That time we elected Al Gore but the election was kicked into the courts-. Wasn't that a coup?

@bijouxbroussard but he didn't lose.

@Roundandroundwego The Supreme Court ruled otherwise, alas.

@bijouxbroussard nothing. We know nothing,,! Duhhhhuh!

@SW-User That's an interesting article, and includes specifics that I remember seeing 20+ years ago. My takeaways from going through it at the time is that Gore had more supporters go to the polls in Florida and cast absentee votes to vote for him than Bush, so he should have been president based on actual voters and votes. It is also highly ironic that if Gore's lawsuit on recounting was granted, he would have lost.

Had Gore won, and he should have (and actually did), we wouldn't have gone to war in the Middle East based on lies about Weapons of Mass Destruction. The economy would be much better today without the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy that took the nation from a budget SURPLUS to the largest deficit in history in less than two years, because we would have continued to run a surplus. Without Bush, Obama probably doesn't get elected, Trump never runs for President, and we don't have a huge recession from 2007 to 2011. The US, and the world, would be different today.

@windinhishair it's odd that American people don't follow that story enough to become a political force.

@Roundandroundwego Very few people even followed it at the time. I would mention it to people in 2001 and 2002 and their eyes would glaze over. No one wanted to deal with it. And there were deniers then just like there are deniers now, though their numbers and ferocity has drastically increased.

@Roundandroundwego Are you saying that Al Gore supporters attempted to march on the Capitol and overturn the election in 2000...?

@SW-User no, I'm saying Republicans stole it in the courts. The same guys doing something now... Whatever,! I take it back-. Nothing.

@Roundandroundwego OMG I'm so sorry. I think I misunderstood you!😳

@Mamapolo2016 don't go there-. Similarities... Stick to the talking points!

@Roundandroundwego Not in this lifetime.

@beckyromero whatever. Murka don't mind.

@Roundandroundwego

If Democrats want to start winning states like Florida and Texas then the counties they control in such states need to start putting real money into elections. Have enough poll workers, have enough polling stations, get start of the art tabulation equipment so ballots can be counted quickly, stop designing "butterfly" ballots that confuses people into voting for Pat Buchanan.

@TexChik Republicans, judges-. Taking it away from the voters and winning,,?... whatever. You don't think they're related,so they're not.

@Roundandroundwego Republican judges saving this country from what happened in 2020. It was called the supreme court.

@TexChik whatever,-. No connection? No problem! Coup never happened, the next one won't be real, either.

@LordShadowfire was it the obscene one? Duh.

@Roundandroundwego Define obscene. I pointed out that nobody BROKE INTO THE CAPITOL BUILDING TO PREVENT THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER FROM CLINTON TO BUSH!

Even though Gore won.

@BackyardShaman derbledie bleh blah blah.