• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    Everybody’s talking about his role in the ACA and video games, but I am firmly of the belief that if Gore hadn’t picked him for VP he would have won the election. Having Lieberman on the ticket turned off enough people on the left.

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      7 months ago

      Gore did win the election. He only didn’t get into office because a violent Republican coup (the “Brooks Brothers Riot”) forcibly stopped the votes from being counted.

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        7 months ago

        I’m aware that Gore did, in fact, win the election. However, without the factors that mindbleach mentioned and, I think, Lieberman being on the ticket it would have taken the powers of Brooks Brothers, Banana Republic, and Forever 21 combined to overturn it.