• spongebue@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I thought about this the other day. Remember, Joe Lieberman was his running mate which is so often a springboard to run for POTUS. Maybe we would’ve gotten Obama in 2008 anyway, maybe we would’ve gotten the guy who would later kill the public option to healthcare reform, or maybe we would’ve gotten an entirely different timeline with a different POTUS in 2008 and beyond.

    Yes, there are DEFINITELY some big things we would’ve gained in the early 00s if Gore were in the White House on 9/11 instead. But I’m so unsure of what the ripple effects would be and if they’d be good

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      9 months ago

      I may be wrong but if Lieberman hadn’t been a senator anymore he probably wouldn’t’ve been beholden to the insurance lobby in CT.

      The guys still a price of shit that fucked up a much better health plan though for sure. I lived in MA before and after Romney care, and even that was better than what we ended up with.