Democrats on Warpath: Biden Speaks the Truth About Al Gore’s 2000 Victory

joe biden
Vice President Joe Biden let the truth fly Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Massachusetts Senate candidate Ed Markey, saying of Al Gore, “This man was elected president of the United States of America,” according to the pool report.

“But for the good of the nation, when the bad decision, in my view, was made, he did the right thing for the nation.” Speaking to Al Gore, who introduced him, Biden continued, “Al, you set an example for this country that is going to live as long as recorded history, about the man who won by a decision that I think constitutional scholars now and in the future will conclude was an ill-fated decision.”

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has said publicly that it was a mistake for the Supreme Court to anoint George W. Bush as president, thereby stopping the stopped the recounting in Florida, after he lost the popular vote: “Obviously the court did reach a decision and thought it had to reach a decision. It turned out the election authorities in Florida hadn’t done a real good job there and kind of messed it up. And probably the Supreme Court added to the problem at the end of the day.” Gee, you think?

Top Democrats have made news recently with well placed jabs at Republicans. Senator Boxer called House Republicans “losers with a deadbeat agenda” and David Plouffe called Darrell Issa ‘Mr. Grand Theft’ and ‘insurance swindler’. Howard Dean called Darrell Issa a “fraud” and a “propagandist”.

To get more stories like this, subscribe to our newsletter The Daily.

The key difference between the Republican name calling and the Democratic responses is the Democrats tend to be accurate, and therefore their jabs have a better chance of sticking. The change in tone from Democrats probably reflects their frustration with Republicans, who are pulling the same Scandalrama-Instead-of-Legislating that they did when Bill Clinton was President.

In light of Republicans drumming up non-existent scandals in order to set up 2014 so that they can run against their trumped up charges in order to avoid running on their records, Democrats must be bitterly recalling the past.

Democrats they thought they were putting country first by not contesting the 2000 election (clearly a mistake, especially in hindsight), and again by not prosecuting the Bush administration for various war crimes and established abuses of governmental power. Look where that got them. The Republican Party has not only not returned the favor, but they have spit in Democrats’ faces with five years of rule-breaking and tradition-destroying obstruction, topped off with embarrassingly fake accusations, such as their alleged belief that the President’s birth certificate is phony.

The truth is out: The Republicans of the Bill Clinton era were not a fluke. The names of the players have changed, but the game is the same. This is a party that has nothing to offer except ad hominem attacks. This is a party that must rely on fallacies in order to maintain any power. Worse yet, this is not a party that can handle any real power, as evidenced by the complete collapse of legislation in the House, which is the only body currently led by Republicans.

Democrats may be finally realizing their rightful place as the party of fiscal responsibility and national security, on top of being the party for the working and middle class, and equal rights for all. This is the Obama Democratic Party, and quite frankly, they wouldn’t have rolled over and played dead while Republicans stole an election.

Yes, many people think Obama takes too much crap and negotiates too much with Republicans. No doubt he does, but then he has to in order to get his job done. But one thing he has never done while campaigning is allow ugly, false attacks to go by unanswered. His campaign changed that game for Democrats. And he doesn’t have to run anymore, so he is now free to unleash the Obama Democrats on Republicans — while governing, and in advance of 2014. The message is the Democratic Party isn’t having a 2010 redo. They’re fired up and ready to go.

Republicans are probably too blinded by their Achilles’ heel (hubris) to see Democrats coming, after all this is the party that still believes their “unskewed” polls, even though experts were pointing out the flaws to them at the time. Speaker John Boehner should have realized he overstepped on Tuesday when he announced that Republicans would once again be holding the debt ceiling hostage. But Republicans aren’t known for their self-awareness, and Boehner is barely keeping it together for public appearances, let alone leading his unruly caucus of fringe extremist juveniles.

I see a Democratic Party that’s had it, and they’re bringing their A game.


Copyright PoliticusUSA LLC 2008-2023