Gore Calls 2000 Verdict 'Crushing,' Assails Court

Washington Post ^ | 11/16/2002 | Dan Balz

[Pokey78]

In his first interviews since conceding the presidency to George W. Bush almost two years ago, former vice president Al Gore calls the outcome of the 2000 election "a crushing disappointment" and criticizes the 5-4 Supreme Court decision that put Bush in the White House as "completely inconsistent" with the court's conservative philosophy.

"I believe that if everyone in Florida who tried to vote had had his or her vote counted properly, that I would have won," Gore said in an interview with Washington Post Magazine staff writer Liza Mundy for an article to be published Sunday. "I strongly disagreed with the Supreme Court decision and the way in which they interpreted and applied the law. But I respect the rule of law, so it is what it is."

Gore told ABC's Barbara Walters, in an interview to air tonight on ABC's "20/20," that he "absolutely" believed he would become president when the Florida Supreme Court ordered a recount of all disputed ballots in the state, making the result all the more emotionally difficult to accept. His wife, Tipper, said in the Post interview, "I still believe we won."

[Claire Voyant]

Memo to Al: There IS a "controlling legal authority"....it's called the Supreme Court....get OVER it and get on with your pitiful miserable life.

[weegee]

>>>"I believe that if everyone in Florida who tried to vote had had his or her vote counted properly"

THEY WERE, YOU ASS!!!!!

This line of reasoning from Albert Gore Junior goes against his legal team's strategy of blocking the military ballots. They never were certified (election was finalized the same day the ruling came in to allow the military ballots to be included).

[Claire Voyant]

Separated at Birth??

[Jim Noble]

>>Do you think he means "properly," as in "the way I thought they should be," or "properly," as in "the way they intended them?"<<

Actually, one of Gore's flacks, in FL, at the height of the controversy, said, in effect, "Our victory is the will of the people. The "actual votes", to the extent that they do not reflect the popular will, are unimportant."

This was the most amazing, and scary, part of the whole business.

Gore obviously still believes it.

[weegee]

Nationally the vote was within 0.51% for Albert Gore Junior and George W. Bush. Florida closely matched that result (in GW's favor).

A difference of that amount is small enough to be within the margin of error. Without excluding the known fraudulent votes, checking to see which states did not tally all of the absentee ballots (if the candidates weren't even close, some states signed off well ahead of the deadline), and running cards through again for "mechanical/optical" failures (let along "hanging chads", barf) we'll never know for sure who won the night's popularity contest.

GW Bush sure did win a lot more land space and counties than Albert Gore II though.

[Claire Voyant]

Whack-A-Mole!! LOL!!

I would LOVE to have a Special Election held today for a re-match!!! Bring it on!!! He wouldn't get 30%!!!!!

[Fighter@heart]

Better the crushing feeling is his for losing, rather than mine for his winning!!! The votes were counted and EACH TIME they were, you still LOST. GORE, you A$$-hole, GIVE IT UP you lost!! GO AWAY!!! You actions speak volumes about your desire to steal an election, no REAL AMERICAN would ever accept you as our president. Go peddle your tale of woe at the "demon-craptic underground!"

[ppaul]

Al Gore owns and rents out a trailer in Carthage, Tennessee for $400 a month. In the summer of 2000, Gore's property managers and family friends, Audrey and Charles Elrod, tried to evict tenant Tracy Mayberry (pictured above, with her husband) after she complained about a lack of repairs to overflowing toilets and backed up sinks. They claimed that Mayberry and family had run the place down and clogged up the septic system with toys and garbage.

After bad publicity, Gore overruled the Elrods, said the Mayberry's could stay, and -- claimed a Gore spokesman -- fixed the place up. But Mayberry was not impressed. "Right now, I still say he's a slumlord," she said. "In my opinion that's exactly what he is." She said that the work was never completed, it was sloppy and that one toilet still leaks. She moved out, and seven Republican activists drove her and her family up to a new home in Lima, Ohio.

Postscript: Police were called on the Mayberry family twice in their first two days in Lima. First, for parking on their lawn, and second, for a report of a fight. No arrests were made.

[GailA]

Boo, hoo, whine, sniffle, slober, whine, sniffle...er ALbore you are DELUSIONAL, maybe you ought to go see Tipper's shrink?

[RightOnline]

Give it a rest, Al. Really. You're embarrassing yourself.

[Always Right]

"I believe that if everyone in Florida who tried to vote had had his or her vote counted properly, that I would have won,"

Of course, the thousands of oversea military votes that the Dems had illegally thrown out were not 'in Florida', so lets not mention those which would have put Gore firmly in the LOSING column.

[Revelation 911]

at some level, the choice of such a similar home is quite sick -

[steve-b]

First advocating socialized medicine, now revisiting the tired old Sore Loserman complaints -- the guy is just plain losing it....

[BOBWADE]

Hey ALGORE...Britain or France could really use a man like you in office. now go away.

[ncpastor]

Is he not over this yet? The other night Conan said that he'd met Al Gore. Conan and Robin Williams agreed, the guy needs a "personality transplant." Little whining baby. It's two years later!!!!

I thank my God daily that Algore isn't in the White House. We'd be dead and buried by now.

[Constitutional Patriot]

"I believe that if everyone in Florida who tried to vote had had his or her vote counted [ EXCEPT FOR OVERSEAS MILITARY PERSONNEL] properly, that I would have won,"

This guy is a ignorant as he is dull. Go away Al...nobody cares...

[Prov1322]

Al Gore...Al Gore... Can't quite place the name. Didn't he teach journalism or sumthin'?

As best anyone can recall, this was a guy who grew up in Washington DC with a father who fought against civil-rights, later dropped-out of Law School, failed-out of Divinity School, wrote a fact-less, discredited book on the environment, invented the internet and disregards The Constitution. I'm sure someone will remember who he is eventually...

[hellinahandcart]

Yes, I believe there were a lot of soldiers who TRIED TO VOTE, and their votes have never been SEEN, let alone included in any of tne numerous post-debacle "recounts".

Somebody please count 'em and shut this fool up...

[angkor]

But it is said Gore was driven out of the mansion by the drone of the Freepers in a limo

It goes quite far back so I can't recall where it was reported, but Tipper did confess that the daughters in particular were quite upset by our Freeping.

So the family left through the back gate and went to the Starbucks right behind the VP mansion, on Wisconsin Ave.

In the photos from that little trip, it looked like Al had been crying all morning, his face was red and swollen.

I'm not I believe that it was "the daughters" who were upset when we insisted he "get out of Cheney's house."

[FryingPan101]

"absolutely believed he would become President when the Florida Supreme Court ordered a recount of all disputed ballots in the state, making the result all the more emotionally difficult to accept. His wife, Tipper, said in the Post interview, "I still believe we won."

Instead of becoming President, he set a precedent for the length one person would cheat to win. The counting would still be going on today. Thank you, Katherine Harris for doing your job. For God's sake, give it up, Al.