Recount Page #10

to tune back the hetoric.

Thank you.

Well,

I say

whoever stops fighting

first always loses.

It's absurd.

It's completely absurd.

I'm in the middle of a recount

where the votes aren't being recounted

and nobody seems to care.

Not a single person seems to care.

You know what I'd like to know?

Who actually won this election?

Who won this f***ing election?

Who won it?

Ladies and gentlemen,

unfortunately,

we will not be able to complete

the Palm Beach County

recount by today's deadline.

As you know,

the Florida SC has issued an opinion

giving us until 5:00 pm. tonight,

assuming that the Secretary of State's

office would be open on a sunday.

Now if they're not,

then we would have until 9:00 a.m.

tomorrow morning.

I have just sent a letter

to the division of elections

explaining that we are exhausting

ourselves trying to get through this.

We are requesting an extension

to that 9:
00 a.m. deadline.

As we know, Katherine Harris

is interested in getting

the most accurate results possible,

so we see no reason

why the Secretary of State

should not grant our extension.

Thank you.

- I think we should let them have it.

- Are you kidding me?!

They're almost finished anyway.

Let them get done.

And then we'll accept any result

by 9:
00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

God damn it, you stupid son of b*tch,

we're right on the goal line here.

We are so close, Katherine.

Shut it down.

Just shut it down.

It's only a few more hours.

The Florida Supreme Court stated

that if we're open on sunday,

the returns are due at 5:00 p.m.

It's sunday. We're open.

And it's almost 5:00 p.m.

I have no choice but to follow the law.

Of course, it's your call, but I think

you're right on the money here.

Ladies and gentlemen,

after counting 460,000 ballots

with approximately

the Secretary of State has decided

to shut us down with two hours to go.

Apparently, that's how she has chosen

to exercise her discretion.

Quit it.

Good evening.

On behalf of the state elections

canvassing commission

and in accordance

with the laws of the State of Florida,

I hereby declare Governor George W. Bush

the winner of Florida's

for the President of the United States.

I wish to point out

that our american democracy

has triumphed once again

and this is a victory

in which we can all take

a great deal of pride and comfort.

The true winner in the election

is the rule of law.

- Nice touch.

- Thank you.

Classy.

and may God bless America.

...to candy crowley in Austin, Texas

where the Bush people

have to be watching this very closely

and very happily.

It may be close,

but the Secretary of State

has pronounced them the winner

and they're gonna be

hanging their hat on this.

She wishes it was over.

David Boies, the attorney

for the Gore campaign, a few hours ago

said again they will contest Nassau

and Miami-Dade for certain.

They're also gonna work on Palm Beach.

The two briefs for Miami-Dade and Nassau

expected again to be filed possibly

at 9:
00 a. m. local time

here in Tallahassee.

It may slide to 10:00 a.m...

We'd like to contest the election

for the Presidency of the United States.

Please, God, let it be Nikki Clark,

judge Nikki Clark.

The wheel has given you...

judge Sanders Sauls.

The Court finds and concludes

the evidence does not establish

any illegality, dishonesty,

improper influence,

coercion or fraud in the balloting

and counting process.

Any comment on the verdict?

They won, we lost.

We're going to appeal.

Mr. Baker, reaction, please.

We are grateful that judge Sauls

has upheld the rule of law

by validating Governor Bush's victory.

It's time for the Vice President

to do the right thing

and end our national uncertainty.

I think the american people

are about ready to move on.

Perhaps Mr. Gore

might finally be ready too.

I want to fight this thing as long as

we've even got a glimmer, Ron,

but the country is already so divided.

I wonder when ending this

is the right thing to do.

I believe we end this thing

when all the votes

have been counted

and we know who really won. Or...

When you can't win

even if you won.

I'm really glad

we're working together again, Ron.

Me too, Mr. Vice President.

Me too.

- Good luck in court tomorrow.

- Have a good night, sir.

- I'll speak to you tomorrow.

- Bye.

Today's showdown in Florida's

Supreme Court is critical,

especially for Al Gore.

While he trails George W. Bush

by 930 votes in Florida's official

but uncertified vote tally,

today's decision

may make or break Gore's fight

for the Presidency.

So someone who

lost by 130,000 votes in Dade County

would say, "we want a recount,"

and then we would have to have

the Court recount all those votes too?

We have pinpointed 215 votes

in Palm Beach,

so we know that if you look at ballots,

you can find intent

where a machine could not.

Sir, would you like a bulletproof vest?

No, thank you.

Good afternoon.

My name is Craig Waters.

The Florida Supreme Court today

has issued its ruling

in the case of Albert Gore, Jr.

v. Katherine Harris.

In the contest brief,

Vice President Gore requested

that Miami-Dade

complete its aborted recount

and for Palm Beach

to recount their ballots

with a standard

that includes dimpled chads.

He also requested the inclusion

of 168 votes from Miami-Dade,

and 51 votes from Nassau

all counted during the protest phase,

but not included

in the final certification.

All right, come on, send me home.

In its four-to-three ruling,

the Court rejects Gore's request

to recount Palm Beach County.

The Court also rejects the inclusion

of the 51 votes from Nassau County.

However, the Court

does order the inclusion

of the 215 legal votes in Palm Beach...

What?

...and the 168 legal

votes in Miami-Dade.

- The Court also orders an immediate

- We're down 154 votes!

hand recount of the 9,000

uncounted undervotes

in Miami-Dade.

They can't do this.

In addition,

the Court orders

a hand recount of all

uncounted undervotes

in the entire State of Florida.

Fantastic.

Unbelievable.

Unbelievable.

The recount is to proceed immediately

and must be completed by December 12th.

December 12th... three days.

We have three days!

We can do it.

Three more days.

They're going to count the whole state.

Thanks to you.

...obviously what happens here

is the V.P

lives to fight another day.

But he's got several more big fights...

get me Gore.

As many as 58 counties are going back

to the ballot boxes recounting

so-called undervotes

by order of the state Supreme Court.

More than 40,000 ballots are in play.

The Leon County judge charged

with organizing the effort

has set a target deadline

of 2:
00 p.m. eastern, sunday,

for the recount to be complete.

The Illinois senate democrat

Dick Durbin,

reacting to the Florida Supreme

Court's victory for Al Gore, quote...

"two strikes, two outs

in the bottom of the ninth,

"and Gore gets a hit"

Unquote.

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