Little did we know that within the Gore household was the comforting sound of dolphins. Tipper let it slip a couple years ago (not "nature sounds).
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Posted on 06/24/2007 4:10:54 PM PDT by kristinn
In an interview published in today's New York Times Sunday Magazine, Kristin Gore, daughter of former Vice President Al Gore, claims the Gores were 'under siege' by 'bussed in' protesters outside the Vice President's residence in Washington, D.C. during the 2000 presidential election Florida recount as Gore fought to win the presidency from then Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Gore says the protesters' cries of "Get Out of Cheney's House" (a reference to Bush's vice presidential nominee, Dick Cheney, who would take residence there upon being inaugurated) drove her mother, Tipper, to play nature sounds on a CD player to distract the family from the sounds of the protesters.
Contrary to the claim by Kristin Gore that the protesters were bussed in, they came of their own volition and either drove or took public transportation there. The protests were initiated, organized and led by the D.C. Chapter of Free Republic.
Below is an excerpt from the Times interview with Gore:
Have you met President Bush and Laura?
No, I never met them during the 2000 campaign, and since then, the invitations have been lost in the mail, I’m afraid.
How often do you think back to the 2000 election and the legal fight over the counting of the ballots?
As little as possible. If I ever do dip into that, it doesn’t go anywhere good.
Were you living with your parents during that period?
Yes. I took a leave of absence from “Futurama,” and I was home for the 36 days because I felt pretty useless as a comedy writer. They bussed in people who stood outside screaming, “Get out of Cheney’s house.”
This was outside the official vice president’s residence, where your family lived for eight years?
Yes, it wasn’t really a great atmosphere, but my mom maintained a sense of humor about it. She was making jokes about Noriega and turning up the stereo to drown out the chants.
I trust she wasn’t playing rap music, in light of her crusade against profane lyrics. She would play all kinds of music and those nature sound CD’s, which were supposed to fool us into thinking we were in the rain forest instead of in a house under siege.
Scary thing, genetics.
BUMP !!! :-))
yes! one of our better moments...
Get over it already!
Good work Kristinn!! I didn’t know you had busses :-)
Rain forest tapes, jokes about Noriega, refusing to concede defeat? These people have to be commies.
Syncro — that WH chant was:
BILL CLINTON, WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED. PUT DOWN THE CIGAR, STEP AWAY FROM THE INTERN, AND COME OUT WITH YOUR PANTS UP...!
We use to get a lot of laughs with that one. Even the WH police reacted with laughter the first time they heard it!!
PING!
But was it a dying Loon?
Aren't you ashamed of yourself!! ;^)
After Sarko’s victory-a pro-business and pro-U.S. conservative? Not a chance!
Thanks to DC Chapter of Free Republic....
WALTERS: The crowd?
TIPPER GORE: … And I put nature sounds on and turned it all the way up. And at least the kids laughed.
Drudge Version: http://web.archive.org/web/20010609154240/www.drudgereport.com/gore1.htm Gore's children were "deeply wounded" by the chants of pro-Bush demonstrators outside the vice president's residence -- "Get out of Cheney's house!" -- which echoed through the living quarters, according to the report.
NY Times Version: Register to view.
That is not to say there were not moments of frustration and pain. Some of Mr. Gore's children were deeply wounded, according to aides, by the chants of pro-Bush demonstrators outside the residence — "Get out of Cheney's house!" — that echoed through the living quarters.
Kinda reminds me of the FBI playing loud sounds of rabbits being skinned and Nancy Sinatra singing, "These boots were made for Walkin'" at all ungodly hours of the night outside the Davidian Church.
Oh yeah, except, in our case it was only free speech and nobody was murdered.
.....One thing we want to leave you with to remember us by is another excerpt from Barbara Walters interview with Al Gore and family, which airs tonight on 20/20 at 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT (check your local listings).
The following exchanges, while sure to interest 'Note' readers and historians, actually won't be part of tonight's 20/20 broadcast, so you can read them only here and now:
WALTERS: I'm not sure that people realize that while you were in the residence of the Vice President [during the Florida recount] there were crowds of people outside screaming at you. What was that all about?
AL GORE: Well, this was the Republican response to what was happening during that 36-day period, and they organized busloads of people that came and stood outside the house all day and all night screaming at the top of their lungs.
WALTERS: What, "Get out!"?
TIPPER GORE: Things like that, yes, and, and sometimes … things that we don't want to say on your program, and, some people saw that they were buses from "churches," but it was organized. The one thing that, that they did mainly was reach the bedrooms of our children, and Albert was still in school locally, and trying to study, so we rearranged, you know, they … kids moved to a different part of the house, and I was trying to think of a way that we could kind of laugh about this since obviously it was out of our control, there wasn't anything anybody could do so I got all the boom boxes in the house and … I remember sort of what the government did with Noriega … I thought we'd try that, and I aimed them at, toward, you know, where the crowd …
WALTERS: The crowd?
TIPPER GORE: … And I put nature sounds on and turned it all the way up. And at least the kids laughed.
AL GORE: There were a few, more than a few who supported us and were offended by the organized chanting round the clock who came out on the other street corner during the day to express their support with signs, and … You know, emotions were running high throughout the country and it was just an unprecedented time.
