Remember Back In 2000 When Gore Asked For A Recount In Florida?

[ChoppinBroccoli]

How did Republicans respond to that? They were incredulous that he would even DARE SUGGEST that the vote count may not be accurate. They formed mobs outside the recount centers and tried to force their way in. They engaged in full-scale mocking of Gore, making signs that said "Sore Loserman" and other vile things. They flooded the airwaves of all the various media raking Gore over the coals for having the audacity to ask for the recount to which he was entitled, saying he should just accept the fact that he lost, shut up and go away.

Now flash forward to today. Now that the shoe's on the other foot, notice who's NOT doing ANY of those things. In fact, Joe Biden has said multiple times that he wants all the votes counted, INCLUDING in Wisconsin (where Trump has asked for a recount). No mocking. No mobbing. No calls of, "You lost, get over it," and "Shut up and go away."

As I see people on social media trying to "both sides" things tonight, this is all I can think of.

[AmericanCanuck]

1. I remember that

and Roger Stone + Karl Rove's goons sent in "Sore Looserman" brigade.

[electric_blue68]

15. That was terrible...

I think Dick Army was also a part of sending the goon squad down to Fla

[exboyfil]

2. Or look to 2016 where Hillary Clitnon

walked away. There weren't US Senators calling for direct actions to bypass the will of the people.

[StevieM]

13. A recount would not have changed the outcome of the election, but it might have changed Michigan.

That was the one state where I considered that Putin might have found a way to change the outcome of the election.

[groundloop]

3. Sadly, bullies get a lot of attention.

Sometimes I wonder if we shouldn't engage in a bit of that, although honestly it's not my thing.

[Cetacea]

10. Especially when they own the airwaves

[madaboutharry]

4. Regardless of how charitable Biden strives to be,

the truth is that republicans have always been full of shit.

[Claustrum]

5. Not to mention they always paint us as the violent ones, riots, etc.

Then it's actually them out there creating chaos. I can't imagine what it will be like when the race is called for Biden.

[catbyte]

6. ...

[mopinko]

7. and when a consortium of newspapers counted the ballots, guess what?

gore won.
even w/o the palm beach butterfly ballots.
you know what happened right about the same time that story came out? 9/11.

[Cetacea]

11. Buried on page 21 in the Times

And as a member of the MSM back then I can tell you that the butterfly ballots was a big distraction. They were finding suitcases in the ocean..

[Catherine Vincent]

8. I remember it well

Hated republicans ever since then and will never vote for one. Bush stole the presidency from Al Gore.

[Jspur]

12. Agreed I was 17 at the time and felt the same way granted i started hating them

earlier in life. I would say probably around age 11 when I moved to NC and had to deal with a lot of young trashy republicans. I can say proudly at age 37 I have never voted for a Republican in my whole entire life.

[SunSeeker]

9. K & R

[Polybius]

14. There were several recounts

It took time though, and we needed one more to make sure they were counted correctly. Then the SC stopped us.