This is a line that I hear used from time to time, most recently with the Supreme Court ruling over late term abortions.\u00c2\u00a0 “If Gore had been president, this would not have happened.”
\nFor the record, if Gore had been elected President in 2000, we would currently be in year 3 of the first George W Bush administration.\u00c2\u00a0 Think about it.
\nAt any rate, I think a couple of the ‘liberal’ judges might have retired during Gore’s four year term.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe.\u00c2\u00a0 Which would have left Bush to replace his two Justices during … right around when he did in this version of reality…<\/p>\n
Assuming we had a President Bush in there and not a — say, President McCain.\u00c2\u00a0 In which case President McCain would have replaced those two Justices … right about when he did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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