"Recount", HBO's program on the 2000 election, airs at 9PM (live gripe thread)

[Wretched Excess]

they are slaughtering katherine harris.

[Lord Undies]

I, like a multitude of millions and millions, do not subscribe to Home Box Office.  I'm missing this epic recreation.  

[Wretched Excess]

I, like a multitude of millions and millions, do not subscribe to Home Box Office.  I'm missing this epic recreation. 

I'm not sure you, or the multitude of millions, are really missing anything.

[Lord Undies]

Reminder: Bush Won in Florida Recounts Conducted by the Media

By Brent Baker | May 25, 2008 - 19:56 ET


With HBO's 'Recount' movie (airing Sunday and Monday night at 9 PM EDT/PDT) sure to rekindle claims that Al Gore would have won if only the U.S. Supreme Court had not “stopped the counting,” a reminder that both recounts conducted by major media outlets in 2001 determined George W. Bush would have won anyway. Two stars of the film have fueled the re-writing of history with actor Kevin Spacey, who plays Gore operative Ron Klain, charging that “the Bush people were trying to stop votes from being counted and the Gore people were just trying to get votes counted” while Laura Dern, who plays Katherine Harris, recalled that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling left her “devastated because there were uncounted votes.”

The lead of an April 4, 2001 USA Today story headlined, “Newspapers' recount shows Bush prevailed,” by reporter Dennis Cauchon:
George W. Bush would have won a hand count of Florida's disputed ballots if the standard advocated by Al Gore had been used, the first full study of the ballots reveals. Bush would have won by 1,665 votes -- more than triple his official 537-vote margin -- if every dimple, hanging chad and mark on the ballots had been counted as votes, a USA TODAY/Miami Herald/Knight Ridder study shows. The study is the first comprehensive review of the 61,195 "undervote" ballots that were at the center of Florida's disputed presidential election....

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/05/25/reminder-bush-won-florida-recounts-conducted-media

[Wretched Excess]

yep.  it was biased from start to finish, and was even hysterical in places.

but it wasn't the powderkeg that I was halfway expecting.

all in all, it wasn't awful.  unless you happen to be katherine harris.

[DixieBelle]

I missed the middle part dang it. I did see a bit of the beginning and all of it from about halfway through. How about that last shot of the warehouse full of boxes of ballots? Oy. I wonder how many liberals were bashing their heads against the wall at that visual. Victory is but a file box away!

[Wretched Excess]

I missed the middle part dang it. I did see a bit of the beginning and all of it from about halfway through. How about that last shot of the warehouse full of boxes of ballots? Oy. I wonder how many liberals were bashing their heads against the wall at that visual. Victory is but a file box away!

yeah, it was reminiscent of the last shot on Raiders of the Lost Ark, wasn't it?

we won.  they lost.  get over it.

[Chris_]

I'm watching Truman on PBS.
FDR just kicked the bucket. 

[Lord Undies]

yep.  it was biased from start to finish, and was even hysterical in places.

but it wasn't the powderkeg that I was halfway expecting.

all in all, it wasn't awful.  unless you happen to be katherine harris.

I found a sreaming video and watched from when the US Supreme Court got involved.  It wasn't as melodramatic or over the top as I thought it would be.  It left me with the solid impression George W. Bush won the election.

Did I miss it?  Did they mention Tennessee not voting for their native son Al Gore, Jr.? 

[Tucker]

I stayed up until they called florida on election night in 2000.  I went to CBS just so I could watch Dan Rather have to say it.

So did I. He almost fell off his chair when he announced that Gore was the winner. I watched CNN for about a month afterwards showing all the legal maneuverings, up to the SC ruling.

[Wretched Excess]

yep.  it was biased from start to finish, and was even hysterical in places.

but it wasn't the powderkeg that I was halfway expecting.

all in all, it wasn't awful.  unless you happen to be katherine harris.

I found a sreaming video and watched from when the US Supreme Court got involved.  It wasn't as melodramatic or over the top as I thought it would be.  It left me with the solid impression George W. Bush won the election.

Did I miss it?  Did they mention Tennessee not voting for their native son Al Gore, Jr.? 

no, they avoided that part, of course.

they did play up something that I did not know;  that W had signed legislation as governor of texas that supported the counting of undervotes.  now, what that means in florida is beyond me.

that was about the only new revelation for me.

[DixieBelle]

^I didn't know that at the time either. But I think it was just grasping at straws by Gore's team. They were looking for anything they could to change the results.

[Tucker]

Wonder why they didn't point out at the end that a full recount was did and George Bussh was the legitimate winner.

I guess HBO didn't want to confuse anyone with facts.

BTW. They did a hatchet job on Harris.

[DixieBelle]

Wonder why they didn't point out at the end that a full recount was did and George Bussh was the legitimate winner.

I guess HBO didn't want to confuse anyone with facts.

BTW. They did a hatchet job on Harris.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/05/25/reminder-bush-won-florida-recounts-conducted-media

George W. Bush would have won a hand count of Florida's disputed ballots if the standard advocated by Al Gore had been used, the first full study of the ballots reveals. Bush would have won by 1,665 votes -- more than triple his official 537-vote margin -- if every dimple, hanging chad and mark on the ballots had been counted as votes, a USA TODAY/Miami Herald/Knight Ridder study shows. The study is the first comprehensive review of the 61,195 "undervote" ballots that were at the center of Florida's disputed presidential election....

