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hwpGod bless you, Florida! Thank you!
Did the last four years
not really happen?
Look, theres Ben Affleck.
Hes often in my dreams.
And the Taxi Driver guy.
He was there too.
And little Stevie Wonder,
he seemed so happy...
... like a miracle had taken place.
Was it a dream?
We want Gore!
Or was it real?
It was election night 2000, and things
seemed to be going as planned.
In New York, Al Gore is
our projected winner.
The Garden State is green for Gore.
We project Mr. Gore the winner in
Delaware. This state has voted with...
Excuse me, one second.
Im sorry to interrupt.
Mike, I wouldnt do this
if it werent big.
Florida goes for Al Gore.
CNN announces that we call Florida
in the Al Gore column.
Then something called the Fox News
Channel called the election...
... in favor of the other guy.
Fox News now projects George
W. Bush the winner in Florida...
...and thus it appears the winner of the
presidency of the United States.
All of a sudden, the other
networks said:
"Hey, if Fox said it, it must be true."
All of us at the networks made
a mistake...
...and projected Florida
in the Al Gore column.
It was our mistake.
What most people dont know is
that the man in charge...
... of the decision desk at Fox
that night...
... the man who called it for Bush...
... was none other than Bushs
first cousin John Ellis.
How does someone like Bush get
away with something like this?
Well, first, it helps if your brother is
the governor of the state in question.
You know something? We are gonna
win Florida. Mark my words.
You can write it down.
Second, make sure
your campaign chairman...
... is also the vote-count woman
and that her state hires a company...
... to knock voters off the rolls
who arent likely to vote for you.
You can usually tell them
by the color of their skin.
Then make sure your side fights
like its life or death.
This talk about legitimacy
is overblown.
President Bush! President Bush!
And hope the other side
sits by.
And even if numerous independent
investigations...
... prove that Gore got the
most votes...
If there was a statewide recount,
Gore won the election.
... it wont matter, as long as all
your daddys friends...
... on the Supreme Court vote
the right way.
While I strongly disagree with
the courts decision, I accept it.
What we need now is acceptance.
We have a new president-elect.
It turns out none of this was a dream.
Its what really happened.
On the day the joint session of both
the House of Representatives...
... and the Senate was to certify
the election results...
... AI Gore, in his dual role
as outgoing vice president...
... and president of the Senate...
... presided over the event
that would officially anoint...
... George W. Bush
as the new president.
If any congressman wanted to raise
an objection, the rules insisted...
... that he or she had to have the
signed support of just one senator.
Mr. President, and I take great pride
in calling you that...
...I must object because
of the overwhelming evidence...
...of misconduct, deliberate fraud
and an attempt to suppress voter...
The chair must remind members
that under Section 18 of Title 3...
...United States Code, no debate
is allowed in the joint session.
Thank you, Mr. President.
To answer your question...
...the objection is in writing, signed
by a number of members...
...of the House of Representatives,
but not by a member of the Senate.
Mr. President, it is in writing and
signed by several House colleagues...
...on behalf, and myself, of the 27,000
voters of Duval County...
...in which 16,000 of them are
African-Americans...
...that was disenfranchised
in this last election.
Is the objection signed by a member
of the Senate?
Not signed by a member
of the Senate.
The Senate is missing.
It is in writing and signed
by myself...
...on behalf of many
of the diverse constituents...
...especially those
in the 9th Congressional District...
...and all American voters who
recognize that the Supreme Court...
...not the people of the United States,
decided this election.
Is the objection signed
by a senator?
Unfortunately, Mr. President, it is
not signed by one single senator.
I have no authority
over the United States Senate...
...and no senator has signed.
Mr. President, it is in writing and
signed by myself and several...
...of my constituents from Florida.
A senator is needed, but missing.
Is the objection in writing...
...and signed by a member
of the House and a senator?
The objection is in writing,
and I dont care...
...that it is not signed by a member
of the Senate.
The chair will advise that the rules
do care...
...and the signature of a senator...
Not a single senator came to the aid
of the African-Americans in Congress.
One after another, they were told
to sit down and shut up.
Its a sad day in America,
Mr. President, when we cant find...
...a senator to sign the objections...
- The gentleman will suspend...
- New Democratic senators wont sign.
- I object.
- The gentleman will suspend.
Inauguration coverage, 2001...
