Weather tis Nobler in The Mind [BIG NEWS says WA Monthly: Jeb Bush did NOT steal Election 2000]

The Washington Monthly ^ | July/August 2002 issue | Stephanie Mencimer

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Three Comments:

(1) The article excerpted above is from the Washington Monthly. I had to ask myself: Why should I read the "Washington Monthly" -- since it reports the news so darn LATE? Amazingly, here's their answer:

Why Read the Washington Monthly?

"Time and again we've been, in the words of The Washington Post's Mary McGrory, "ahead of the curve" on America's most important stories."

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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(2) Note to Stephanie, the Editor who wrote the above piece, and Mary, "ahead of the curve" McGory:

Mary:

Stephanie can't be ahead of YOU and The Washington Post, when The Washington Post was actually ahead on this story: Click HERE.

And, neither of you is ahead of (1) Free Republic; (2) Dick Morris, or other sources on this story, as I wrote about back on Jan. 9, 2002. Click HERE..

In fact, Stephanie and Mary, you two are among the LAST to report this story! ROTFLMAO!!!!

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(3) BTW, FR folks, for the record -- here is Al Gore's ever-changing version of why he lost Election 2000, in his own words:

Al Gore, Explaining in 2002 Why He Was SILENT to FL voters and environmentalists on Homestead in Election 2000

Al Gore, Version #1: I was silent because I was "mum on principle" - reported by the Washington Post

Al Gore, Version #2: Actually , I was silent and mum due to "consultants" - reported by Yahoo

Al Gore, Version #3: No quote from me here, but, in fact, I was actually mum because my Dem point man, down in FL, had dollar signs in his eyes with this issue -- as did I….. so, I was silently supporting the issue opposed by environments. - implied by The Washington Monthly (above)

Whew! That's a lot of different versions for little ole me to remember, Al.

But, OK, Al….. I think I've got it!

And, Al, good news you gave three different versions - this increases the likelihood that even the news-deprived posters on Dem web sites will find out now, for cetain, from one or any of your three versions f above:

FL Gov Jeb Bush did not steal Election 2000! (So, Dems, don't get "snippy about it"!)

Al, I am speaking to you now as a FL independent voter, and I am really serious here:

Is the above the kind of blabber we FL independent voters can look forward to in Election 2004? Every week you'll be giving a new version of the same issue? Sounds exactly like the wobbly campaign you ran in 2000. And, it sounds a lot like the kind of political leader we DON'T want to vote into office in 2004….

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FYI.

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FYI. :)

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PS :)

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From above Washington Monthly article:

[FL] Green voters' suspicions deepened further when they learned that the vice president's point man in Florida, land-use lawyer Mitchell Berger, had financial ties to one of the developers involved in the airport proposal.

Well, what do you know! So much for Al's "mum on principle" line reported in the Washington Post, eh AmishDude? LOL! :)

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From last month's Washington Post article:

"Gore's closest allies say he stayed mum on principle: If he had come out strong before the analysis was done, the analysis might have been challenged in court as a White House sham. Other former Gore aides attribute the decision to a mix of principle, politics and Gore's natural inclination to seek middle ground."

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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My reply #1 should have read: ...oppposed by environmentalists.

[glock rocks]

yikes. the resurrection of Gang Green

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I think Grampa Dave has a different take on that...and, a nice sign, too. Maybe he will post it here. :)

[JulieRNR21]

"Gore lost Florida because of environmentalists," says Callahan. "If Al Gore had inspired environmental voters in Florida and not been ambiguous on some issues like on the Homestead development he would be president today."

So they finally admit that GWB didn't steal Florida? And that JEB and Katherine Harris didn't help him do that?

Will all those liberal newspapers that perpetuated the BIG LIE now issue a correction?

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Gee, it's tough to keep up with the spin on this story!

INSIDE AL GORE'S MIND...

....It's now 20 months after Nov 2000...yeah, I guess now I can admit Jeb didn't steal it....what should I say about the Homestead mess I made....hmmm....."Principle?"

Nope, that didn't work.

... "consultants are to blame!" - will that go over?...no, huh....

...Well, OK then, here's the truth: My eyes were seeing mega dollar signs, and these were flashing like neon lights whenever I thought of this new commercial airport I was going to approve for being built smack in the midst of the FL Everglades...

Think any FL voter will notice the truth finally slipped out here??? Don't I get credit for THAT???....

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From AP, as reported on YAHOO:

Top Stories - AP U.S.

U.S. National

Gore Vows More Spontaneous Campaign
Sun Jun 30, 9:10 AM ET

By WOODY BAIRD, Associated Press Writer

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Al Gore ( news - web sites) told top Democratic fund-raisers Saturday that the party's 2000 campaign had too many consultants and that if he runs for president again he will speak from the heart and "let it rip."

The former vice president attended a weekend retreat with about 60 fund-raisers and Democratic Party activists from across the country.

Reporters were barred from the meetings, but aides and others said Gore promised a different kind of campaign than the Democrats ran in 2000, when he lost to George W. Bush.

Gore said that campaign had "too much strategy, too many consultants giving too much advice," said Chris Korge, a party fund-raiser from Miami.

"If he were to do this again ... he would not be so guarded. He would let it rip and let the chips fall where they may," Korge quoted Gore as saying.

Strategy sessions for this year's November elections were the main focus of the retreat.

In brief comments in a hotel hallway, Gore said he was "extremely encouraged by the level of enthusiasm ... that we're going to have a successful 2002 election."

He said that that encouragement also applied to his possible second run for the presidency.

"Well, sure, but I'm not addressing that decision this weekend and probably won't until after the first of the year," he said.

Gore said he "would spend more time speaking from the heart" on "the basic challenges of the country."

"We're at a time when very basic decisions have to be made about the direction of our country, and I don't think the American people want to see small tactical moves in one direction or another" by political candidates, he said.

Since the 2000 election, the former Tennessee congressman and senator has spent a lot of time in his home state, where he and wife Tipper recently bought a $2.3 million home in Belle Meade, an affluent community bordering Nashville.

Gore said he plans to campaign heavily in Tennessee for the state's Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate and governor.

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FYI -- See posts #1, 5, 6 and 11.

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Will all those liberal newspapers that perpetuated the BIG LIE now issue a correction?

What, and make all those Dem web sites and Dem posters post a zillion additional corrections??? I doubt it!

[Paul Atreides]

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Perhaps this is another slogan for GRAY DAVIS:

GRAY -- Too YELLOW to be GREEN?

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"SS Tipper" - ROTFLMAO!!!!!

[Paul Atreides]

I think it is funny that they should depict Al Bore as Hamlet (aside from the fact that Hamlet was more emotional dead than Al Bore has ever been alive). Hamlet was indecisive and somewhat off his nut. Also, when Hamlet did act, it was pretty much too little, too late.

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To Al Gore: Read it and weep, because this is a FACT:



Jeb and GW sign the historic federal-state
agreement to restore the FL Everglades Restoration.
[And, NO AIRPORT @ Homestead!]

Bush brothers agree: Ecosystem comes first
[Jeb and GW win praise from FL voters on Everglades]

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To Al Gore -- Al, don't worry, the requested document most certainly DOES exist on THIS server! Try this improved link:

" Bush brothers agree: Ecosystem comes first
[Jeb and GW win praise from FL voters on Everglades]

[Paul Atreides]