Al Gore challenged the 2000 election, leading to nasty feelings that survive to this day

[Billy_Kinetta]

Al Gore insisted that he had won the popular vote, and therefore Bush should concede the election. I watched him do this on national TV and the reporter looked at him with disgust. Gore was being a sore loser, a man who knew the Electoral College was the way the Constitution set up the Presidential election, but then demanded a rule change when he didn't win that way.

Izzat so.

Link?

Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?

Izzat so.

Link?

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-congress-certifies-electoral-vote.html

Thank you.

"Today, for nearly 20 minutes in the cavernous House chamber, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers, tried in vain to block the counting of Florida's 25 electoral votes, protesting that black voters had been disenfranchised. Florida's highly contested electoral votes were crucial in Mr. Bush's victory after a prolonged legal and political battle following an inconclusive election.

"Federal law requires a member of both the House and the Senate to question a state's electoral votes in writing for a formal objection to be considered. But the House members had no Senate support."

"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity." As you can see, no Senate support. No ticky, no washee. He merely banged down a whine session. There was no chance he would be "awarded the presidency."

 

[Faun]

Al Gore challenged the 2000 election, leading to nasty feelings that survive to this day.

The problem started when the networks started calling Florida for Al Gore, based on polls closing in the eastern seaboard part of the state. But the panhandle is in Central Time, and the polls were still open. The Bush team called the networks and told them their predictions of a Florida victory for Gore were premature.

And then it turned out that Bush won Florida, by a wafer-thin margin of some 600 votes. And that decided the election.

Al Gore insisted that he had won the popular vote, and therefore Bush should concede the election. I watched him do this on national TV and the reporter looked at him with disgust. Gore was being a sore loser, a man who knew the Electoral College was the way the Constitution set up the Presidential election, but then demanded a rule change when he didn't win that way.

Al Gore, refusing to concede an election he had lost fair and square, challenged the count in four prescincts, all controlled by the Democratic Party, where he knew the Democratic Party could control the recount. A farcical process followed, whereby paper ballots were analyzed for "hanging chads" and other proof that the ballots had been counted wrong.

The Florida Supreme Court got involved. Bush asked them to put an end to the recount so that a winner could be declared but they refused. So then the United States Supreme Court stepped in, and put an end to it.

Democrats since then have insisted that Bush "stole the election" and this created a toxic atmosphere in Washington that lasted throughout the Bush administration.

The media paid for another recount, but when they finally counted up the votes and found out Bush did actually win the election, they buried the results to perpetuate the lie that Bush did not actually win the election.

For Democrats to attack Trump NOW, for saying he might challenge this election if he loses, as some sort of threat to the American Way of Life, Mom, and Apple Pie, is the height of hypocrisy. They obviously expect the media to NOT remind the American people that the Democrats did this just 16 years ago, and maybe they think the American people are too stupid to remember.

The difference between Gore and Trump is that Gore never called the election, "rigged."

If in this election, there were very close states that Trump lost and challenged for recounts, that would not be an issue. Such challenges arise in elections. The problem is Trump's undermining the election process by claiming the election is rigged. That's not the same as claiming the election is close enough to warrant a recount, as Gore did in Florida.

Even worse for Trump is his claim that the election is rigged even before any votes were cast. That paints him as a whiny sore loser-to-be who can't accept that America is picking Hillary for president over him. If he can't blame himself for losing, he'll blame the process.

The system IS rigged. The Democrats are going all out to steal this election with illegal aliens, convicted felons and the dead. Millions of fraudulent votes may be cast for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. I warned you in an earlier thread that Trump and his followers would not allow Democrats to get away with voter fraud this time, as Republicans have in the past. Why are you surprised by this?

And your proof that "millions of fraudulent votes may be cast for Hillary Clinton," besides you saying so, is ... ?

 

[Blackrook]

Al Gore challenged the 2000 election, leading to nasty feelings that survive to this day.

The problem started when the networks started calling Florida for Al Gore, based on polls closing in the eastern seaboard part of the state. But the panhandle is in Central Time, and the polls were still open. The Bush team called the networks and told them their predictions of a Florida victory for Gore were premature.

