

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. What excuse would the GOP use for impeachment of Pres. Gore?

My sources in that parallel universe tell me that they attempted to impeach President Gore after the arrest of 19 suspected terrorists, including 15 Saudi citizens in August 2001. Republican leaders called the alleged conspiracy to hijack airlines and crash them into buildings "Absurd" and claimed the entire case was a fabrication designed to distract the public from Gore's failure to keep gasoline under $1 a gallon and unemployment below 3%...

[mark11727]

3. Somewhere, in a parallel universe...

Present Gore is into his second term, gas is only 1.25/gallon (but hybrid cars are selling like hotcakes, just in case), Enron and Worldcom are doing brisk (and legal) business, and I'm richer by another third of my salary.

Same-sex marriage is legal in most states, but since everyone else realizes that it's none of their business either way, even the fundies are mum about it. Since proper sex-education is available in schools, contraception is safe and easy, and kids take just a little more time to be careful out of respect for each other, abortions are now at record lows.

The Kyoto accords passed handsomely, and already a slight amount of process is being made to correct global warming and repairing the ozone layer. Greenhouse gas levels are also dropping, and environmental regulations are proving to be beneficial to both big business and the ecology.

Walmart finally figured out that they already have enough stores, so expansion has slowed, which is kind of a shame since their employee benefits package is the envy of the workplace, so everybody wants to work there.

Social Security was tweaked a little, and should be viable well into the next century. In gratitude for all the sacrifices made during their years of service to their country (Present Gore was a veteran of the Vietnam War, IIRC), veteran's benefits were increased.

In the same vein, facing a backlog of high school and college graduate eager to enlist for four years in exchange for education, military recruiters are now forced to be more selective (only the very best will do, after all, our service men and woman are ambassadors of our country).

Former President Clinton travels the world as ambassador-at-large, pressing America's case for many international treaties, and his natural charm has done more for America's image in five years than all our combined efforts have over the previous fifty.

Somewhere in Texas, a former governor is being indicted for an inside stock trading scheme from several years ago.

I'm not trying to be funny.

[banjosareunderrated]

4. Al Gore understands the environmental threats to our planet more

than 99% of our entire worlds' population.

If we hadn't allowed the 2000 election to be stolen, we'd have the most eco-knowledgeable American leader ever as our policy leader. SEER-5000 would be shivering in their non-existent boots at his ideas.

To paraphrase Sarah Vowell, the smartest guy in the class would be too busy saving the world to put the frat-bully in his place. He'd be more concerned with our welfare than with proving idiots wrong.

Al Gore is, imho, one of our greatest americans.