Cause and Effects of the 2000 Presidential Election

The 2000 U.S. presidential election has probably had and will have the greatest influence over the rest of the 21st century. Even though it’s still considered a conspiracy theory, the 2000 Presidential election is suspected to have been stolen or fixed by the Bush administration. There were reports of Florida officials putting up road blocks on certain roads so that minority voters couldn’t make it to the polls. There were also reports of inaccurate ballot counts, defective and/or erroneous electronic voting machines, and other unscrupulous tactics use in the efforts to advocate Bush’s election. The outcome of this election set the stage of the foreign relations between the U.S. and the rest of the world for decades to come.

On the other hand, if Al Gore was elected. I believe there would have been a larger focus on the production, manufacturing, and commercial marketing of renewable energy. Therefore, we wouldn’t have had to invade Iraq for the purpose of putting an end to a ruthless dictator’s pursuit of weapons of mass destruction or as many others believe, to steal their oil. The Bush administration’s initial reasoning for the declaration of the war was to fight terrorism. But still to this day, we have not found any weapons of mass destruction or even Osama Bin Laden, for that matter.

Another theory that is being entertained by scientists is that, Hurricane Katrina was a product of global warming. And if we had vigorously engaged green energy resources the way we’ve engaged all of these countries into this senseless war, Hurricane Katrina could have possibly been prevented. If that is the case, being that we are the largest consuming country of carbon producing fossil fuels in the world. We would have no one else to blame but ourselves.
To sum it all up, global temperatures are climbing, ocean levels are rising, and unnecessary U.S. and coalition troops are dying. We also cannot forget the hundreds of thousands of lives that were wiped out by natural disasters in the past few years. There would be less international conflicts and more of a balanced harmony throughout the world, if George Bush had not stolen the 2000 presidential election.