That look was followed in November by an analysis by a consortium of media outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN and AP. It determined that George W. Bush still would have won under either legally possible recount scenario which could have occurred: The Florida Supreme Court ordered recount of undervotes statewide or Gore’s request for a recount in certain counties. The New York Times led its November 12, 2001 front page article, “Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote,” by reporters Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder:

A comprehensive review of the uncounted Florida ballots from last year's presidential election reveals that George W. Bush would have won even if the United States Supreme Court had allowed the statewide manual recount of the votes that the Florida Supreme Court had ordered to go forward.

[The Ocean]

Glad I spent the time watching The Aristocrats and Beer League injstead of watching that crap... which is moot anyway because I don't have HBO.

[Tucker]

The movie should be good for several days worth of posts at the DUmp. Just like it happened for the first time all over again.

You can't pay for that kind of entertainment.

[Wretched Excess]

Glad I spent the time watching The Aristocrats and Beer League injstead of watching that crap... which is moot anyway because I don't have HBO.

it was okay.  I wouldn't recommend it, but it was ok.

[The Ocean]

Glad I spent the time watching The Aristocrats and Beer League injstead of watching that crap... which is moot anyway because I don't have HBO.

it was okay.  I wouldn't recommend it, but it was ok.

Meh. If I want to watch Liberal propoganda, I want to at least watch GOOD Liberal propoganda, such as Munich.

[Bluesuiter-Retired]

al-Gore's mistake was only asking for a hand recount of three democrat controlled counties instead of the entire state.

Despite it all, even after the liberal media did their biased hand recount of those three counties, G.W. picked up more votes.

Imagine what the difference would have been if al-Gore and his merry moron minions HAD NOT filed an injunction to prevent MILITARY ABSENTEE BALLOTS from being counted - yep, the DEFEAT-ocrats sure support the troops [I guess that only counts when the troops vote for them, which isn't often].

The media screwed the pooch when they called the results for Florida before ALL of the polling stations were closed and the votes counted - they either forgot [accidentally or on purpose] that the panhandle of Florida is in a different time zone.

[formerlurker]

Reminder: Bush Won in Florida Recounts Conducted by the Media

By Brent Baker | May 25, 2008 - 19:56 ET


With HBO's 'Recount' movie (airing Sunday and Monday night at 9 PM EDT/PDT) sure to rekindle claims that Al Gore would have won if only the U.S. Supreme Court had not “stopped the counting,” a reminder that both recounts conducted by major media outlets in 2001 determined George W. Bush would have won anyway. Two stars of the film have fueled the re-writing of history with actor Kevin Spacey, who plays Gore operative Ron Klain, charging that “the Bush people were trying to stop votes from being counted and the Gore people were just trying to get votes counted” while Laura Dern, who plays Katherine Harris, recalled that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling left her “devastated because there were uncounted votes.”

The lead of an April 4, 2001 USA Today story headlined, “Newspapers' recount shows Bush prevailed,” by reporter Dennis Cauchon:
George W. Bush would have won a hand count of Florida's disputed ballots if the standard advocated by Al Gore had been used, the first full study of the ballots reveals. Bush would have won by 1,665 votes -- more than triple his official 537-vote margin -- if every dimple, hanging chad and mark on the ballots had been counted as votes, a USA TODAY/Miami Herald/Knight Ridder study shows. The study is the first comprehensive review of the 61,195 "undervote" ballots that were at the center of Florida's disputed presidential election....

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/05/25/reminder-bush-won-florida-recounts-conducted-media

Those media outlets spent how much on those recounts too?    Shame for them all they got was a Fitzmas as a result.   

Of course we won't mention the absentee military ballots that Gore fought to have completely discounted because they didn't have a post mark date on them --which is pretty hard to accomplish when you live in a tent asshat.

[formerlurker]

al-Gore's mistake was only asking for a hand recount of three democrat controlled counties instead of the entire state.

Despite it all, even after the liberal media did their biased hand recount of those three counties, G.W. picked up more votes.

Imagine what the difference would have been if al-Gore and his merry moron minions HAD NOT filed an injunction to prevent MILITARY ABSENTEE BALLOTS from being counted - yep, the DEFEAT-ocrats sure support the troops [I guess that only counts when the troops vote for them, which isn't often].

The media screwed the pooch when they called the results for Florida before ALL of the polling stations were closed and the votes counted - they either forgot [accidentally or on purpose] that the panhandle of Florida is in a different time zone.

I shoud have just read your post before posting. 

Exactly.   He wanted absentee ballots from the entire panhandle thrown out.  The panhandle housing at that time 4 large active duty bases, and one reserve base. 

The Democrats can claim they care about our troops, but unfortunately for them the military has a memory like an elephant and will never forget the Clinton years --EVER.     They can kiss my ass.

[Willow]

and just think the Democrats are actually dumb enough to put Florida in play again this year!   That Charlie Crist is the debbile himself!