In 2000, the United States of America held a Presidential election—something that happens every four years here.

That election featured two fresh faces to the Presidential field, since the former President, Bill Clinton, was stepping down after his term limit of two terms (8 years) was up.

His Vice President, Al Gore, was the Democratic Party's front man while the Republican's had Texas Governor George W. Bush.

When G.W. was announced the winner in December of 2000, it was due to a Supreme Court decision and not a traditional ballot count and win.

This signaled the end of our nation's electoral system and an entry into a new era of vote fraud and manipulation on an unprecedented scale.

Our President was no longer chosen by the People, but instead was now chosen by the courts.

The shenanigans began with the primaries before the 2000 election result was even in sight.

The Democratic primary went normally, with only two major candidates coming forward to contend for the nomination: Al Gore and Senator Bill Bradley.

Al Gore, from the outset, was the obvious choice, having both funding, a large number of party supporters, and a big bankroll to campaign with.

The Republicans, however, were less obvious.

George W. Bush became the front runner from the beginning, mainly due to name recognition and unprecedented funding from huge corporate interests.

Bush had five competitors for the nomination to contend with, but handily beat all but Steve Forbes, who was a close second while John McCain brought up the rear after Utah Senator Orrin Hatch's withdrawal.

2000 ELECTION RESULT: THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES GET INTERESTING

These three serious contenders quickly boiled down to two as McCain began to gain in popularity, promoting himself as a “maverick” and an “insurgent” in the party ranks. At this point, the South Carolina primaries began—considered at that time to be a turning point for the Republican Party elections.

South Carolina is a closed primary state (meaning only registered Republicans can vote in Republican Party elections), which severely limited McCain's chances because of his huge independent (non-Republican) support base. This was augmented by the underhanded dealings of the Bush campaign.

Bush soundly defeated McCain in South Carolina and accusations of mudslinging and dirty pool were launched. McCain's adopted Bangladeshi daughter was quietly whispered to be a “love child,” as one example.

McCain later dropped out of the race, despite winning several states, putting him closer to Bush than ever. Some believe that McCain was told by the Republican Party leadership and perhaps even the Council on Foreign Relations (McCain had been a prominent member of their Trilateral Commission) that he was a detriment to their wishes for the 2000 election result.

That left only Alan Keyes, who was a marginal candidate at best and who was easily defeated by Bush's juggernaut towards nomination.

THE GENERAL ELECTION BEGINS

Vice Presidential candidates were chosen by each nominee: Al Gore chose Joe Lieberman as his running-mate while Bush chose fellow Texan Dick Cheney, who quickly swapped his state affiliation to his birth-state of Wyoming. This move caught little attention, but is a harbinger of the questionable activities to come later on as the 2000 election result came into view.

Despite his being more of an incumbent, being the current President's V.P. hoping to replace him, Al Gore carefully avoided Bill Clinton and the sex scandal that had summed up his campaign, negating his incumbency advantage. His campaign attempted to reach out to Ralph Nader (the Green Party's candidate) supporters in an attempt to boost his numbers before election day.

The Republicans, meanwhile, hoping to split the Democrat's voter base, ran pro-Nader ads in several states. In addition, the 2000 elections were also marked by unusually heavy campaigning by the Vice Presidential running mates of each of the candidates.

2000 ELECTION RESULT: THE FINAL DESTRUCTION OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS

Towards the end of the election, as Electoral College votes were counted, the winner was “announced” by the news media to be one candidate, then the other and Al Gore actually conceded the win to Bush before retracting that to await recount.

The real shenanigans didn't begin until after the recount. Recounts of the Florida votes, which carried 25 electoral votes and could swing the election to either candidate, were done and done again. The reasons for this were simple: there were several conflicts of interest in the Bush campaign and the Florida recounts overseers.

The Secretary of State for Florida, in charge of conducting the recounts and certifying the results, was Katherine Harris. She was also a Republican and the co-chair of Bush's campaign in Florida. The Governor of Florida, whose certification and approval were also needed, was Jeb Bush, George Bush's brother.

These conflicts plus questions about some of the ballots that had been “decertified” for being invalid—many of which were by Democratic voters—and whose numbers obviously would have changed the outcome. This lead to lawsuits, which culminated in two Supreme Court decisions for the 2000 election result.

THE SUPREME COURT AIDS AND ABETS ELECTORAL DESTRUCTION

On December 12, a 7-2 decision by the United States Supreme Court found that Florida State's Supreme Court's plan for recounting ballots was unconstitutional. A further 5-4 decision officially ended the Florida recounts and handed the Presidency to George W. Bush.

This was seconded by a joint session of Congress (a meeting of both the House of Representatives and the Senate) was held to certify the electoral vote. Each of the Democrats in the House stood to raise an objection to Florida's outcome and each was denied (by Al Gore, President of the Senate at the time) due to an 1877 law which required a Senator to second the objection, which no Senator would do.

The second stroke of death for the American electoral system was given when studies showed that the paper ballot system was “flawed” and needed improvement. This rushed in the push for electronic voting machines, which ultimate ease the process of stacking votes and cheating the electoral system.

Incidentally, Al Gore won the popular vote in that election by half a million votes.

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