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Transcript: Gore Blasts 2000 Recount
Fox News ^ | Monday, July 26, 2004 | Transcript From Gore's Speech

Posted on 07/26/2004 6:14:59 PM PDT by AfghanIraqVeteran

-- at the Democratic convention in Boston Monday:

Friends, fellow Democrats, fellow Americans, I'll be candid with you. I had hoped to be back here this week under different circumstances, running for re-election.

But you know the old saying: You win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category.

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KEYWORDS: algore; dncconvention; floridarecount
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BOSTON — The text of former Vice President Al Gore's speech via satellite feed from Ohio -- as prepared for delivery, as released by the Democratic National Convention Committee -- at the Democratic convention in Boston Monday:

Friends, fellow Democrats, fellow Americans, I'll be candid with you. I had hoped to be back here this week under different circumstances, running for re-election.

But you know the old saying: You win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category.

I didn't come here tonight to talk about the past. After all, I don't want you to think I lie awake at night counting and recounting sheep.

I prefer to focus on the future because I know from my own experience that America is a land of opportunity, where every little boy and girl has a chance to grow up and win the popular vote.

In all seriousness, I am deeply grateful for the opportunity you have given me to serve America. I want to to thank you as Democrats for the honor of being your nominee for president four years ago. And I want to thank the American people for the privilege of serving as vice president.

And most of all, I want to thank my family with all my heart my children and grandchildren, and especially my beloved partner in life, Tipper.

I love this country deeply, and even though I always look to the future with optimism and hope I do think it is worth pausing for just a moment as we begin this year's convention, to take note of two very important lessons from four years ago.

The first lesson is this: Take it from me -- every vote counts.

In our democracy, every vote has power. And never forget: that power is yours. Don't let anyone take it away or talk you into throwing it away.

1 posted on 07/26/2004 6:15:00 PM PDT by AfghanIraqVeteran
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran
"So what has changed?" said former Montana Gov. Marc Racicot, a Republican. "The only count that really counts is the one conducted under the rule of law."
 
Ashbrook Center - And the Winner Is... Still George Bush
Editorial discusses results from a recount by the Miami Herald showing that even with the most liberal standards favoring Gore, Bush still won the election in Florida.
 
PRESIDENT
CANDIDATE VOTE TOTAL PERCENT
BUSH (REP) 2911872 49%
GORE (DEM) 2910942 49%
NADER (GRN) 97419 2%
BUCHANAN (RFM) 17472 0%
BROWNE (LIB) 16102 0%
HAGELIN (NTL) 2274 0%
MOOREHEAD (WWD) 1815 0%
PHILLIPS (CST) 1378 0%
MCREYNOLDS (SOC) 618 0%
HARRIS (SW ) 594 0%

% of precincts reporting: 100
 
Newspaper: Bush Would Have Won Florida - ABC News
Results of an unofficial analysis of the undervotes in Florida show that George W. Bush would have won even if hand-counted votes were accepted.

2 posted on 07/26/2004 6:16:22 PM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran

Still can't get over it. LOOSER!


3 posted on 07/26/2004 6:16:30 PM PDT by AfghanIraqVeteran (IYAAYAS)
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran
I didn't come here to talk about the past. Now let me spend the next 1/2 of my speech talking about the past.

What a goofball.

4 posted on 07/26/2004 6:18:10 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran

Like my mom, almost always said:

America is the land where every young boy can grow up and become (someone who claims he won the race for) president.


5 posted on 07/26/2004 6:18:14 PM PDT by Doctor Wu
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran

and Ballet Boy Ron Reagan Jr. told Chrissy Matthews without being corrected that if the recount had gone on Gore would have won.

Don't know who's more delusional Gore, Chrissy, or Ballet Boy.


6 posted on 07/26/2004 6:20:38 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran
Over the next couple of months the Rats will continue to tell "The Big Lie". They cite a 0.52% margin of victory in the popular vote as being "a legitimate victory".

