Former Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that he had no regrets about conceding the presidential race to George W. Bush 20 years ago after the Supreme Court made its decision regarding Florida’s controversial counting of its votes.
“Winston Churchill once said of the American people, he said they generally do the right thing after first exhausting every available alternative,” Gore said. “And there were no remaining alternatives, after a final Supreme Court decision.”
He emphasized that “there is no intermediate step between a final Supreme Court decision on a matter of this sort and violent revolution. And those who talk about continuing the fight after it is over with are being disrespectful of American democracy, which is, in Lincoln’s phrase, the last, best hope of humankind.”
George W. Bush won the 2000 election when the Supreme Court ruled that he had captured Florida’s electoral votes after a month-long legal battle. Gore, who had conceded the race on election night, and then withdrew it, conceded to Bush again after the court’s decision.
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Because; Al gore was then, and is, up to the present day, a ‘Mensch’. unlike the current occupant of the White House.
Trump will forever be living in the fantasy world of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. A fantasy of his own making, & belief.
Probably is ‘kicking himself’ for appointing the Supreme Justices that he did. Regretfully for him, & fortunately for them, he can’t fire them in ‘a Tweet.
Seems that you are living in la-la land. You should be eating donuts this holiday instead of “brownies”
Why does the inventor of the internet and environmentalist, Al Gore, use the most electricity in Tennessee to power his compound?
Gore is another one dug up to keep his name alive and the smokescreen going.
Gore’s concession made not one iota of a difference. Every possible legal recourse had been exhausted and once the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it was over, that was it – fini.
Had Gore not conceded at that point, what would have been different? Nothing whatsoever.
Look, we’re not idiots. We all knew how he spoke about Bush and how he tried to undermine his presidency after his “concession.” Gore is no saint, and he should stop making him out as one.