If Gore was sworn in as president (we all know he was elected)

[ringmastery]

What would have been different over the last 4 years?

Would 9/11 still have happened?

Would we have gone into Iraq?

Would the economy still have sucked?

[The Shadow]

1. Simple Answer!

No.

[Zorra]

2. None of the above, and the environment would be in much better shape

[PfNJ]

3. no, no and no.....

but the House may have impeached him 13 times by now, and Zell Miller would be stumping for Jeb, or Neil, or the Bush Twins, or whatever Bush crony the repugs would have nominated this year.....

[OneBlueSky]

4. don't know about 9/11 . . .

or, for that matter, the economy (too many factors involved) . . . but I'm as close to 100% sure as I can possibly be that we wouldn't have attacked Iraq . . . and that, in and of itself, is a HUGE difference, considering how things have turned out and what the human, financial, and political costs have been . . .

[Old and In the Way]

6. I'd say that 9/11 happening would be about 10%.

There's a chance that Gore could have vacationed for 45% of his time, distregarded the report he commissioned, and been too focused on Star Wars to know what the real threat was, but it's doubtful.

If it had happened, we'd have declared war on SA and Pakistan, I think....rightfully so. And it would be over now.

No Iraq War.....we'd have stuck with the UN.

Economy was rocky in 2000, but Gore would not have given the Treasury to the 1%, so he'd have had used some of it to prime the economy, probably through tax cuts to the middle-class.....and it would have been put back into our economy.

[Hobarticus]

5. 9/11 was inevitable...

The GOP would've kept the FBI busy trying to badger Gore, as they did Clinton, and it would've been missed.*

No, we would not have gone into Iraq. We'd have stayed focussed on Afghanistan and al Queda's network, and I'd bet the mortgage we'd have bin Laden right now.

I think there would have been a brief recession, but the bottom wouldn't have dropped out as it has. Gore certainly wouldn't have his thumb up his ass regarding the economy, he'd have worked out some incentive beyond the upper-class.

*Great book called "Why America Slept", about the events leading up to 9/11, says the same thing: outside of Clinton, the fed was preoccupied with the GOP-generated soap opera around Clinton. Damn near says the GOP is indirectly responsible for the whole thing.

[Erika]

7. True

The GOP could have cared less about the security of our country. They didn't occupy the WH and their whole goal was to get the democrat occupant out. They had no other national concern. But they did want to start the redistribution of the wealth. They thought the poor were given far too much and should have been starved to death for their ultimate sin of being poor. I hear Bush is considering a poor tax to be placed on the poor for their irresponsibility and lack of affluence. Paid directly to his ccorporate globalist buddies.

[MrSlayer]

8. No to all three.

1. Gore had no reason to allow or engineer 9/11, it was essential for the PNAC Neo-Cons.
2. No, No 9/11, no basis for Iraqi invasion.
3. No, the economy was going to level off eventually after all that boom but it wouldn't have been decimated the way it is now. The surplus would have been used much more wisely and there wouldn't be huge tax cuts for the rich.

[Dogmudgeon]

9. 90% of us would be calling for his head

We'd be beating up on him like he was Joe Lieberman's mentor (which, with JL as vice-president, would be true).

Every disappointment the Left felt toward Gore would be covered and re-hashed time and time again in the press, especially in the left-wing ideological press (The Nation, Z Magazine, etc).

Nader would be pulling strongly, about 20%, exhorting people to "vote their conscience".

You think the dogpile on Clinton was bad? Gore, not having Clinton's charisma, would be looking about as bad as he could be.

On the other hand, we would not have 9/11/2001 to look back on.

--bkl

[DieboldMustDie]

10. We may have been attacked on 9/11...

but if our Air Force had responded properly that would have meant the loss of 4 airliners and some 300 passengers -- still a tragedy, but at least an order of magnitude less than what occurred under Bush. We would not be in Iraq, and the economy would be in far better shape.

[AndyTiedye]

13. President Lieberman Invades Iraq After Gore Assassinated by "Terrorists"

Gore would not have invaded Iraq. No way. Maybe a few bombs for old times sake but that's it.

The WTC would still be standing, most likely.

Instead, "terrorists" would have assassinated Gore, and would have been found to be
carrying Iraqi passports or something, and the newly-annoited President Lieberman
would have given PNAC their war.

[fujiyama]

11. It's possible

9/11 would have still happened, but it seems unlikely given all the evidence of the administration's neglect of terrorism.

Had 9/11 happened under Gore, the house would definetely have impeached him and the media would have joined in trashing him. They would not have given him the pass Bush recieved.

Iraq would not have been attacked.

The economy would probably of still had a slowdown, but the effects wouldn't have been nearly as bad as they are today. There too, he would have recieved much more blame than Bush recieves today. Lou Dobbs wouldn't have been the only one going after him regarding outsourced jobs.

In short, many groups would have been after him (on the right and the left as well). He would have faced a difficult reelection.

[shawmut]

12. 2 cents

Would 9/11 still have happened? - I'd say about a 60/40% chance that it would have happened.


Would we have gone into Iraq? - No


Would the economy still have sucked? - Not as bad



Also, I think Gore would have lost the General Election this year to John McCain.