originally from The Capital Times but reposted on algoredemocrats.com
http://www.algoredemocrats.com/news/gnn/EpypuykyElNVnyhDxA.shtmlThe American people chose well in the 2000 contest for the presidency. Unfortunately, they did not get their choice.
Al Gore won the most votes for president in 2000. And, had the U.S. Supreme Court not intervened, he might well have won the electoral votes of Florida and taken the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2001.
Instead, the oath was taken by George W. Bush, a frequently failed businessman who gained political stature not by virtue of his accomplishments but by virtue of his relationships, and whose understanding of international affairs was so slim that he struggled to name the leaders of the nations that were America's closest allies. And the rest has been history: tax cuts for the rich and layoffs for working Americans, record deficits, deindustrialization, declining farm prices, botched responses to terrorist threats, the undermining of civil liberties, two unfinished wars, and the collapse of American credibility on the global stage.
Gore has been graceful in defeat, refraining for the most part from commenting on Bush's dismal handling of the most important job in the world. But last week he gave voice to the frustrations of a growing number of Americans. <SNIP>
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