Alternative Universe

[rosesaylavee]

Hey - has anyone else looked at this site:

http://thegoreyears.wordpress.com/the-gore-presidency-a-timeline/

The Gore Presidency - A Timeline
2000

December 28
Al Gore is officially elected President of the United States after Florida’s Secretary of State, Katherine Harris, is shown to have committed massive vote fraud in the state of Florida during several stages of vote recounts.

2001

January 20
Gore’s inaugural address to nation focuses on healing after a tumultuous election. However, his proposed environmental bill draws immediate fire from Republicans, who claim it will destroy the economy. And environmentalists complain that his proposed tax incentives to American car companies for research into Hydrogen-fueled automobiles will perpetuate the grip oil companies hold on the transportation system. Gore presses on, however, claiming that Americans need to be realistic about quickly converting from an oil-based economy to alternative sources, citing what he refers to as “The inconvenient truth” that environmental issues are the “challenge of our generation.”

February 5
Gore expands Clinton’s “road-less rule” protecting nearly sixty million acres of forests from logging and road-building to nearly 90 million acres.

February 17
Gore signs four pro-union executive orders, including measures to encourage project labor agreements at federal construction sites and to provide for job protections for union employees whose companies lose federal contracts.

February 26
Senate Republicans introduce a bill to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, which Gore immediately promises to veto if passed.

... more at link

The blogger calls this a Flog and reasons behind his alternative narration here: http://thegoreyears.wordpress.com/about/

In other years, this would have depressed me. This year, I have hope that this may yet be our future. Enjoy.

[SharonRB]

1. Thanks Rose!

I loved this one:

August 7
Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris indicted on felony vote fraud charges.


Unfortunately, sounds like even he couldn't stop 9/11, although I think he might have been able to.

[rosesaylavee]

2. In my alternative universe

he did stop it as he was listening to Richard Clarke and George Tenet that summer.

[SharonRB]

4. Yeah, mine, too.

[Mabus]

5. But there were still too many GOP'ers in Congress

Remember the crap they gave Clinton when he launched the strike against bin Laden? They all screamed (along with the media) that it was a "Wag the Dog" situation. And considering how awful they were during the recount I don't think that the GOP congress would have been as graceful to Bush as the Dems were. Despite all their calls for reconciliation I really think they would have done everything they could to undermine a Gore presidency in 2001. Through it all I do think that Gore would have prevailed within the agencies themselves (and thanks to non-political appointees) to shut down 9/11.

[mopinko]

8. if they had actually counter the votes, there probably

would have been a dem congress as well.

[DesertRat]

3. Great site

Thanks for the link. But it still makes me sad to read it. If only...

[JTFrog]

6. Reminds me of his

appearance on SNL.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AYuqoKxRhMg

Run, Al, Run!!

[SKKY]

7. So, in the space of less than three months...

We're attacked, we attack back, 3 major Taliban strongholds fall, and Karzai is elected. I like Gore and all, and I'm one of those waiting on pins and needles for him to run, but even he couldn't get this done.