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In reply to the discussion: Smh at how many Democrats can't stop themselves from dragging Comey over Hillary email slights [View all]LisaM
(27,908 posts)I think far too many people have put what happened in 2000 in the rearview mirror and let themselves get fooled again by election shenanigans. And the events of 2000, much like the events of 2016 will, created a series of events that had/have unfortunate consequences. The obvious beginning is the Supreme Court nominees, which led to Citizens United and overturning parts of the Voting Rights Act.
Yet right here on this site, people are normalizing Bush because they don't think he was as bad as Trump. He caused Trump. If we become too complacent about any piece of the puzzle that lost Hillary the presidency (it still makes me feel sick to write that), then I think we're losing the larger war.
Just imagine if Gore had been President between 2001 and 2009. Imagine how different many things would be, starting with the environment and the protection of voting rights, and a SCOTUS that would not have passed Citizens United.