If Al Gore had not been prevented from the Presidency ...

[ColbertWatcher]

... how many of his appointments would be different from Obama's?

(Here is a handy link with the names announced so far http://www.wikiality.com/Obama_Administration)

[barbtries]

1. i thought it was going to be

911 would never have happened
the wars and occupations in afghanistan and iraq would not have happened
we would not be subject to warrantless spying
etc etc etc

i had to say i don't know, because i don't and who could really.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. I agree that most of the things you listed probably wouldn't have happened.

But, there's been so much talk about how Obama is picking all these Clinton people.

And it got me wondering who Al Gore would have picked.

And where we would be if the Supremes hadn't picked Dumbya.

[baldguy]

3. Joe Lieberman would be VP

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Yeah, well, nobody's perfect. n/t

[NNN0LHI]

7. Actually he would probably be the president-elect right now if Gore had won in 2000

Silver linings.

Don

[karynnj]

18. Not likely - I don't think any party has had a 5 term run

[Art_from_Ark]

19. Well, the Democrats did with Roosevelt-Truman (1933-1953)

but no one has done it with 3 presidents. The Republicans tried for a 5-term run in 1884, and again in 1912, but lost both times.

[karynnj]

24. Right - I looked back to see if there were 3 in a row

forgetting that the 2 term rule is relatively recent. In addition, Joe Lieberman is as dyspeptic a politician as I've ever seen.

[CTyankee]

But who knows what Joe would have done?

Isure don't and I worked for Ned Lamont as a lowly volunteer.

I think Joe fell in love with the romance of GW Bush and just got it on for him. His party then became less enamored of his pro Iraq War policies and then just crumbled when we had the chance at Ned Lamont, an alternative to Joe.

It is worth repeating here that Joe Lieberman is NOT a Democrat: he is an Independent. NOT an Independent Democrat like he says he is and so does Harry REid. Harry needs a reality transplant: JOE LIEBERMAN WAS VOTED OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN CONNECTICUT IN OUR PRIMARY IN AUGUST 2006 AND NED LAMONT WAS OUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR SENATE.

So whenever you hear what JOe or Harry or anybody else says about Joe and the Democratic Party, please remember this!

Thank you!!!!

[ColbertWatcher]

10. Is there a way to recall him?

Or some other way to remove him from office?

What if Obama made him Ambassador to Sealand (http://www.sealandgov.org/)



Could Lamont finally become your Senator?

[CTyankee]

14. I don't think we have a recall procedure, but I don't really know.

Oh, these stiff necked CT Yankees, thinking they KNOW that politicians can't screw up!

Anyway, I am sure if it were possible, plenty of people would have jumped on it.

I guess we just have to give it up on Joe. I am sorry, sorry, sorry. Everyone else iss. Goodbye and.....

[CTyankee]

9. But who knows what Joe would have done?

Isure don't and I worked for Ned Lamont as a lowly volunteer.

I think Joe fell in love with the romance of GW Bush and just got it on for him. His party then became less enamored of his pro Iraq War policies and then just crumbled when we had the chance at Ned Lamont, an alternative to Joe.

It is worth repeating here that Joe Lieberman is NOT a Democrat: he is an Independent. NOT an Independent Democrat like he says he is and so does Harry REid. Harry needs a reality transplant: JOE LIEBERMAN WAS VOTED OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN CONNECTICUT IN OUR PRIMARY IN AUGUST 2006 AND NED LAMONT WAS OUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR SENATE.

So whenever you hear what JOe or Harry or anybody else says about Joe and the Democratic Party, please remember this!

Thank you!!!!

[LWolf]

4. Who knows?

I wish we'd had a chance to find out.

[Journeyman]

6. I'm sorry, but even at this late date, that's hardly the question I entertain . . .

[TheKentuckian]

8. You'd assume there would be a lot of Clinton people

Of course, about anyone with sense would have a sizable Clinton group so you could have a chance to accomplish something.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. It just made me wonder ...

... that we have to go back 8 years.

Of course, we have 8 years worth of GOP messes to clean up, but it reminded me of this picture:

[anonymous171]

11. Gore was DLC.

[JCMach1]

22. Gore, subsequently has been shown to be much more progressive

than he presented himself in 2000.

So far, judging by the appointments, Obama is more to the right than he presented himself.

[pnwmom]

12. Obama would probably not be President. Not in 2009 -- probably 2012 or

2016.

[Calitarian]

20. Agreed

I highly doubt Obama would be President.

[zbdent]

15. um ... he would have been too busy trying to fend off the armed rebellion ...

that Faux had fired up, along with the media, with Rush Limbaugh leading, as always, from a safe spot in the rear ... sitting on a hemorrhoid pillow ...

[mwei924]

16. We wouldn't have Obama as President.

He still might've shot to stardom if Gore had also chosen him for the 2004 Keynote, but I don't think he would've had an opening for 2008.

[KoKo]

17. If they had been same or totally different this country would have been far better off

than what Busholini and Crew did to it. I will never get over that "stolen election" and the one in '04...but 2000 was the worst.

[JI7]

21. the country would be a lot better off

[MrSlayer]

23. Impossible to say.

What is not impossible to say is that there would have been people bitching about them.

[Terran]

25. What a pointless question.

Borne out by the fact that most of your respondents are saying "I don't know." Why even invite this comparison?