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[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 58 points 2 years ago
[–] oktherebuddy@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

it's interesting to think about what the trajectory of american fascism would look like if the dems owned the 9/11 response. I kind of assume they would invade the same or a similar set of countries.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's a reason everybody says America was never more united than 9/12.

98% of America agreed we should nuke any given country in the middle east, and that's America's definition of the "middle east"

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

Agrabah won't know what hit them.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

I think there would have been immense pressure for Gore to resign.

[–] MorelaakIsBack@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

mint condition presidential candidate, still in protective jean wrap

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

American president. Canadian tuxedo.

Can’t make sense of it.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago

We truly missed out on President Best Jeanist didn't we

[–] fuzzy@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

what if you wanted president denim....

but supreme court said........

president the killer............

[–] context@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago

i like my politics the way i like my clothing: a blue tint on an otherwise blank canvas

[–] goose@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The Chad that America left hanging :(

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Could have had four years of Gorebin' time

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

just the tip vs. just the Tipper

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While I don't personally like this image (it just doesn't get me goin) at least you can tell they love each other as opposed to checks notes most other presidential couples.

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was a rumor that he was having an affair with Laurie David (Larry David's Ex-wife) in 2010. He and Tipper divorced two years later.

What a hornball

[–] theposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Bad post. This is literally just making fun of a guy for not looking like a model. He was on the epstein logs, and you're mocking him for kissing his wife.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is literally just making fun of a guy for not looking like a model.

My man is attempting to inhale his wife's entire face.

you're mocking him for kissing his wife

volcel-judge Yes.

[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unironically thought that was Kate McKinnon in Hillface.

[–] italktothewind@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How about you go fuck yourself and delete your account?

[–] Crowtee_Robot@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

The man invented the Internet and this is how we repaid him? This country...

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could have been the first Denim President.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

The Denimcrat party never really recovered

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He had a banger of a campaign theme song, but the American public just wasn't ready
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGnCyXf47I

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

blue jean baby 🎶

[–] crispy_lol@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

This is just what dudes wear when they rock

[–] Lucien@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

I cry every time I see his face

[–] operacion_ogro@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

We're dangerously close to Kerry-posting with this thread

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

I joking referred to Gore as a Maoist the other day.

[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

The fake Georgian EC certificate gambit but for Florida is a good bit

[–] Cherufe@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

So much jean

[–] The_Riddler@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

The biggest thing we lost from Gore being robbed was any sort of major climate action by the US government. Granted, I think we'd still be in big trouble, but things would at least be better.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do you think he would have handled the 9/11 fallout differently

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Might not have been as inevitable as we resign ourselves to accepting.

It didn’t happen on Clinton’s watch. And he left instructions for the Bush Admin to treat Bin Laden as a major security threat.

Bush didn’t do jack shit to prevent it—he welcomed it. It was an open secret in the run up to the 2000 election that Bush wanted to find “any way” to invade Iraq. Simply not doing anything to prevent an Islamic terrorist attack would be enough justification for him to invade Iraq—entirely independent of Iraq’s culpability for the attack.