Posted on 11/07/2001 5:19:26 PM PST by Mr. Mulliner
On the one year anniversary of the 2000 election, ABC’s Good Morning America let Bob Woodward marvel at the most "extraordinary event in all of this," Al Gore's "statesmanlike" concession speech: "Not only did the Supreme Court make Bush President, Al Gore did." Charles Gibson expressed surprise that the Supreme Court "does not seem to have suffered anything in loss of prestige and the country accepted it, moved on."
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released on Monday found that registered voters would now vote for George W. Bush over Al Gore by an almost a 2-to-1 margin, 61 to 35 percent, but instead of focusing on that affirmation of Bush’s presidency, or even mentioning it, on the one year anniversary of the election day ABC’s Good Morning America on Tuesday allowed Bob Woodward to marvel at the most "extraordinary event in all of this," Al Gore's "concession speech." Woodward asserted: "In a sense, not only did the Supreme Court make Bush President, Al Gore did."GMA’s Charles Gibson expressed surprise that given how five Supreme Court justices had made Bush the President, the Court "does not seem to have suffered anything in loss of prestige and the country accepted it."
GMA began its anniversary retrospective, caught in the 7am half hour by MRC analyst Jessica Anderson, with a review from Terry Moran of events a year earlier. He concluded his report: "The bottom line, Charlie, thanks to five members of the U.S. Supreme Court, George W. Bush is President of the United States and as we speak, he's addressing world leaders via satellite in Warsaw."
Gibson then set up his November 6 interview with Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward: "Yes, Terry Moran, thank you very much. Five Justices of the Supreme Court with him, four against him, and on that narrow margin he won the election."
Gibson’s first question: "It is extraordinary when you think back that that was a year ago that we began all that. It seems not that long ago, but it's amazing how quickly the country moved on from that."
Woodward immediately praised Gore: "Well, it is and if you go back and look at the TV and press reporting, the extraordinary event in all of this was Gore's concession speech, when Gore actually got up and said, 'Not only do I concede, but I accept the finality of it,' meaning that he was going to accept cold the Supreme Court decision against him. If you read that speech or looked at a video of it, you would say you couldn't write a better speech totally giving away the presidency to Bush and saying that it's over."
Gibson followed up by wondering how the Supreme Court came through unscathed: "He did that, but there were howls of protest from many people, books written, you know about them, saying that this was a political decision by the Supreme Court, not a legal decision, and yet the Supreme Court does not seem to have suffered anything in loss of prestige and the country accepted it, moved on."
Woodward credited Gore with protecting the Court from itself: "Well, among some academics and critics, the Supreme Court has been damaged, but people accepted it because Gore accepted it. In, again, that speech, he got up there and mocked himself and said, 'It's time for me to go.' In a sense, it's almost prescient what he said about anyone who looks at this election dispute to suggest that there is weakness is American democracy does not understand this country; totally put himself behind Bush. In a sense, not only did the Supreme Court make Bush President, Al Gore did."A bit later, after Gibson pointed out how interest in electoral reform has waned in Florida, Woodward again returned to his theme: "Does that mean the right result was reached or that somebody's not going to recount all of those votes and come to a different conclusion? No, but again, I don't mean to be overly repetitive, but it was the Gore speech and concession which was so graceful and statesmanlike, no one had anything to hang their hat on. Now if Gore had taken the opposite tack and said, 'Oh no, we're going to fight this or we're going to do something,' then you would have had a different attitude in the country."
Gibson wrapped up by wondering how different the war on terrorism would be if Gore were President, prompting Woodward to acknowledge the U.S. then would not have veterans of the Persian Gulf War directing it, such as Cheney and Rumsfeld.
I will boo him like he's Hillary everywhere and anywhere I can find him.
Yes, he came out with "Shadow" last year, which I thought was interesting although he did give Clinton a bit of a free pass on some issues. He also wrote "The Choice" which involved the Clinton/Dole race and "The Agenda" which was perceved by many as tough on Clinton (again I'm not sure I agree).
Or. . . I should correctly say. . . the FORCED AT GUNPOINT ABSENCE of Elian made Bush our president !!!
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"It was the issue the presidential candidates and the major media didn't want to talk about -- immigration. And yet immigrants, many of them illegal, may have provided Al Gore with millions of votes on November 7th. Indeed, Gore was the administration official who engineered the fraudulent "Citizenship USA" program that brought illegal aliens with criminal backgrounds and potential terrorists into the U.S. as citizens..."
For more, see About the Clinton/Gore "Citizenship USA" Program
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I know what you mean. With Clinton, I always had to hit the mute button. With Gore? I had to hit the remote AND leave the room!!
Pray for George W. Bush!
Bob Woodward, along with the rest of the media, must be on drugs to keep whooping for Al this late in the game.
Gee, I bet Diana Ross would be dissappointed to learn that. (heh,heh)
All joking aside - in a way Gore was instrumental in handing the presidency to Bush - it's not real hard to make a candidate look like a geek when he can't decide who he is, or what he actually is responsible for, or who would laud Clinton as "one of greatest POTUS's in our history" can't be all there mentally.
Gore Delivers Emergency Presidential Address Into Bathroom Mirror
I'm surprised that Al Gore can walk with all those media types still running around kissing his behind!
Bob Woodward is a pathetic whore who made up "Deep Throat" to create his career with Watergate and is now committing treason in an attempt to be considered a senior statesman.
I HOPE YOU WERE ONLY WATCHING THIS VOMIT TO LET US KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS, AND NOT TO ACTUALLY SEE NEWS!
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