KARENNA GORE: Well, when we were in the Vice President's house during the recount, it was it was very intense. And one of the things I remember is that there was a … an organized effort by, I don't know whether it was the RNC or it was … it was right-wing groups, it was definitely Bush-campaign-oriented effort to bus in people to have a sort of siege at the Vice President's house, and, so, they were all lining there, screaming, and it was kind of an assortment of groups. I mean, some of them were anti, um, were anti-abortion groups, and some of them were pro-gun groups, and some of them … they all had their different signs. But they were all screaming, "Get out of Cheney's house," the whole time. And I just remember being there next to my dad, because I went for a run, and I ran back through them, and I was very upset when I came into the house. And my whole attitude was, like, "We've got to fight back harder. And where are our crowds?" And my dad, I'll never forget his response. He said, "We have to do what's best for the country, and it is not good for the country to have this kind of divisiveness. And he was on the phone, really calling off the dogs.
((My INSERT from The DRUDGE REPORT: http://web.archive.org/web/20010609154240/www.drudgereport.com/gore1.htm
The TIMES has learned that Gore personally lobbied top newspaper and newsmagazine editors and television news executives during the past month. "Gore made two rounds of telephone calls, once when he feared Harris would certify the Florida results on Nov. 18 and again when she was about to certify on Nov. 26."
The vice president personally urged editors and executives not to join Harris in declaring Bush the winner.
The TIMES outlines a memo written by Gore spinner Mark Fabiani' which detailed a weeklong plan that left little to chance in a crusade to "create news relentlessly, especially news that is televised."
He suggested ways to plant stories in the TIMES and prescribed "a strict schedule of two televised press events each day," including a Thanksgiving-eve visit to a homeless shelter.
GORE ORDERED ATTACK ON HARRIS
When Florida's Secretary of State Katherine Harris emerged as a key player, Gore asked an adviser: "What do we know about her?" according to the report.
When a Gore adviser responded that Harris was a partisan and Bush's campaign co-chair, Gore demanded: "Why aren't we getting that out?"
Later, Gore campaign press secretary Chris Lehane publicly called Harris "a hack'" and "Commissar Harris," drawing a private rebuke from the vice president. "This wasn't the communications strategy we agreed on,'' Gore sternly told one aide. End of MY INSERT))
KARENNA GORE (continued from above): There were people who wanted to fan the … the flames of the racial issue and have real unrest.
(( MY INSERT from this report: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/789979/posts?page=222#222
Hey, I was there at the VP Mansion over two weekends .. there were NO busloads brought in .. word just got around .... the GOP crowd lined Mass Ave for a couple of blocks .. then some union thugs and miscellaneous dregs came and stood on the opposite corner (no more than 20), but worked their way over to our side, put their faces into ours, whispering obscenities, and tried to provoke an incident.. NOTHING ... all the GOPers were having a really great time. On the Sunday when Katherine Harris was to certify at 5pm, there was a countdown (thanks to the atomic clock at the VP mansion) ... but.. the chant WAS "Get out of Cheney's house" .. she got that right. 222 posted on 11/15/2002 10:47 PM CST by EDINVA. End of MY INSERT))
KARENNA GORE (continued from above): And he was on the phone asking them not to, because of what was best for the country not because of what was best for him politically. And that's really who he is.
WALTERS: Do you remember the crowds outside screaming?
KRISTEN GORE: The crowds that were screaming outside our house, you know, "Get out of Cheney's house." And other things … of that nature, were really upsetting. It was difficult … It was just very … upsetting that someone would … yell those things at us. It felt … we felt sort of like … trapped in this … you know, little house with all these people yelling mean things. It's no fun. You know, whether you're a child of the person who they're directed at, or anyone else. It … it wasn't a good situation.
WALTERS: Were you scared?
KRISTEN GORE: I was scared that the truth was not going to come out. That's what I was.
After 20/20 and a break for your local news, you can catch Gore on Letterman.
What's the DNC score?
1) The democrat party doesn't have the White House.(1R-0d)
2) The democrat party lacks a majority in the Senate.(53R-47d)
3) The democrat party lacks a majority in the House of Representatives.(226R-209d)
4) The democrat party lacks a majority of Governors seats across the 50 states.(25R-25d)
5) The democrat party lacks a majority of State Houses across all 50 states. (25R-22d)
6) In total, the GOP won 51.6%, compared to 45% for the party formerly known as democrats.
Put simply, today's democrat party doesn't enjoy majority leadership at either the state or federal level.
Your vote made the difference.
Will have to post in parts!!! There are so many
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I’ll never forget the Dems in Florida going behind closed doors and the Republicans forcing their way in. I was cheering from California.
Poor folks, if only they had Secret Service protection.
Oh, wait...
That’s good stuff, Bloomfield.
Little did we know that within the Gore household was the comforting sound of dolphins. Tipper let it slip a couple years ago (not "nature sounds).
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Check this reprise of history...You were a part of it...See #92
“Did Ms. Gore ever consider the feelings of the Nixon daughters and grandchildren when she was writing those jokes?”
Of course not. Only liberals have feelings. That’s what they use instead of brains.
As far as I can tell, that was the first time in history that conservatives took to the streets. Needs to happen more often.
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