As part of its reflection on the last ten years , Newsweek wonders how American government might have been different unlike ifAl Gorehad won Bush v. Gore and been sworn in as United States President of the United States .
Essayist David Rakoff kick off hisalternate historyof the 10 with Gore ’s minute triumph in Bush v. Gore , leaving Justice Anton Scalia fuming . Once Gore is swear in , there ’s an unpopular pre-emptive tap in Afghanistan before September 11th has a probability to find , and Hurricane Katrina has a less disastrous outcome , but it ’s not all still sailing for Gore . His credibility is undercut when he signs a quickly neutered Patriot Act , and then there ’s the difference with his own vice president , which start on Inauguration Day :
Don Hewitt , manufacturer , 60 Minutes : “ I was too cold to go down to the Mall , and everything seemed kind of sour , honestly . So , I ’m keep an eye on the feeds and in comes Scalia with his wife , and that ’s when we see Joe Lieberman hurl his arms around him , and Hadassah leans in and buss Maureen . Suddenly I ’m scream , ‘ Cut to Gore , cut to Gore ! ’ I do n’t think the president saw it at the time . He definitely see it subsequently . I do be intimate that Tipper never talk to Hadassah again , never even looked at her again . This was on the first day ! ”
Rackoff outlines the fictional history of Gore ’s presidency up until the 2008 election ( which features a very different brace of tickets ) , along with imagined commentary from a intimate crew of pundits and spill head .
If Gore Had Won : An Oral account of the Last Decade[Newsweek viareddit ]
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