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Gore on 20/20 tonight with Baba Wawa...mentions VP protests in 2000! WTG freepers!!

Posted on 11/15/2002 6:58:23 AM PST by alisasny

Excerpt from Barbara Walters interview with Al Gore and family, which airs tonight on 20/20 at 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT (check your local listings).

The following exchanges, while sure to interest Note readers and historians, actually won't be part of tonight's 20/20 broadcast, so you can read them only here and now:

WALTERS: I'm not sure that people realize that while you were in the residence of the Vice President [during the Florida recount] there were crowds of people outside screaming at you. What was that all about?

AL GORE: Well, this was the Republican response to what was happening during that 36-day period, and they organized busloads of people that came and stood outside the house all day and all night screaming at the top of their lungs.

WALTERS: What, "Get out!"?

TIPPER GORE: Things like that, yes, and, and sometimes … things that we don't want to say on your program, and, some people saw that they were buses from "churches," but it was organized. The one thing that, that they did mainly was reach the bedrooms of our children, and Albert was still in school locally, and trying to study, so we rearranged, you know, they … kids moved to a different part of the house, and I was trying to think of a way that we could kind of laugh about this since obviously it was out of our control, there wasn't anything anybody could do so I got all the boom boxes in the house and … I remember sort of what the government did with Noriega … I thought we'd try that, and I aimed them at, toward, you know, where the crowd …

WALTERS: The crowd?

TIPPER GORE: … And I put nature sounds on and turned it all the way up. And at least the kids laughed.

AL GORE: There were a few, more than a few who supported us and were offended by the organized chanting round the clock who came out on the other street corner during the day to express their support with signs, and … You know, emotions were running high throughout the country and it was just an unprecedented time.

KARENNA GORE: Well, when we were in the Vice President's house during the recount, it was it was very intense. And one of the things I remember is that there was a … an organized effort by, I don't know whether it was the RNC or it was … it was right-wing groups, it was definitely Bush-campaign-oriented effort to bus in people to have a sort of siege at the Vice President's house, and, so, they were all lining there, screaming, and it was kind of an assortment of groups. I mean, some of them were anti, um, were anti-abortion groups, and some of them were pro-gun groups, and some of them … they all had their different signs. But they were all screaming, "Get out of Cheney's house," the whole time. And I just remember being there next to my dad, because I went for a run, and I ran back through them, and I was very upset when I came into the house. And my whole attitude was, like, "We've got to fight back harder. And where are our crowds?" And my dad, I'll never forget his response. He said, "We have to do what's best for the country, and it is not good for the country to have this kind of divisiveness. And he was on the phone, really calling off the dogs. There were people who wanted to fan the … the flames of the racial issue and have real unrest. And he was on the phone asking them not to, because of what was best for the country not because of what was best for him politically. And that's really who he is.

WALTERS: Do you remember the crowds outside screaming?

KRISTEN GORE: The crowds that were screaming outside our house, you know, "Get out of Cheney's house." And other things … of that nature, were really upsetting. It was difficult … It was just very … upsetting that someone would … yell those things at us. It felt … we felt sort of like … trapped in this … you know, little house with all these people yelling mean things. It's no fun. You know, whether you're a child of the person who they're directed at, or anyone else. It … it wasn't a good situation.

WALTERS: Were you scared?

KRISTEN GORE: I was scared that the truth was not going to come out. That's what I was.

After 20/20 and a break for your local news, you can catch Gore on Letterman.


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KEYWORDS: albertgoreii; algoreisnotmyprez; algorejr; findajobyet; holdtheicedtea; mrsnippy
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To: DCPatriot
We had some huge crowds. Here a two links. Not all of my photos are still on the server.

Photos: DC Chapter FReeps the Veep 11/24/00
Photos: Mega Freep At the Veep's House 11/25/00

81 posted on 11/15/2002 7:54:29 AM PST by ironman
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To: Charles Martel
I don't think they called off their dogs at all.

Jesse Jackson's protest fizzled, probably because he ran out of DNC money.

Also, I think it really frightened them that we were able to get spontaneous volunteers. We had never done that before. They were used to having the streets to themselves.