And then it turned out that Bush won Florida, by a wafer-thin margin of some 600 votes. And that decided the election.

Al Gore insisted that he had won the popular vote, and therefore Bush should concede the election. I watched him do this on national TV and the reporter looked at him with disgust. Gore was being a sore loser, a man who knew the Electoral College was the way the Constitution set up the Presidential election, but then demanded a rule change when he didn't win that way.

Al Gore, refusing to concede an election he had lost fair and square, challenged the count in four prescincts, all controlled by the Democratic Party, where he knew the Democratic Party could control the recount. A farcical process followed, whereby paper ballots were analyzed for "hanging chads" and other proof that the ballots had been counted wrong.

The Florida Supreme Court got involved. Bush asked them to put an end to the recount so that a winner could be declared but they refused. So then the United States Supreme Court stepped in, and put an end to it.

Democrats since then have insisted that Bush "stole the election" and this created a toxic atmosphere in Washington that lasted throughout the Bush administration.

The media paid for another recount, but when they finally counted up the votes and found out Bush did actually win the election, they buried the results to perpetuate the lie that Bush did not actually win the election.

For Democrats to attack Trump NOW, for saying he might challenge this election if he loses, as some sort of threat to the American Way of Life, Mom, and Apple Pie, is the height of hypocrisy. They obviously expect the media to NOT remind the American people that the Democrats did this just 16 years ago, and maybe they think the American people are too stupid to remember.

The difference between Gore and Trump is that Gore never called the election, "rigged."

If in this election, there were very close states that Trump lost and challenged for recounts, that would not be an issue. Such challenges arise in elections. The problem is Trump's undermining the election process by claiming the election is rigged. That's not the same as claiming the election is close enough to warrant a recount, as Gore did in Florida.

Even worse for Trump is his claim that the election is rigged even before any votes were cast. That paints him as a whiny sore loser-to-be who can't accept that America is picking Hillary for president over him. If he can't blame himself for losing, he'll blame the process.

The system IS rigged. The Democrats are going all out to steal this election with illegal aliens, convicted felons and the dead. Millions of fraudulent votes may be cast for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. I warned you in an earlier thread that Trump and his followers would not allow Democrats to get away with voter fraud this time, as Republicans have in the past. Why are you surprised by this?

And your proof that "millions of fraudulent votes may be cast for Hillary Clinton," besides you saying so, is ... ?

Voter Fraud Is Real. Here’s The Proof

 

[Pogo]

Al Gore insisted that he had won the popular vote, and therefore Bush should concede the election. I watched him do this on national TV and the reporter looked at him with disgust. Gore was being a sore loser, a man who knew the Electoral College was the way the Constitution set up the Presidential election, but then demanded a rule change when he didn't win that way.

Izzat so.

Link?

Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?

Izzat so.

Link?

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-congress-certifies-electoral-vote.html

Thank you.

"Today, for nearly 20 minutes in the cavernous House chamber, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers, tried in vain to block the counting of Florida's 25 electoral votes, protesting that black voters had been disenfranchised. Florida's highly contested electoral votes were crucial in Mr. Bush's victory after a prolonged legal and political battle following an inconclusive election.

"Federal law requires a member of both the House and the Senate to question a state's electoral votes in writing for a formal objection to be considered. But the House members had no Senate support."

"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity." As you can see, no Senate support. No ticky, no washee. He merely banged down a whine session. There was no chance he would be "awarded the presidency."

What's your point?

He did exactly what I said he did --- followed the fucking rules. In direct contradiction to what the OP here claims. QED.

 

[rightwinger]

Al Gore challenged the 2000 election, leading to nasty feelings that survive to this day.

The problem started when the networks started calling Florida for Al Gore, based on polls closing in the eastern seaboard part of the state. But the panhandle is in Central Time, and the polls were still open. The Bush team called the networks and told them their predictions of a Florida victory for Gore were premature.

And then it turned out that Bush won Florida, by a wafer-thin margin of some 600 votes. And that decided the election.

Al Gore insisted that he had won the popular vote, and therefore Bush should concede the election. I watched him do this on national TV and the reporter looked at him with disgust. Gore was being a sore loser, a man who knew the Electoral College was the way the Constitution set up the Presidential election, but then demanded a rule change when he didn't win that way.

