The downside is, Chevy Chase would be hosting the Tonight Show.We know from family guy that had Al Gore been president we would have had flying cars and world peace![]()
"OH MY GOD!! OH MY GOD!! WE MESSED UP BAD! WE MESSED UP REAL BAD!"
The downside is, Chevy Chase would be hosting the Tonight Show.We know from family guy that had Al Gore been president we would have had flying cars and world peace![]()
I think it would have ended differently and not nearly as tragically. For starters, Gore would have taken the JTTF a lot more seriously instead of blowing it off in favor of "Star Wars" aka SDI Initialtive. And he certainly would have ratcheted up the alertness level on all fronts when he read the PDB, Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US. Remembering that in the early days of the Clinton Administration, a lone nutjob almost flew a small plane into the Oval Office, Gore would recognise that Al-Qaeda might fly airliners into buildings, and order preparations accordingly. The end result being, the hijackers are arrested before boarding the planes, federal agents stopping the hijackings on the planes, or the planes themselves shot down.9/11 occurs as IOTL, and the Gore sends troops to Afghanistan as part of the "War on State Terrorism".
Hindsight is 20/20, and an alt-historical Al Gore wouldn't have it. It's not fair to Bush (!) to suggest that just about everyone should have read the warning signs better. There is absolutely no way to intelligently defend that.
A far better line of thought, IMO, is how Gore would have responded to the attacks.
A President Gore would not have invaded Afghanistan. Why do people keep postulating something that is so outside his MO?
But if the 9-11 attacks occurs more-or-less the same as they did in OTL then of course President Gore invades Afganistan. Why the hell wouldn't he?! Under those circumstances what choice would he have?
Gore would have invaded Afghanistan, case closed.
But if Gore relied heavily on the Northern Alliance, would there have been a Pashtune genocide in central Afghanistan???
If Gore merely continues the H.W. Bush-Clinton sanctions on Iraq (and ignores Kamil's 1995 report and Ritter's 2000 report so as to keep said sanctions), we won't have an Iraq invasion. Hence, no Georgian troop deployment. Therefore, no USAF aircraft flying Georgian troops back to Georgia to drive out the Russians (who drove the Georgians out of South Ossetia and Abkhazia). And, if Gore doesn't expand NATO, then Georgia can appeal to the West all it wants and get a slightly less sympathetic ear. (After all, while Russia has been demonized for a while, the opening reports were that Georgia was the agressor, and it did take a day or so to spin that into Georgia being the victim.)
So with Gore being president ITL is it possible that Georgia's president Edvard Shevardnadze isn't ousted in 2003 and holds as president until 2005 or perhaps still be president today? Thereby Saakashvili never becomes becomes president of Georgia during the Gore administration?
I think it would have ended differently and not nearly as tragically. For starters, Gore would have taken the JTTF a lot more seriously instead of blowing it off in favor of "Star Wars" aka SDI Initialtive. And he certainly would have ratcheted up the alertness level on all fronts when he read the PDB, Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US. Remembering that in the early days of the Clinton Administration, a lone nutjob almost flew a small plane into the Oval Office, Gore would recognise that Al-Qaeda might fly airliners into buildings, and order preparations accordingly. The end result being, the hijackers are arrested before boarding the planes, federal agents stopping the hijackings on the planes, or the planes themselves shot down.
And Gore would certainly NOT be caught on that fateful morning, reading My Pet Goat; nor would he spend the rest of the day, fleeing and cowering in fear!!!![]()
In 2008 The McCain campaign will probably focus on experience rather than change. McCain would most likely run in 04 and be out of gas in 08.
Clinton would most likely not be the candidate in 08, the democrats would stick to the status quo of having a white older male as president of the united states.
Huckabee vs. Edwards in 2008 with Huckabee winning by a close margin.
Maybe my original post was unclear. Do you have a cite for a major figure in the GOP criticising Bush in a serious way before 2005 or so? I'm honestly curious.
I think it would have ended differently and not nearly as tragically. For starters, Gore would have taken the JTTF a lot more seriously instead of blowing it off in favor of "Star Wars" aka SDI Initialtive. And he certainly would have ratcheted up the alertness level on all fronts when he read the PDB, Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US. Remembering that in the early days of the Clinton Administration, a lone nutjob almost flew a small plane into the Oval Office, Gore would recognise that Al-Qaeda might fly airliners into buildings, and order preparations accordingly. The end result being, the hijackers are arrested before boarding the planes, federal agents stopping the hijackings on the planes, or the planes themselves shot down.
And Gore would certainly NOT be caught on that fateful morning, reading My Pet Goat; nor would he spend the rest of the day, fleeing and cowering in fear!!!![]()
In a Gore wins but 9/11 still happens world, I think that Giuliani would be a shoo in for republican nominee in 2004.
So McCain pulls ahead rakes up the delegate count while the other remaining candidates battle it out, he secures the necessay # of delegates after the Pennsyvannia Primary on April 27th (Penn Gov. Tom Ridge had dropped out long before). Several names were on the short list for possible VP choice: Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, Sen. George Allen of Virginia, Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvannia and Gov. Tom Ridge (Florida Governor Jeb Bush had already made it clear that he was not interested in being VP in July of 04). It was Tom Ridge whom choose VP on August 29 at the eve of the Convention in NYC. Though it was cosistant with McCain's maverick personality the choice was not without controversy and did alienate some of the conservative base of the Republican Party.Giuliani would not likely be a shoe for Republican nomination in 2004 though he would do somewhat better in this timeline than he did in 08. ITTL you would have Senator John McCain, Governor Tom Ridge, Sen.Phil Gramm,Sen Goerge Voinovich. Allen Keyes,Sen. George Allen, and perhaps Pat Buchanan making one more biid for the GOP nomination. I think Giuliani will skip Iowa and concentrate on New Hampshire and Florida but making simiilar mistakes and having the same money problems as he did in 08. He scores an upset victory over McCain in New Hampshire on January 27th (McCain won Iowa on January 19th) but but McCain quickly rebounds and Giuliani comes in at a humiliating 2nd place finish in the NY Primary on March 2nd(Super Tuesday) and trial at 3rd place behind Pat Buchanan and John McCain at the Florida Primary on March 9th. Giuliani drops out of the race the next day.
How would have Gore handled Hurricane Katrina?
So McCain pulls ahead rakes up the delegate count while the other remaining candidates battle it out, he secures the necessay # of delegates after the Pennsyvannia Primary on April 27th (Penn Gov. Tom Ridge had dropped out long before). Several names were on the short list for possible VP choice: Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, Sen. George Allen of Virginia, Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvannia and Gov. Tom Ridge (Florida Governor Jeb Bush had already made it clear that he was not interested in being VP in July of 04). It was Tom Ridge whom choose VP on August 29 at the eve of the Convention in NYC. Though it was cosistant with McCain's maverick personality the choice was not without controversy and did alienate some of the conservative base of the Republican Party.