Friday, February 6, 2009

an inconvenient truth (not by but about al gore)

stavo guardando an inconvenient truth di al gore (fatto bene), ma quando ho visto la sequenza sulle elezioni perse nel 2000 - a proposito: cosa centrava? - mi sono arrabbiato di nuovo. anzi, mi sono accorto di essere ancora incazzato nero per il dilettantismo con cui perse quelle elezioni. e lasciamo stare la florida, la vittoria di pirro del voto popolare e la decisione della corte costituzionale: era impossibile perdere da vicepresidente uscente con 8 anni di boom economico straordinario alle spalle. in confronto il mccain del 2008 con il suo 47% in piena crisi economica, morale e militare sembra un colosso... e non dimenticate che gli sarebbe bastato vincere in tennessee, suo "home state"...

certo c'e' chi dira' che senza bush jr. non ci sarebbe stato obama. sara'. ma questa e' una fortuna della storia, mica una scusa per te, al!


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I was watching an inconvenient truth by al gore (nice documentary), when I saw the sequence inserted about the lost elections in 2000 - by the way: what was the point in including it? - and I got mad again. I realised that I'm still ****ing angry for the amateurish behaviour with which he/we lost those elections. and don't reduce it to florida, the recount, the supreme court decision and don't tell me about the useless victory in popular vote: it was simply impossible to lose as vice president elect after 8 years of unprecedented economic boom. by contrast, mr. mc cain in 2008 with his 47% of votes in the middle of an economic, moral and military crisis appears to be a political giant... and do not forget that it would have been sufficient to win tennessee, his home state...

well, some will argue that without bush jr., the election of obama wouldn't have been possible. but this is simply a lucky turning point of history. for sure not an excuse for yourself, al!

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