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The supreme court picking George Bush as the winner over Al Gore doomed us.
The first election I ever voted in and I was from South Florida at the time.
I was one of the votes discarded due to 'hanging chads'
Cynicism began early in me
Nixon not hanging from a noose caused the split in the timeline. His pardon happened around the time when Bernstein Bearenstein bears happened.
Treason. nixon did it, so reagan was like: shit this works.
Failing Reconstruction doomed us.