Chris Lehane: DWI Story Cost Bush Popular Vote

NewsMax.com ^ | Wednesday June 19, 2002; 12:19 p.m. EDT | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Clara Lou]

Yes, the slimey little puke's sister had a hand in this. Apparently, everyone in the family is infected with the "slimey little puke" gene. It's a mutation common to liberals, apparently. George Stephanopoulus is another example.

[Rodney King]

My finest moment on FR was when we Chris Lehane publicly announced the number to call in for a Gore Campaign conference call. Who here remembers that? It was great. Of course some of the people who missed the fun were mad at us for the level of disruption that we caused.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I'm STILL trying to figure out what the "Popular Vote" has to do with the price of tea in China............

[SGCOS]

Lehane, Lehane...lesseee....

Wasn't he the one with teeth that looked like a picket fence after a tornado?

[palo verde]

billclinton did massive organized election fraud
by a miracle of God a tsunami of votes for Bush overwhelmed the fraud

I figure one/third of Gore's votes were from non existent voters
(he never got his own base on board)
and a million votes for Bush were ''lost''

I walked on broken glass to vote for Bush cause I knew billclinton would be our dictator (behind puppet al gore) if we didn't get Bush in
plus Bush is kind good person

my father-in-law, a union man and lifelong Dem voter voted for Bush
cause he said ''we have to get the crooks out of office''
I don't know how many liberals and Dem voters crossed Party lines because of this
I was still an ultra liberal when I realized billclinton would get rid of our Constitution, which is why I fought so hard for his Impeachment
I vowed never to vote Dem again when I watched the Dems collapse into corruption and keep him in power

the Dems made mistake on the gun issue
they thought it would get soccer moms to vote for them
it is the independents now who decide the elections
but soccer moms didn't care, and voted for Bush
and every gun owner in USA from left wing to right wing voted for Bush too
the Dems won't make that mistake again
but Dem Party has been taken over by gangsters, as soon as their voters realize it, they will be finished
Love, Palo

the GOP remains wholesome Party
however I plan to vote Libertarian from now on
cause I want to stop the war on drugs

[palo verde]

I also want to get rid of the income tax
let citizens keep their money
government wastes 60% of what we give them
government will learn how to get value for our money if they are on strict budget
and citizens will get joy from the money they can now keep

[Vineyard]

Great thoughts .... but join the other conservatives in voting for the most conservative/libertarian candidate running in the Republican primaries. If enough people are libertarian leaning, then the Republicans will become more libertarian ... and we will get there.

By voting "L"ibertarian vs Republican, we only dilute our power in influencing the Republicans, and we give the victory to the Demoncrats.

The Libertarians have already offically stated that their policy will be to run in many Congressional elections to help defeat Republicans and throw control of the House to Demoncrats. Be prepared for more government growth, tax and spend, etc.

Mike

[PhilDragoo]

I was still an ultra liberal when I realized billclinton would get rid of our Constitution, which is why I fought so hard for his Impeachment

Bill Clinton lied to get elected: "It is time to quit coddling the butchers of Beijing"--then he traitorously gave them our missile guidance, our warheads, our supercomputers, and guided tours of every base, platform, installation, and exercise--while cutting defense spending 40% and tripling deployments. . . .

. . .including December, 1998's cruise missile ejaculation on Iraq to delay his Impeachment. . . .

Our Third District New Mexican Congressman Bill Redmond called me that night that he was getting together with other congressmen to be sure the vote proceeded--and it did.

It was common knowledge among congressmen that Clinton knew he would be impeached, and concocted the strategy to be impeached for Monica--not China.

When the Cox Report broke, Clinton had a war going in Yugoslavia--to blot it out, and to further deplete our readiness.

When 2000 came, the media gave Gore states with 0% of precincts reporting, while withholding Bush states with 60%.

The manufacturer of the Vote-A-Matic said dangling chads could only be produced by voter fraud--jamming a handful of ballots in at once, instead of just one, the legal way--unknown to Democrats. . . .

Gore sent a five-page memo describing how to disenfranchise our overseas servicemen--and now we are at war. . . .