82 posted on 11/15/2002 7:54:46 AM PST by Miss Marple
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To: alisasny
they organized busloads of people that came and stood outside the house

The other night I had the rare opportunity to sit in (just to listen) a meeting of Florida Democratic operatives and organizers who had worked on the campaigns of House Representatives in Florida, from Katharine Harris’s opponents to Clay Shaw’s rival. (Don’t ask me how I got in, let’s just say that my wife is Democrat)

The group had two camps: the Chicken Little types: “This is terrible, we screwed up badly” and the Eternal Optimists: “We’re only a couple of seats away from a majority in the Senate.”

One of the Chicken Little crowd raised the issue of Tom Delay bussing “paid volunteers” to House districts with competitive races to help with the get-out-the-vote effort. He was contradicted by one of the Eternal Optimists group who said:

You don’t need to bus paid party workers to distant districts. You just hire them locally.

These bussed people were unpaid passionate Republicans who were very glad to help with the Republican take-over. We failed to energize our base, and we should not assumed that Republicans were as demoralized as we were.”

(Best of my recollection of the exchange)

I guess Democrats were surprised at the spontaneous Republican vigil outside Gore’s residence, so they have to concoct these stories about being orchestrated.

83 posted on 11/15/2002 7:58:01 AM PST by LO_IQ
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
'"GORE: I was scared that the truth was not going to come out."

He still is.'


Bill Sammon's book "At Any Cost" tells you why. Everyone can thank Bill by buying his books - they're VERY WELL documented.
84 posted on 11/15/2002 7:58:27 AM PST by immadashell
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To: alisasny
There's nothing sweeter than to see leftists come unglued when someone uses their own tactics on them. I'm sure the Gores have/had no problem with hippies standing outside the White House chanting "Hey, hey LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" or screaming for Nixon's impeachment. I bet a lot of those people were bussed in back then. Some of them were probably affiliated with "churches" too.

I have a theory that liberals get absolutely terrified when they see conservatives get riled up to the point of protest. Not only do they think they are the only ones with the right to get up in someone's face about an issue, but on a subconscious level they realize that they have overplayed their hand. Much of liberalism/socialism involves taking advantage of the productive elements of society while we are either not paying attention or just allow them to do it out of some vague feelings of guilt or the idea that it's inevitable anyway. When we finally get roused to anger, they see that their scam is in danger of ending. It's like the goose that lays the golden eggs is mad as hell and chasing them across the barnyard.

Kudos to all Freepers who protested! Knowing that you rattled Gore but good, makes me think that you may have put a damper on his desire or ability to push things further than he did.
85 posted on 11/15/2002 7:58:33 AM PST by Media Insurgent
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To: Media Insurgent
Not only do they think they are the only ones with the right to get up in someone's face about an issue, but on a subconscious level they realize that they have overplayed their hand.

Very good point. I’ve freeped Hillary a few times and you can almost see the rage and fear in the eyes of the liberals.

They’re like “That’s our tactic! How dare you steal it?”

86 posted on 11/15/2002 8:01:36 AM PST by dead
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To: Miss Marple
That was it!
87 posted on 11/15/2002 8:03:12 AM PST by Howlin
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To: Miss Marple
A full-frontal, pregnant, nude self-portait? First I've heard of that. Those people are deranged.
88 posted on 11/15/2002 8:03:59 AM PST by katykelly
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To: Howlin
"Shouldn't that have been their first CLUE that the people weren't with them, when they realized they had to import crowds?

They found out it was too tough to import dead people and mental hospital inmates. Their buddies in Florida were even too stupid to find the bus depot.
89 posted on 11/15/2002 8:04:29 AM PST by immadashell
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To: Miss Marple
Perhaps what Ms. Gore actually witnessed was the "dogs" calling Al and saying either "We pass" or "Send more money". :-) I'm not surprised that they'd try to spin things to make Al look like the self-sacrificing hero.

As for Karenna... we'd better watch her. She seems to have all the worst traits of both parents - and she has political ambitions.

