08-07-2015, 03:08 AM
ALbert:
I think you are forgetting the battle that went on down there for about two months.
It was broadcast on TV nightly, even daily.
I mean, first Jessie jackson goes down there and starts rallies in Palm Beach.
Pat Buchanon goes on TV and says, no way all those Jews would vote for me if it weren't for the screwed up ballot.
Then James Baker goes down there to run the GOP machine.
Then Warren Christopher goes down there to run the Democratic machine.
It then got to be a tennis match in the courts as to who could find a case to bust the thing open with.
Then the Florida legislature attempted to stage a mini coup.
Then there was the Roger Stone/ DIck Cheney Brooks Brothers "riot" to stop the voter recount in Dade.
Then there was the final Supreme Court decision, but Gore could have still fought on, and one of his advisors told him he had another legal remedy he could use. But Annette Benning told me at a Democratic Party meeting--her and Beatty were in close contact with Gore--Al threw up his hands and said, "Well, what do I do if we don't abide by the decision? Do I ask my followers to take to the streets and start spilling blood?"
He decided not to.
That is not politics as usual. Since that kind of decision is almost never broached.
And, btw, it took Gore a long time to get over that.
I think you are forgetting the battle that went on down there for about two months.
It was broadcast on TV nightly, even daily.
I mean, first Jessie jackson goes down there and starts rallies in Palm Beach.
Pat Buchanon goes on TV and says, no way all those Jews would vote for me if it weren't for the screwed up ballot.
Then James Baker goes down there to run the GOP machine.
Then Warren Christopher goes down there to run the Democratic machine.
It then got to be a tennis match in the courts as to who could find a case to bust the thing open with.
Then the Florida legislature attempted to stage a mini coup.
Then there was the Roger Stone/ DIck Cheney Brooks Brothers "riot" to stop the voter recount in Dade.
Then there was the final Supreme Court decision, but Gore could have still fought on, and one of his advisors told him he had another legal remedy he could use. But Annette Benning told me at a Democratic Party meeting--her and Beatty were in close contact with Gore--Al threw up his hands and said, "Well, what do I do if we don't abide by the decision? Do I ask my followers to take to the streets and start spilling blood?"
He decided not to.
That is not politics as usual. Since that kind of decision is almost never broached.
And, btw, it took Gore a long time to get over that.