Nope. It would require a recount in every single county in America to prove that win. Since it is only a nominal victory (and well inside the margin of error), WHO CARES?

Gorons.

Looks like we'll need to break out the Bush County maps again.

7 posted on 07/26/2004 6:23:35 PM PDT by weegee (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. ~~Ronald Reagan)
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To: SandRat

I think they're all sniffin' from the same gas can.


8 posted on 07/26/2004 6:24:26 PM PDT by AfghanIraqVeteran (IYAAYAS)
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran

"Moore-like John seat" is closer to the truth.


9 posted on 07/26/2004 6:27:41 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran
Let's do one more recount in Florida and this time let's:

Throw out the felon votes

Throw out the votes from dead people

Count only one vote per person

Give the overseas ballots that weren't counted a chance to be counted

Give the panhandle folks a chance to vote if they didn't go to the polls after the media announced (prematurely) that Gore won.

My guess is that Al would lose by at least 10,000 to 15,000 votes.

YOU LOST AL GET OVER IT

10 posted on 07/26/2004 6:28:26 PM PDT by hometoroost
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran
Here Al, your tailor left this for you:
11 posted on 07/26/2004 6:31:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin ("A republic, if we can revive it")
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran

I'm still waiting for Gore to splash sweat and froth at the mouth or at least Howard Dean to let out his famous yell. Hillary will just be her smarmy self--no excitement there. I suppose Teddy will give us a real stem winder tomorrow night.


12 posted on 07/26/2004 6:35:45 PM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: hometoroost

If they throw out the cemetery districts in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Florida recounts become academic.


13 posted on 07/26/2004 6:40:00 PM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran

Gore is insane!


14 posted on 07/26/2004 6:47:00 PM PDT by patriciamary
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran

What is it with these guys?

I thought there was going to be no "Bush Bashing"...

Gore and Carter either think people are too stupid to understand allusions or they're speeches didn't count in the no "Bush Bashing" category.

Hypocrites.


15 posted on 07/26/2004 6:48:34 PM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: RagingBull

I heard the gore speech on the radio. Seemed like there was little-to-no reaction from his 2000 recount jokes. Until he started bitching about the Iraq war, you wouldn't have realized there was even an audience.


16 posted on 07/26/2004 6:52:26 PM PDT by RagingBull
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran

I watched his speech; a dull, boring snoozer. Only two networks of all the major and cable networks carried his speech; C-SPAN (of course) and MSNBC.

O.K. Al. It's time to go get a real job and please wash your greasy hair. I don't think it's been washed since the 2000 election.


17 posted on 07/26/2004 6:54:31 PM PDT by no dems (I obey whatever the voices in my wife's head tell me to do.)
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran
1. Gore still does not understand the constitutional system of the electoral college.

2. Gore still doesnt get it... WE DONT WANT HIM!

3. Gore should heed the caption on his "encouragement" picture (recently posted here... wish I had saved same...):

Winners never quit.... Quitters never win
Those who never win... and never quit... are IDIOTS.

Regards...

18 posted on 07/26/2004 6:55:50 PM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The answers are out there; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions)
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To: Daveinyork

If the politicians were really interested in campaign reform they'd start with voter fraud and the first thing to do would be to scrub the voter lists for dead people. It'll never happen the Dems need the votes and the Republicans for some reason are too timid to complain.


19 posted on 07/26/2004 6:56:31 PM PDT by hometoroost
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To: AfghanIraqVeteran
I prefer to focus on the future because I know from my own experience that America is a land of opportunity, where every little boy and girl has a chance to grow up and win the popular vote.

I'll bet AlGrrrr bee-atched when he lost at Monopoly, even though he had all the money, and his opponent had all the property, with hotels. ;-)

20 posted on 07/26/2004 7:45:17 PM PDT by an amused spectator (FOXNews: Because We Already Know What Teddy Kennedy's Opinion Is)
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