Al Gore, refusing to concede an election he had lost fair and square, challenged the count in four prescincts, all controlled by the Democratic Party, where he knew the Democratic Party could control the recount. A farcical process followed, whereby paper ballots were analyzed for "hanging chads" and other proof that the ballots had been counted wrong.

The Florida Supreme Court got involved. Bush asked them to put an end to the recount so that a winner could be declared but they refused. So then the United States Supreme Court stepped in, and put an end to it.

Democrats since then have insisted that Bush "stole the election" and this created a toxic atmosphere in Washington that lasted throughout the Bush administration.

The media paid for another recount, but when they finally counted up the votes and found out Bush did actually win the election, they buried the results to perpetuate the lie that Bush did not actually win the election.

For Democrats to attack Trump NOW, for saying he might challenge this election if he loses, as some sort of threat to the American Way of Life, Mom, and Apple Pie, is the height of hypocrisy. They obviously expect the media to NOT remind the American people that the Democrats did this just 16 years ago, and maybe they think the American people are too stupid to remember.

The difference between Gore and Trump is that Gore never called the election, "rigged."

If in this election, there were very close states that Trump lost and challenged for recounts, that would not be an issue. Such challenges arise in elections. The problem is Trump's undermining the election process by claiming the election is rigged. That's not the same as claiming the election is close enough to warrant a recount, as Gore did in Florida.

Even worse for Trump is his claim that the election is rigged even before any votes were cast. That paints him as a whiny sore loser-to-be who can't accept that America is picking Hillary for president over him. If he can't blame himself for losing, he'll blame the process.

The system IS rigged. The Democrats are going all out to steal this election with illegal aliens, convicted felons and the dead. Millions of fraudulent votes may be cast for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. I warned you in an earlier thread that Trump and his followers would not allow Democrats to get away with voter fraud this time, as Republicans have in the past. Why are you surprised by this?

and you wonder why your "version" of events is not credible.

what a nutcase.

on topic awesomeness: there will not be millions of fraudulent votes cast for hillary and the democrats.

BOMBSHELL! Rigged election? Democrat operative admits MASSIVE voter fraud

More OKeefe fantasy videos?

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Al Gore insisted that he had won the popular vote, and therefore Bush should concede the election. I watched him do this on national TV and the reporter looked at him with disgust. Gore was being a sore loser, a man who knew the Electoral College was the way the Constitution set up the Presidential election, but then demanded a rule change when he didn't win that way.

Izzat so.

Link?

Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?

Izzat so.

Link?

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-congress-certifies-electoral-vote.html

Thank you.

"Today, for nearly 20 minutes in the cavernous House chamber, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers, tried in vain to block the counting of Florida's 25 electoral votes, protesting that black voters had been disenfranchised. Florida's highly contested electoral votes were crucial in Mr. Bush's victory after a prolonged legal and political battle following an inconclusive election.

"Federal law requires a member of both the House and the Senate to question a state's electoral votes in writing for a formal objection to be considered. But the House members had no Senate support."

"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity." As you can see, no Senate support. No ticky, no washee. He merely banged down a whine session. There was no chance he would be "awarded the presidency."

What's your point?

He did exactly what I said he did --- followed the fucking rules. In direct contradiction to what the OP here claims. QED.

Here is what you said -

"Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?"

You attempt to make him sound like Julius Caesar refusing the crown, when there was no possibility of his being "awarded the presidency".

 

[Pogo]

Izzat so.

Link?

Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?

Izzat so.

Link?

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-congress-certifies-electoral-vote.html

Thank you.

"Today, for nearly 20 minutes in the cavernous House chamber, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers, tried in vain to block the counting of Florida's 25 electoral votes, protesting that black voters had been disenfranchised. Florida's highly contested electoral votes were crucial in Mr. Bush's victory after a prolonged legal and political battle following an inconclusive election.

"Federal law requires a member of both the House and the Senate to question a state's electoral votes in writing for a formal objection to be considered. But the House members had no Senate support."

"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity." As you can see, no Senate support. No ticky, no washee. He merely banged down a whine session. There was no chance he would be "awarded the presidency."

