Back in 2000 a Republican friend warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we'd lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know what? I did vote for Gore, he did win, and I'll be damned if all those things didn't come true! [1]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A political prediction made before an election came to pass after the candidate won.
- In plain terms
- My friend warned me of bad outcomes if Gore won, and they all happened.
- What can you take from it?
- Political warnings can sometimes prove accurate after the fact.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Did the election cause these issues?
- How reliable are political predictions?
Another view
The quote implies causation which may be coincidental or oversimplified.
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