Human Events: John Gizzi: 'Best Debate Moments #8: Fuzzy Math / Lockbox'

Source:Human Events- political reporter John Gizzi.

"#8: George W Bush's "Fuzzy Math" vs. Al Gore's "Lockbox"

John Gizzi counts down the Top 10 Debate moments in our multi-part series "Presidential Debates: How they changed the race"

From Human Events

If the 2000 presidential election between Governor George W. Bush (Republican, Texas) and Vice President Al Gore (Democrat, Tennessee) could be summed up in one word, it would be ridiculous 

In 2000 we had what most objective people would probably consider two decent, likable men, (at least the people who know them) with good sense of humors in George W. Bush and Al Gore and we get these two presidential debates where both men could barely find anything to say that was positive about themselves and what they wanted to do as President of the United States. 

Oh wait, we did have empty political slogans like Governor Bush saying: "I'll return the people's money to the American people." And with Vice President Gore saying: "We need a world class economy for the American people and put Social Security and Medicare in a lockbox." 

And when Bush vs Gore couldn't find anything positive to say about themselves, they tried to make look like the other guy would destroy the country as soon as he became President. That he was too risky, etc, to be President of the United States. 

If there any real wondering left to do why during a good election year, maybe 3-5 Americans who are eligible to vote, even bother to vote. Especially today with all the legitimate alternatives to voting like reality TV, celebrity court cases, smartphones, social media, and coffee houses, to keep Americans out of the voting booths.