. . .against Osama's scumbags: the Osama offered to BJ SinkShpritzer by Sudan--and refused. . . .

. . .because BJ was more interested in going after Monica and Bill Gates and Elian Gonzalez than our nation's enemies.

After all, his "wife" received donations from Hamas-front American Muslim Council--which she tried to hide as "American MUSEUM Council".

Hey, Chris LeANUS! Put your face on another campaign--and we will fix your picket fence, you Quisling Mother!

[DemoSmear]

Uh, Chris. Voter fraud gave Algore a good many of the popular votes he supposedly got. While Algore, Joe, and the DNC denied many in the military their right to vote.

You're right, of course. But, when one views each piece of the puzzle seperately, then again as a whole, it becomes readily apparent how large, sophisticated, and criminal the entire fraud effort of Sore Loserman 2000 really was.

This is a piece of that puzzle.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

win the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election

All Gore won was an exercise in mathematics, Christine. There is no national popular vote for president. It's meaningless, pinhead.

[palo verde]

it becomes readily apparent how large, sophisticated, and criminal the entire fraud effort of Sore Loserman 2000 really was

brilliant post
Love, Palo

[palo verde]

hi Mike
thank you for your generous thoughtful post
you make a good point
Love, Palo

[Ohioan]

I agree that the Bush story was a factor in turning the race into a virtual dead heat; but that is only a very superficial way to analyze the event. In point of fact, the real problem was in the absolutely stupid way that Karl Rove managed the campaign, which had already rallied the Gore vote--and discouraged the Bush vote--after the two conventions.

Bush's greatest asset is that he is perceived as very likeable by those viewing him on TV--a potent phenomenon, indeed, just as Clinton's sheepish, boyish manner was a potent phenomenon with many women. If Rove was playing with a full deck, he would have had a half hour in prime time reserved on all networks for an election eve, fireside type chat for Bush. That is just basic common sense. Had he had such an arrangement, the breaking of the DUI story, the weekend before, would have built the Bush audience to near Super Bowl levels.

The opportunity would have been one of the great breaks in American political history. Everyone would have tuned in to see Bush on the spot over the DUI story. But the astute way to handle that would have been with a one sentence acknowledgement that he had made a mistake a generation before. Then with the bulk of those planning to vote the next day watching, he could have talked with sincerity of his vision for America--hopefully without any of Rove's moronic PC ideas;--contrasting that vision with the lying approach of his opponent (not a generation before, but week by week in the year 2000).

I could go on, but you will get the idea. It was a natural opportunity. But where your political adviser lacks even the remotest inkling of common sense, it was wholly missed. I had many problems with Richard Nixon's repeated compromises with the wrong people; but even with a far less appealing personality, Nixon would have anihilated Al Gore with such an opportunity.

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[Gophack]

I have always thought this. Here in California, up until about 10 days before the election, Bush was riding high in my district, everyone was excited, we had tons of volunteers, and then suddenly ... nothing. Silence. Dead.

[Seeking the truth]

Ah yes, a great Freep it was. I'm a Horowitz devotee - All's fair in love, war & politics.

[CyberAnt]

What a bunch of crock!!! Good grief! Will these people never get over the last election?? The only reason Gore managed to get the popular vote was because THE DEMS CHEATED!!!

[BlackRazor]

In point of fact, the real problem was in the absolutely stupid way that Karl Rove managed the campaign, which had already rallied the Gore vote--and discouraged the Bush vote--after the two conventions.

Agreed. I keep hearing about what a political genius Rove is supposed to be, but there have been many times I've been puzzled as to what he is thinking. One thing that really bothered me was how Bush basically took off the final two days before the election. Meanwhile, while Bush is taking it easy, you had Al Gore working his a*s off on a 48-hour whirlwind tour of several swing states. Rove got complacent at the end, and it nearly cost them.

[soozla]

Absolutely THE most hilarious event ever to appear in this forum........here's the link, hope ya'll got yer DEPENDS on... LINK TO AL GORE CONFERENCE CALL

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

It was a fact that Bush had been arrested (more than once).

What were the other arrests?