When Gore will concede: Definitive

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Rich Lucibella

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23 Hours of Court testimony. Other than incoming phone calls and potty breaks, I've watched it all. Gore's contest dissolved by the minute.....the lawyers know it; the pundits know it.

So, what have we? Suddenly, the Seminole County case to throw out 15,000+ votes is "key" according to Gore talking heads. This is the same case that, 24 hours ago, Al Gore "wasn't supporting". Suddenly, it's a Gore campaign "issue". The Democrats are deserting faster than rats from a sinking ship.....but Al's people are talking transition. The Saul decision looks like a pending executioner's axe, but the Gore attorneys are spinning about the supremacy of the Florida Supreme Court. Suddenly, it's perfectly natural for him to sue the very Canvassing Boards he had joined in suit a matter of days ago.

I've been befuddled. But the answer has been before us for eight years. It's not about headlines or lawyers. It's not about court decisions or legal battle outcomes. It all has to do with opinion polls. Until they rise to 70% demanding that he concede, he's gonna be a player.

Keep it comin', Big Al. America's watching! :D
Rich
 
Rich, you and I know what else this is about ... integrity.


I'm up late, reading a book by Alistair Cooke about various people who achieved greatness. It is, in a surprising way, very soothing to me at this time. There was, and is greatness in the world. And, quality endures.

Bill Clinton and Al Gore represent a baseness that cannot prosper in the long run. Intelligent and clever, politically manipulative in the extreme, but in the final analysis ... without integrity, and therefore without enduring greatness.

In my life I have found that it is dangerous to surround yourself with low quality people - those who can't be trusted, those who are ignorant, uninterested and dull. Because, in the end, those people without integrity will fail you, and will ultimately lose their contests. I recognize life is not always fair, but in the 'law of large numbers', integrity tends to affect many results.


I should have listened to you initially, Rich. Gore will lose this contest ... he never had the integrity to win it.

And, we should pray that G.W. Bush has the integrity, candor and wisdom to become the President we now need. I think he has a shot to become a great one.

Rich, take care, and regards from AZ
 
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