aeronca65t wrote:
oldsaw wrote:
Regardless of Bush's short-comings, I firmly believe the opposition's refusal to recognize and admit their personal failures are key to a decade (plus) of political acrimony the country should never have endured - if responsible adults were at the helm, that is.
You mean all the problems of the Bush years were Gore's fault?
I agree that Gore's campaign was poorly run......he should have had Bill and Hillary on-board. He needed to look passed the personal dislike and been more of a politician. But he couldn't. As usual, Will Rogers was right.
I didn't and don't give Bush a pass.
However, I readily contend that post-2000, partisan politics were worse and more divisive than those experienced during Clinton's tenure. But, if had Bill owned-up to his dalliances, the country would have been in a much better mood and Gore's chances to gain the Presidency would have vastly improved.
Instead, we got a sore loser beatchin' about that "other guy" for a decade, backed by a party doing it's best to smear the opposition while being as guilty and duplicitous as everything in its' crosshairs.
As far as Al and Tipper's marriage, I hate to see any long-term relationship fail, but they will probably do less damage apart than they might together.