90 posted on 11/15/2002 8:04:33 AM PST by Charles Martel
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To: Hatteras; Miss Marple
Bob Shrum. Don't forget him.
91 posted on 11/15/2002 8:07:04 AM PST by Howlin
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To: hobbes1
Bump for taping!
92 posted on 11/15/2002 8:07:44 AM PST by Howlin
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To: alisasny
The DC Chapter of Free Republic organized the protests at the VP's mansion on the grounds of the Naval Observatory during the aftermath of the 2000 Election. We showed up the first time on Thursday evening two days after Election Day (just a handful of us) and the Gore team hastily called upon some college students to show up as a counter and distributed Gore/Lieberman campaign signs for them to hold up. Someone even called the DC Police and reported a group of vandals who were jumping on cars -- us. Imagine our surprise.

From that night, we quickly organized other vigils/protests and passed out the DC Chapter Rules for Protesting to keep order as others equally outraged by Gore's and the democrats' attempts to steal the election in Florida joined us. We brought extra signs and sign-making materials, passed out buttons and flyers, and made many new and lasting friends.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, when 1,000 plus people showed up in a chilly, drizzling rain, Al Gore was on the phone trying to find John Sweeney in order to get some union reps out to counter us. Unfortunately, as we learned from the book published by Washington Post reporters, Sweeney doesn't carry a cell phone and was unreachable. Too bad for Al Gore.

C-Span sells a tape showing some of the protesting on this same Saturday. The voiceover at the beginning mentions a few dozen protesters assembled in support of George W. Bush across from the VP's mansion, but then pans the crowd and it is apparent that there are many people gathered there and the opposite side of the street has about 40 Gore supporters. The corner had people 12 deep on the front lawn of the Vatican Embassy and the line of protesters stretched all the way down Massachusetts to a bend in the road. The signs were creative, clever, witty, humorous and we all smiled as we shouted, "GET OUT OF CHENEY'S HOUSE."

The Gores are trying desperately to rewrite history and make themselves into the victims...again.
93 posted on 11/15/2002 8:08:46 AM PST by Angelwood
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To: katykelly; Howlin
As God is my witness, I am telling you the truth. This was a video set up by Gore's campaign as a tour of their home in Tennessee. It was shown to the entire convention, and unfortunately (or fortunately, I guess) only those watching the complete epic coverage on C-SPAN saw it.

I will never forget it.

Plus there house was decorated in 70's junk. The bedroom had this ugly Mediterranean king-size bed with a humongous headboard. The house was very gloomy.

94 posted on 11/15/2002 8:10:34 AM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Alas Babylon!
Maybe you're right, but then you're seeing the press cover protests and ignoring the (larger) counter-protest. It's difficult to cover a counter-protest at the Naval Observatory without having to at least describe why the original protestors are there in the first place.
95 posted on 11/15/2002 8:10:44 AM PST by AmishDude
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To: alisasny
All-day parking in downtown DC -- $12.

One (1) Radio Shack bullhorn -- $29.95.

Learning that Gore and family are still whining and lying about the protests two years later...

Priceless.

96 posted on 11/15/2002 8:12:19 AM PST by Interesting Times
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To: LO_IQ
The one fact that they ALWAYS leave out of their little stories about Florida is that Al Gore landed a PLANELOAD of lawyers in Florida before DAWN Wednesday after the election.

Mind you, all the winning and conceding was done during the wee hours of the morning, but they STILL had enough time to land a planeful of their shills before the sun came up in Florida. Talk about organized!

97 posted on 11/15/2002 8:12:41 AM PST by Howlin
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To: Angelwood
Thanks for the factual summary, Angelwood. But it was my idea in the first place, right?;^)
98 posted on 11/15/2002 8:14:08 AM PST by Fred Mertz
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To: Charles Martel
I'm not surprised that they'd try to spin things to make Al look like the self-sacrificing hero.

Exactly. And I agree about "the girl." She's dangerous.

99 posted on 11/15/2002 8:14:12 AM PST by Howlin
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To: Miss Marple; katykelly
Yes, I remember that. We had a live thread and people were astonished!
100 posted on 11/15/2002 8:15:40 AM PST by Howlin
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