Even if you only counted the votes that actually made it through the hoops in order to be cast, the president was really Al Gore.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore.
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida gave Bush that pivotal state, and doomed Gore to lose the Electoral College. That odd scenario - where the candidate with the most votes loses - has happened three times in U.S. history.
I think everybody knows that on November 7th more people voted for Al Gore than George Bush, a fact that has been documented time and time again.
Al Gore is an heir to the old czars and commissars. He never saw a regulation he didn't like.
Some of George W. Bush's friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial. But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. 'That worked for everyone else,' God said.
If Al Gore had allowed us and if the Florida Supreme Court had not intervened and rewritten the law, which they're not supposed to do, we could have certified, which is a mere procedural action, and then after that, they could have petitioned any justice for a recount statewide with uniform standards.
Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.
The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half a million votes less nationally than Gore. It was nothing more than a bloodless coup and that's when I really started paying attention.
I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.