Would Democratic Underground exist today if Gore won in 2000?

[trumad]

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[unblock]

1. of course!

we'd just be spending all our time fighting those crazy right wing congressional investigations into things like whether or not he really was the inspiration for that love story character.

[TheFarseer]

2. maybe, but I would never have found it. n/t

[volstork]

6. Neither would I! n/t

[xultar]

15. Ditto.

[Hosnon]

3. Yes and No:

If the antecedent is false, the statement is true no matter what.:)

[patricia92243]

4. Ask Skinner. He is the one that would know for sure.

[lonestarnot]

5. Yes because there were additional thefts.

[TwilightZone]

7. Considering that it was started as a reaction to the outcome...

it wouldn't seem likely that it would exist were that outcome different.

Edited to include link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/about.html

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

8. It Would Be Logical To Assume It Wouldn't Have.

Though only Skinner and the other founders can say for certain, I'm fairly confident that the SC/Election debacle of 2000 was the dominating motivation for the DU concept.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

9. As An Additional Reply, Mind If I Ask Why You Are Inquiring?

[trumad]

11. because the theft of the election was one of the main reasons they started the site...

So--- I thought if he did take office, would they have started the site?

[samfishX]

10. Who cares?

When he wins in '08 again, we'll have him as President AND DU will still be around. Why, I do daresay that it's the best of both worlds!




What? Me? Thinking wishfully? Nooooo! Never!

[H2O Man]

12. Yes.

Gore won. DU seems to have resulted from the theft of the presidency.

[bryant69]

13. We'd have a whole different set of complaints

But we'd still find plenty to complain about.

Bryant
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[Stuckinthebush]

14. No

I remember coming here right after the stolen election. The reason (if I remember correctly) that Skinner gave was that DU was developed as a place for all Democrats who were heart broken and scared for our country. So, if the election in 2000 was not stolen, I am betting that DU would not exist in its current form.

Of course, Skinner is the man to ask about this.

[tkmorris]

16. No

Gore's "loss" in 2000 was the raison d'etre for DU. Without it, maybe Skinner et al tries to start a site, but no way does it catch fire the way DU did. DU exists today because of angry Democrats who rebelled after the 2000 selection.