The "Gore" question.

[REVxERIK]

Please choose one and explain why

 

[Old Rocks]

Far, far better.

 

[xsited1]

Please choose one and explain why

Better, only because the Republicans in Congress would have kept in on a tight leash. I seriously doubt we would have gone to war with Iraq which would have saved thousands of American (military) lives and the trillions for America. And he wouldn't have been able to pass his wacko marxist/socialist crap because of Congress.

 

[rightwinger]

No brainer

We never would have ended up in Iraq if Gore had won.

 

[Dr.Traveler]

Better.

Republican Congress and Democratic President was a pretty solid combination from 1994 to 2000, it would have stayed solid to 2008. Once the GOP got full control, House, Senate, and POTUS, they went hog wild on spending and betrayed their principles.

If Gore had won, he probably wouldn't have been able to enact much of his agenda under a Republican Congress meaning you can cast aside concerns that Gore would have embraced Cap and Trade. A Gore win would have meant greater continuity of government between Clinton to Gore than we saw from Clinton to Bush, meaning you might have had a (slightly) better chance at stopping 9/11.

Even if Gore didn't stop 9/11 (which is likely), chances are good we wouldn't have gone on to Iraq, meaning we'd have still had enough political clout to potentially stop North Korea and Iran. Iraq left us isolated and left the door open to nuclear aspirations from both countries.

 

[The Rabbi]

Far worse.
Gore would have continued Clinton's "police" policy with regard to terrorism and we would be having terrorist attacks every Mon and Thurs. He woudl push through "stimulus" measures in response to the recession, costing us huge amounts of money over time. We would be facing both Iraq and Iran armed with nuclear and biological weapons.
He would have been a disaster, possibly worse than Obama.

 

[DiamondDave]

Worse in reaction to 9/11 and worse on national security overall... Leftist economic policies after 9/11 would have put us in a worse place after that severe downturn and recession would have hit sooner with a deeper gash... environmental focus would have hurt business and our standing as a country in business and industry

 

[RadiomanATL]

Better. Reasons have already been stated here.

 

[REVxERIK]

Far worse.
Gore would have continued Clinton's "police" policy with regard to terrorism and we would be having terrorist attacks every Mon and Thurs. He woudl push through "stimulus" measures in response to the recession, costing us huge amounts of money over time. We would be facing both Iraq and Iran armed with nuclear and biological weapons.
He would have been a disaster, possibly worse than Obama.

how did you come to this opinion?

 

[nodoginnafight]

Better - no Iraq foul up. No alienation of the world community.

 

[Dr.Traveler]

Worse in reaction to 9/11 and worse on national security overall... Leftist economic policies after 9/11 would have put us in a worse place after that severe downturn and recession would have hit sooner with a deeper gash... environmental focus would have hurt business and our standing as a country in business and industry

How would Gore have enacted Leftist economic policies? Or even environmental policies? Chances are good that the GOP would have held the House and Senate even with a Gore win well into 2008. The 2006 DNC comeback would have been incredibly unlikely. The GOP did a good job keeping Clinton in check and probably could have done the same with Gore.

This is all a big what if, so who knows. Maybe Gore would have been stronger than Clinton and stronger than DeLay and Frist, but I doubt it.

 

[rightwinger]

Far worse.
Gore would have continued Clinton's "police" policy with regard to terrorism and we would be having terrorist attacks every Mon and Thurs. He woudl push through "stimulus" measures in response to the recession, costing us huge amounts of money over time. We would be facing both Iraq and Iran armed with nuclear and biological weapons.
He would have been a disaster, possibly worse than Obama.

If Gore were President, the economy would have continued to boom, he would have gone after the real terrorists instead of chasing imaginary WMDs and the US would have maintained its respected position in the world

 

[Modbert]

Republican thinking at the time was and is still something like this:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpP7b2lUxVE&feature=PlayList&p=008D45085D29F3B8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=48]YouTube - Family Guy - Visiting Ground Zero[/ame]

 

[Bfgrn]

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record

By WSJ Staff

President George W. Bush entered office in 2001 just as a recession was starting, and is preparing to leave in the middle of a long one. That’s almost 22 months of recession during his 96 months in office.

His job-creation record won’t look much better. The Bush administration created about three million jobs (net) over its eight years, a fraction of the 23 million jobs created under President Bill Clinton’s administration and only slightly better than President George H.W. Bush did in his four years in office.

Here’s a look at job creation under each president since the Labor Department started keeping payroll records in 1939. The counts are based on total payrolls between the start of the month the president took office (using the final payroll count for the end of the prior December) and his final December in office.

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record - Real Time Economics - WSJ

 

[RadiomanATL]

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record

By WSJ Staff

President George W. Bush entered office in 2001 just as a recession was starting, and is preparing to leave in the middle of a long one. That’s almost 22 months of recession during his 96 months in office.

His job-creation record won’t look much better. The Bush administration created about three million jobs (net) over its eight years, a fraction of the 23 million jobs created under President Bill Clinton’s administration and only slightly better than President George H.W. Bush did in his four years in office.

Here’s a look at job creation under each president since the Labor Department started keeping payroll records in 1939. The counts are based on total payrolls between the start of the month the president took office (using the final payroll count for the end of the prior December) and his final December in office.

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record - Real Time Economics - WSJ

I wonder what Obama's net job creation is at, at the moment?

 

[Avatar4321]

Much worse. We have clearly seen how unstable he is. We know he would not have reacted to the terrorists with strength. Saddam would still be in power. And he still would have spent as much as Obama has.

 

[The Rabbi]

Far worse.
Gore would have continued Clinton's "police" policy with regard to terrorism and we would be having terrorist attacks every Mon and Thurs. He woudl push through "stimulus" measures in response to the recession, costing us huge amounts of money over time. We would be facing both Iraq and Iran armed with nuclear and biological weapons.
He would have been a disaster, possibly worse than Obama.

how did you come to this opinion?

Both of them have/had ambitious active programs in these areas. Virtually everything short of actual invasion has so far failed to stop them. To assume that Gore would somehow have succeeded is incredibly myopic.