Careful there where you throw the stones.

I’ve often compared our behavior to that of monkeys. I take it back: monkeys are better at getting along than we are. They have ways of dealing with victory and defeat, rituals that preserve social harmony despite unequal outcomes. We have lost all that. Compared to monkeys, we (and especially Democrats) are…crass.

Then, Gore began the histrionics – trying to disallow military votes, trying to count only the heavily democratic counties… and i agree with you SouthernJames, from that time forward, the political climate has been poisonous.

With all the cries an concerns about vote tampering and stolen elections, one would think there would be outrage over the ACORN stuff this time, but no. They see it as vengeance.

And so we all pay the price.

And now, they want us to bow in submission, and applaud them for their coup.

I’m NOT saying he should not have asked for a recount. I’m talking about his classless and pentualant attitude and conduct throughout the recount process, and also after it was all over. I know it is a lot of blame to lay at the feet of just one man, but think about it. Not once did he ever truly acknowledge that Bush won or say anything statesmanlike, such as “I fully accept the outcome and I now encourage ALL Americans to rally and come together and unite around our new President Elect…..” etc, in the manner losers of presidential elections are SUPPOSED to act (like McCain acted). And stick with that message. To the contrary, he ENCOURAGED a continuation of this “selected not elected” bullshit long after it was over.

He served as the Sore Loser Role Model for every American who voted for him instead of for Bush.

Gore’s manner, his conduct, his demeanor, and his words (or lack thereof) represent a shameful and disgraceful chapter in American history. IMO. And helped usher in, or at least legitimatize and validae, an era where the politician on the other side of the aisle is not simply “wrong,”…..he is EVIL – and he and those who support him can be bitterly HATED.

Thank you, Al Gore.

I’ll point out that the infamous “Butterfly ballot” seems to have been used without problems in Chicago and was designed by a democrat.

And, that most of the disputed precincts in Florida were managed by democrats.

In Houston, the day after the 2000 election, I found myself behind a car with a bumper sticker saying

“George Bush Lost! Get Over It!
(P.S., I didn’t vote for his daddy either)”

The day after the 2004 election, I saw the same sticker on another car, and wondered if it was the same driver.

This goes back to the 2000 election and the classless and venomous vitriol directed at Bush, right out of the gate. They personified the definition of “sore Losers.” The just could not and would not accept the outcome.

They could not shake their almost religious belief that Bush had “stolen” Florida and therefore “stole” the election, and that the “duly elected” candidate had been denied the presidency due to a ‘right wing’ supreme court which “appointed” Bush.

Even after several of the major news media outlets ended up taking the time and effort to fund a detailed recount of the Florida votes (done in the EXACT SAME METHOD AND MANNER the Gore camp wanted it done) which showed that BUSH DID INDEED WIN FLORIDA, and therefore, in hindsight the correct result WAS reached, and Bush WAS “legitimately” elected….it made no difference. They ignored it. The “truth” in their minds was already set in stone. They were not interested in the least, in the actual facts. And they have been (with about a 3 week “pause” following 9-11) suffering from BDS rage ever since.

The sore losers suffering from their righteous indignation these 8 years, have just been waiting for their moment of glory to gloat and get in your face, and be…..as classless and sore winners as they were sore losers.

My wife said a couple nights before the election: “If Obama wins, McCain will give a graceful concession speech, with the losing side will quietly concede. Peace will rein across the land. And we’ll all get on with our lives. On the other hand, if there is just a 2-3 percent switch, and McCain wins, there will be riots, lawsuits demanding recounts, accusations of election fraud and “disenfranchisment” , and America will be proclaimed a Racist KKK nation.” We would have seen a temper tantrum and a rage-filled hysteria hissy fit of historic proportions.

If Obama is ineffective, they will continue to support him in his endless battle against “how things are.” Their hatred and alienation will support him.

If he’s successful expect his most fervent supporters to turn on him. If he actually does bring about all the change that he’s promised — it won’t be enough. They’ll call him a sellout and a hypocrite and an Uncle Tom, and they’ll find some new messiah, someone even more outside the mainstream.