10 years ago today...

[tjwash]

The United States Supreme Court decided Bush was going to be the resident of the WH, instead of the actual winner of the election.

And they have been telling us to get over it ever since.

[Desertrose]

1. OMG...10 years!

Still can't really believe it and the ten years that followed...like a really looong really bad dream.

[Modern School]

2. Bush Coup

The question is, how different would the outcomes have been?
Easy to play Sunday morning quarterback, but Obama has maintained many of the most odious Bush policies and Gore wasn't a dove.

[Hello_Kitty]

7. Two words: Roberts and Alito. eom

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. +1

[spanone]

10. roberts didn't ascend to the court until 2005

roberts was the result of the 2000 decision

[struggle4progress]

3. The son of a former president and spy chief was installed as president after judges,

appointed by his father, decided to stop vote-counting in the state where his brother was governor

If it had happened in Africa or Asia, Americans would have recognized it as a coup

[AsahinaKimi]

4. A dark day in American History...

Yes, indeed.

[H2O Man]

5. It certainly was.

It ranks with the very worst chapters in American history.

[Mnemosyne]

6. No words left, other than war criminal walking... KnR n/t

[EFerrari]

9. K&R

[kath]

11. December 12 2000 - The Day That Changed Everything.

A day that will live in infamy.

[lpbk2713]

12. And it's all been downhill from there ever since.

[progressoid]

13. I remember getting stronger anti-depressants shortly thereafter.

[Raine]

14. Bloodless Coup

the blood spilling came after and is still being spilled. :-(