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James Baker:
People are going to say all kinds of things about this election, that is was down to 154 votes, that Bush's brother was governor, that the US Supreme Court gave it to us. But I want you to remember that we won every single recount. Never once did we trail Gore. And who knows how many votes we lost when the networks called Florida for Gore before all the polls were closed on election night. But more important than all that is that the system worked. There were no tanks on the streets. This peaceful transfer of power in the most emotional and trying of times is a testament to the strength of the Constitution and to our faith in the rule of law
People are going to say all kinds of things about this election, that is was down to 154 votes, that Bush's brother was governor, that the US Supreme Court gave it to us. But I want you to remember that we won every single recount. Never once did we trail Gore. And who knows how many votes we lost when the networks called Florida for Gore before all the polls were closed on election night. But more important than all that is that the system worked. There were no tanks on the streets. This peaceful transfer of power in the most emotional and trying of times is a testament to the strength of the Constitution and to our faith in the rule of law
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People are going to say all kinds of things about this election
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that it was down to 154 votes
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that Bush's brother was the governor
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that the US Supreme Court gave it to us
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but I want you to remember
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that we won every single recount
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Never once did we trail Gore
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And who knows how many votes we lost
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when the networks called Florida for Gore
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before all the polls were closed on election night
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But more important than all that
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Movie Summary
A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
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James Baker
Ron Klain
