Tuesday, August 15, 2017

If only . . .

2000:    Al Gore won the popular vote; but a challenge to the vote count in Florida wound up at the Supreme Court which, in a very controversial decision to end the recount, gave Florida, and thus the electoral college majority and the presidency, to George W. Bush.
   2001:   President Bush withdrew the U.S. from the Kyoto Climate Protocol, an international agreement on climate.
   2003:  President Bush led the U.S. into an unnecessary war in Iraq.

2016:   Hillary Clinton won the popular vote;   but in a great surprise outcome, Donald J. Trump won three rust belt states by small margins, giving him the majority of electoral college votes and the presidency.
   2017:   President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.
   2017:   President Trump flirts with war with North Korea.

Think how much would be different if only Al Gore and Hillary Clinton had been our presidents . . .

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