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Originally Posted by HyperHulk  I actually think people voted for Bush and co because of 9/11. 9/11 was so tragic on so many levels that most people had post-traumatic stress syndrome and simply wanted protection or a sense of security from that nightmare ever happening again. Rove managed to create a message that simply had Bush as trying to protect the US by any means necessary. That was enough for most people. That's why there was a code orange every 2 weeks leading up to the second election--build the fear and have Bush play tough guy sheriff. No one believed that Kerry would protect them. Fear won out. |
So, you may account for the Bush Jr's win in the 2004 election, but that still doesn't explain the 2000 election with Bush vs. Al Gore.
Needing security in a post 9/11 world never justified going into Iraq under the fabricated evidence that the Bush administration offered.
Actually, we all know that the Election 2000 was determined by a judicial fiat of the Supreme Court. In a parallel universe with Al Gore as President for 8 years, how would America have developed and prospered? Let's not invest too much energy into speculative, alternative history with Al Gore as president, but it is fair to presume that Al Gore would have offered more judicious leadership under a UNITED (and not divided) STATES of AMERICA!