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The tragedy we actually endured instead was a direct result
of the will of the electorate. Consider that as VP Gore chaired
a commission on airline security that, among other things,
recommended that airliner cockpit doors be closed and locked
at takeoff and remain that way during flight other than when
authorized persons were entering an leaving cockpit. How likely
do you suppose it would have been for Gore, as President, to
have tabled a rule he himself had recommended a year before?

I love discussions like this about Gore. People talk like he was some
outsider with all these great ideas. HE WAS THE FREAKING VICE PRESIDENT FOR
8 YEARS! If it was such a great idea, why didn't he get it implemented
himself?