Gores concession speech: Bitter? Or Noble?

[Ripsnort]

Question is: Will he mention 'Popular vote' and 'Legal issues' in his concession speech? Or will he bow out gracefully and be noble about it?

I've always given my fellow man the benefit of the doubt, I say he bows out like a true statesman without verbal bitterness strewed between sentences.

[AKDejaVu]

I was wondering this too.

Not really much point in discussing it though.. no matter what we say we'll be wrong

I do believe he has the chance to maintain some sence of dignity tonight.  I'll be watching to see what he does.

AKDejaVu

[Mighty1]

I think he will try to explain why he drug this out so long and thank the Public for being patient but in the end he WILL concede.

I think he will try very hard to bow out gracefully but I would be surprised if he didn't mention in some way that he thinks he still won.

[LJK Raubvogel]

I can almost guarantee he will mention something about "Not counting all the votes."

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LuftJägerKorps

 

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[Ripsnort]

 

Originally posted by LJK Raubvogel:
I can almost guarantee he will mention something about "Not counting all the votes."

And he would be right, about 3 million votes with the same problems as Florida all over the country.  

[LJK Raubvogel]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
And he would be right, about 3 million votes with the same problems as Florida all over the country.  

Ahh yes, but he wasn't really worried about those other votes was he?  

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[Fury]

*If* I was Mr. Gore
and
*If* I really believed the spin of my side over the last 5 weeks (especially the "every vote must count" mantra).........

I'd be bitter and everyone would know it.

"Every vote must count" was shot down by the judicial system.  If it was me, I'd be all over them in my speech tonight.

Fury

[Ripsnort]

 

Originally posted by Fury:
  If it was me, I'd be all over them in my speech tonight.

Fury

Thus, ensuring a predominent Repulican vote in the year 2002 and again in 2004...if you did.

[Fury]

  That's why I'm not a politician, I could never make it (or take it).  I can only suck so much *** without gagging.  It's bad enough to have to do it in my job (when it happens), but for something as big as tonight?

Fury

[1776]

ALGORE, being a full fledged liberal, you will not see a concession speech.  You will see bitterness and mean spiritedness in all that he says.  Sure, he will mention "uniting the country", but the tone of his speech will be that republicans have no right to rule!!!  Only Dems have the right to rule!!  This will be the final act of a person who really believes in the "divine right to rule"!!  This speech will be very telling about the liberal Dems and what they really believe.

I highly suggest that you not eat too much before listening as you will be throwing up said food or beverage!!

[Ripsnort]

LOL 1776, true story here:  Every time Clinton would come on TV, I would start whining to my wife to "Shut that TV off, or change the channel, this guy disgusts me.."  Well, after about 2 or 3 months of that, my 2 year old began some interesting behavior.  Everytime that Clinton was on tv, speech, news broadcast with video's of Clinton, whatever, he would walk up to the TV and hitting the OFF button.  Good little Republican!

[Eagler]

gore will mention:
 1. he won the popular vote
 2. that all votes were not counted
 3. half bellybutton mention something about coming together behind Bush, even though he, gore, won the popular vote & reiterate the fact he feels all the votes were not counted - again (popular vote theme will be mentioned more than a couple of times)

It'll be a bunch of crap and will interrupt something a hell of a lot more interesting - the next episode of "The $treet".

Eagler

[easymo]

 The guys a freaking vampire. They will have to drive a stake through his heart to get rid of him.

[MiG Eater]

All I can say is ... Don't expect a concession speech in the traditional sense.  Expect an explanation of Gore's situation from his view sprinkled with carefully scripted talking point/sound bites to try to cast doubt on any new administration.  Watch for the many oft-repeated phrases he's used over the last month.  I also don't see Gore giving Bush a hearty congratulations for a hard fought campaign.  It will be difficult for him to hide his bitterness or even show disapointment without looking like a sore loser.  I will be extremely disapointed if he says that this is not over and decries a settlement in the courts, which is what he was seeking near the end.  

He'd really impress me, however, if he vowed in the next four years to use his time to help standardize the way Americans vote:  No county to county and disctrict to district variations within each state;  Improvements to the absentee voting process;  Better impartial machine-based recount procedures; The importance of adhering to and respecting the constitutions of both the individual states and the country.  He'll blow me away if he says "Jesse, what is your actual job?" and "We will work hard to remove the word chad from our vocabulary" <G>  I don't expect him to use his time for any of the items above,  but it sure would be nice.  

Come back swinging in four years Al and give it your best go, but do your best to support (or at least not hinder) a new administration in the mean time.

MiG

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[-ammo-]

Al Gore is missing geniune qualities. Soo I have learned to treat him with the same discourse as I give Slick willy. I Know he's lieing becuase his mouth is moving

However... I dont think he has any grace that is genuine, any he shows tonite You can be rest assured is forced and he is ggritting his teeth underneath I will enjoy it