What if Gore had picked Kerry instead of Leiberman?

[Bandit]

Would we have Gore as President now or would they still have stolen the election? I think Leiberman was a major mistake but am uncertain Kerry would have helped much at the time. Now after 9-11 with Kerry's strong military record in hindsight it would have been a team we could really have been proud of.

[Parche]

1. lieberman

Was the worst pick Gore could have done
that is why he lost a lot of states

[Bunny]

2. Bush was going to steal the election no matter what.

I don't think having Kerry as Veep would have mattered.

[Kahuna]

16. Nope. Bush only had one brother who was a govenor of a large

state. So, how was he going to steal any other states?

[tom_paine]

Well, leave aisde for the moment the idea that the Busheviks were

going to steal it no matter what...YES.

Gore/Kerry MIGHT have been able to deliver an un-stealable margin of victory.

Though, knowing what I know now about the Busheviks, that is FAR from certain.

[Dying Eagle]

3. Gore didn't make the mis-take

The DNC picked Joe-mentum for him. Gore is not that stupid.

[AntiCoup2K4]

4. I don't think Holy Joe was that much of a factor in the votes

Maybe the question would be whether Kerry would have resisted the Coup, because Joementum sure as Hell didn't do it.

[Semi_subversive]

5. I think Gore would have easily won with Kerry

I thought that Lieberman as the VP choice would hinder and not help. Not because of his politics (he seemed at the time to be a stand-up guy), but because there are many fence-straddling voters out there with a bias against Jews and they don't want one anywhere near the WH.

[NYCGirl]

8. Those types of fence-straddlers tend not to be on the Democratic side,

IMO.

[KurtNYC]

6. Lieberman turns me off

Gore won. So Lieberman wasn't a factor in any "defeat." But I can't get passed Lieberman voting for impeachment (%$#@!)

[mitchum]

7. The word was that Al The Bluenose didn't pick Kerry because of...

his playboy days in between his marriages. IN BETWEEN HIS MARRIAGES! There are many things that I like about Gore, but his puritanical streak is not one of them. Of course, Al chose a bigger prig than himself for his running mate (although Joe does have the better sense of humor)

[bigwillq]

9. The repukes would've stolen it no matter what

I think 2000 was going to be a tight race no matter who Gore chose.

I think it would've still come down to Florida and the Repukes still would've cheated. Just my opinion.

[redqueen]

10. Who can say?

:shrug:

[22181]

11. At the time I had no strong opinion of Lieberman, except...

That every time he opened his mouth to speak his voice came out sounding like a perpetual belch. The man has the ugliest voice I've ever heard. Absolutely no charisma. What a useless pick. I voted for the ticket, but I wasn't particularly thrilled to.

[loathesomeshrub]

14. Exactly. Gore lost my husband's vote because of Lieberman.

I disliked him, but did what I needed to do. I am sure a lot of fence sitters like him voted for Bush because of Lieberman. He was totally the wrong choice for such a close race. He said he couldn't stand to listen to Lieberman for 4 years. I told him Bush was a moron. He said he would pick knowledeable people to help him. I told him what I thought of that. He has reformed and will be voting the correct way this time

[blm]

12. We would have won NH which would have been all that was needed.

Also, Kerry's green record was so strong that many environmentalist issue Greens would likely have voted Dem.

[CaTeacher]

13. yes, I think you may be right.

(Of course don't forget that President Gore DID win the election).

[loathesomeshrub]

15. Carville mentioned today on Crossfire that his guest worked for

"the last elected president of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton"
LOL

[Kanary]

17. The Dem Party in Colorado is trying to force us to

vote for a Dem Senator who was a Lieberman supporter.

Then they wonder why they aren't seeing enthusiasm.

:eyes:

Kanary

[comradebillyboy]

18. credit where credit is due, rush

had lieberman's act down perfectly. every once and again the vulger pigboy hits the mark, and he did with joe schmoe.

[NYCGirl]

19. You do realize Lieberman is speaking at the convention next week...

on the same night as John Kerry. I guess we had to invite him; all the primary candidates are speaking.

Only goes to prove that our party surely has a big tent!
:evilgrin: