Remembrance Of Elections Past: 2000

Elections have consequences.

Counting votes has consequences.

Supreme Court interventions have consequences.

Consequences of 2000:

9/11;

John Roberts; Samuel Alito;

Iraq;

Twelve more years of global warming, aka climate change;

Vast increases in wealth of the top 1% of earners;

2007 economic collapse.


Cause of election outcome:

Press distortions about Al Gore;

Gore and his campaign were too polite;

Outright lies by Bush campaign given free pass.

In an earlier time, it was reasonably safe to rely on the mainstream press to provide objective coverage of elections. It was pundits (fed leaks) who did the dirty work. US law prohibited too much common ownership of media.

By 1992, the national press had pretty much shifted out of that mode.

In 1993 FOX got the rights to broadcast NFL football.

The rest is history.


Good results of 2000:

Help America Vote Act.