What's your point?

He did exactly what I said he did --- followed the fucking rules. In direct contradiction to what the OP here claims. QED.

Here is what you said -

"Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?"

You attempt to make him sound like Julius Caesar refusing the crown, when there was no possibility of his being "awarded the presidency".

I don't really care what you'd prefer it to "sound like" ----- read what I wrote, read the thread title, and compare the two.
Bob's your uncle.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

if al gore had won,,,,one in 7 homes would have a white polar bear as a pet

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Izzat so.

Link?

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-congress-certifies-electoral-vote.html

Thank you.

"Today, for nearly 20 minutes in the cavernous House chamber, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers, tried in vain to block the counting of Florida's 25 electoral votes, protesting that black voters had been disenfranchised. Florida's highly contested electoral votes were crucial in Mr. Bush's victory after a prolonged legal and political battle following an inconclusive election.

"Federal law requires a member of both the House and the Senate to question a state's electoral votes in writing for a formal objection to be considered. But the House members had no Senate support."

"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity." As you can see, no Senate support. No ticky, no washee. He merely banged down a whine session. There was no chance he would be "awarded the presidency."

What's your point?

He did exactly what I said he did --- followed the fucking rules. In direct contradiction to what the OP here claims. QED.

Here is what you said -

"Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?"

You attempt to make him sound like Julius Caesar refusing the crown, when there was no possibility of his being "awarded the presidency".

I don't really care what you'd prefer it to "sound like" ----- read what I wrote, read the thread title, and compare the two.
Bob's your uncle.

I did. Your attempt to inflate Al Gore beyond his usual girth is quite humorous.

 

[Pogo]

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-congress-certifies-electoral-vote.html

Thank you.

"Today, for nearly 20 minutes in the cavernous House chamber, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers, tried in vain to block the counting of Florida's 25 electoral votes, protesting that black voters had been disenfranchised. Florida's highly contested electoral votes were crucial in Mr. Bush's victory after a prolonged legal and political battle following an inconclusive election.

"Federal law requires a member of both the House and the Senate to question a state's electoral votes in writing for a formal objection to be considered. But the House members had no Senate support."

"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity." As you can see, no Senate support. No ticky, no washee. He merely banged down a whine session. There was no chance he would be "awarded the presidency."

What's your point?

He did exactly what I said he did --- followed the fucking rules. In direct contradiction to what the OP here claims. QED.

Here is what you said -

"Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?"

You attempt to make him sound like Julius Caesar refusing the crown, when there was no possibility of his being "awarded the presidency".

I don't really care what you'd prefer it to "sound like" ----- read what I wrote, read the thread title, and compare the two.
Bob's your uncle.

I did. Your attempt to inflate Al Gore beyond his usual girth is quite humorous.

Not as much as the OP's attempt to rewrite a history that everybody remembers.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Thank you.

"Today, for nearly 20 minutes in the cavernous House chamber, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers, tried in vain to block the counting of Florida's 25 electoral votes, protesting that black voters had been disenfranchised. Florida's highly contested electoral votes were crucial in Mr. Bush's victory after a prolonged legal and political battle following an inconclusive election.

"Federal law requires a member of both the House and the Senate to question a state's electoral votes in writing for a formal objection to be considered. But the House members had no Senate support."

"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity." As you can see, no Senate support. No ticky, no washee. He merely banged down a whine session. There was no chance he would be "awarded the presidency."

What's your point?

He did exactly what I said he did --- followed the fucking rules. In direct contradiction to what the OP here claims. QED.

Here is what you said -

"Are you aware that Al Gore, as the still-sitting vice-president, squashed a protest attempt in the House to award him the Presidency when it came time to certify the vote?"

You attempt to make him sound like Julius Caesar refusing the crown, when there was no possibility of his being "awarded the presidency".

I don't really care what you'd prefer it to "sound like" ----- read what I wrote, read the thread title, and compare the two.
Bob's your uncle.

I did. Your attempt to inflate Al Gore beyond his usual girth is quite humorous.

Not as much as the OP's attempt to rewrite a history that everybody remembers.

What rewrite? Please detail.