Looking at the protests in the Ukraine over the disputed election, as a Democrat, one can only wonder if that's what we should have done in 2000. Instead Democrats tried to play by the GOP rules and got screwed.
After all, even if the GOP had allowed for a full counting of votes in Florida which would have shown Al Gore had won. Either the Florida legislature or the US House of Representatives would have stepped in to ensure the will of the people was ignored. Instead the Supreme Court stepped in to take the heat.
Al Gore spoke of the people versus the powerful in 2000 and it was the powerful that decided the election. Yet the powerful pretended to be the people as a number of legislative officials complained about Florida officials attempting to count votes.
On Nov. 22, 2000, the so-called “Brooks Brothers Riot” of Republican activists helped stop a vote recount in Miami -- and showed how far George W. Bush’s supporters were ready to go to put their man in the White House.
With the media bending to wishes of George Bush and the GOP, they urged Gore to concede because the nation was being disrupted. That shallow thinking in the end will lead to eight bad years for the United States. What a trade a couple of bad weeks for eight really bad years.
Here's to the protestors in the Ukraine. Keep the faith because once you concede, you concede a lot more than you think.
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