PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS 20 YEARS
AGO ON STEROIDS OF COURSE WITH
BUSH GORE COUNT THAT WENT ON FOR
A MONTH, THE FORMER BUSH 43
CHIEF OF STAFF WITH US NOW,
ANDY, THIS PROCESS IS LONG,
DELIBERATE, TAKES TIME, A LOT OF
PEOPLE THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT FOR PUSHING THIS, HE CERTAINLY
PUSHING THIS, HE CERTAINLY
WITHIN HIS LEGAL RIGHTS WITH THE
QUESTIONS AND THE PREPAREDNESS
OF THE SYSTEM, THAT IS ANOTHER
MATTER BUT AL GORE DOING THIS 20
YEARS AGO, THAT WAS PERFECTLY
FINE I KNOW IT’S A BIT OF A
DOUBLE STANDARD BUT WHAT YOU
MAKE OF ALL OF THIS?
>> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME ON AND I COMPLEMENT
YOU FOR THE CONWAY YOU BRING BEE
PRESENTING AND YOU HAVE A BIG
FAN HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
BUT WITH THAT YES, IT’S A VERY
DIFFERENT SITUATION THAT IT WAS
IN 2000.
IN 2000 WE WAITED FOR ALL THE
BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED, THE
BALLOTS WERE COUNTED AND WE
CHALLENGE THE RESULTS, OF A
RECOUNT PROCESS IN FLORIDA SO
JUNE BAKER, JAMES A BAKER THE
THIRD ONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND
THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR GEORGE
W. BUSH PUT TOGETHER A WONDERFUL
TEAM OF LAWYERS AND OTHERS THAT
WOULD SUPERVISE THE COUNTING OF
BALLOTS IN THE CERTIFICATION OF
BALLOTS IN FLORIDA, THAT’S A
VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION THAT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING TO HAVE THE VOTE COUNTED
AND THEN AFTER THAT IS DONE THEN
YOU CHALLENGE THE RESULTS, I
THINK THE PROCESS IS DIFFERENT
FOR THIS 2020 COUNTING IF YOU
WILL AND WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE YEAR 2000 WHEN THE SUPREME COURT
YEAR 2000 WHEN THE SUPREME COURT
HAD TO BASICALLY CERTIFY THAT
FLORIDA DID THINGS ALL RIGHT,
THE BALLOTS THAT THEY SAID WERE
COUNTED WERE COUNTED AND
THEREFORE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
COULD MEET AND CAST ITS VOTES
WITH FORD AND VOTING FOR GEORGE
W. BUSH, THAT’S A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT QUESTION RAISED NOW,
THE VOTES THAT ARE BEING COUNTED
CREDIBLE AND WE IN 2000 LET THE
COUNT GO FORWARD UNTIL EVERY
BALLOT WAS COUNTED AND THEN WE
CHALLENGE THE VERACITY OF THOSE
BALLOTS AND WE ENDED UP PROVING
THAT IT WAS CREDIBLE AND YES
GEORGE W. BUSH DID WIN FLORIDA.
NEIL: GOING BACK I THINK WHAT
HAS PEOPLE CONCERNED IS THE
PRESIDENT TOOK THE LEAP ON HIS
OWN TO ARGUE THE CLAIM OF FRAUD,
HE’S PERFECTLY WITHIN HIS RIGHTS
RIGHTS, HE’S IN VERY CLOSE
STATES AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT
ONLY WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR
THERE RIGHT ON THAT LINE, I CAN
SEE THE RECOUNTING BUT THE FRAUD
CLAIM HAS GOTTEN A REVIEW FROM
THE LIKES OF MARCO RUBIO, WE
HEARD FROM CHRIS CHRISTIE AND
MITT ROMNEY, PAT TOOMEY, SOME
WHO LIKE THE PRESIDENT AND
OTHERS NOT BIG FANS OF THE
PRESIDENT BUT HOW DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THE WAY HE IS ACTING
THROUGH THIS IN THE WAY HE IS
PRESENTING HIMSELF, COULD HE LET
THE COUNT GO ON, NOT JUDGMENT
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHAT IS
THE BEST WAY, I DO REMEMBER WITH
YOUR OLD VOTES, HE HAD THE
ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THE LEAD IN
FLORIDA THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE
PROCESS, YOU COULD ARGUE, BUT HE
DID HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF THE
LEAD AND HE WAS PLANNING
CONCURRENTLY AT THE TIME, ACTING
ALMOST AS A PRESIDENT-ELECT
CLEANING FOR THE TRANSITION,
DEMOCRATS FAULTED HIM FOR THAT
BUT HE WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT
THIS IS A SHAM PROCESS WHAT
THEY’RE DOING RIGHT NOW, HE DID
HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING
LEADS, RIGHT NOW THIS PRESIDENT
DOES NOT BUT YOUR DISTINCTION
BETWEEN THAT AND NOW.
>> PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SHE
DID NOT EVEN KNOW HE WAS WAS
PRESIDENT-ELECT HE WAS VERY
RESTRAINED AND DID NOT MAKE MANY
PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING WHAT
WAS HAPPENING IN HIS OWN MIND,
FORTUNATELY HE AND I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF SPENDING A LOT OF
TIME TOGETHER TO CONTEMPLATE HIM
BE THE PRESIDENT SO WE CAN TALK
ABOUT WHO YOU LIKE, WHO DO YOU
WANT TO BE ON THE WHITE HOUSE
STAFF AND IN THE CABINET, HE DID
NOT MAKE COMMENTS EVERYDAY ABOUT
WHAT WAS HAPPENING DOWN IN
FLORIDA, HE PUT HIS CONFIDENCE
IN JIM BAKER AND JOE IN THE
TEAM, THEY HAD PUT TOGETHER TO
ANALYZE THE RESULTS AND
INTRODUCE CHALLENGES THAT HAD
BEEN MADE IN DATA THROUGH THE
PROCESS AND HE REALLY WASN’T
TRYING TO SKEW THE DEBATE, HE
WAS ALLOWING FOR THE DEBATE TO
GO FORWARD WITHOUT HIS VOICE AND
IT WAS ONE WAY HE TRUSTED THE SYSTEM TO WORK AND UNFORTUNATELY
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PROCESS WERE TO TIP TO JOE
BIDEN, LET ALONE TWO OR THREE
THAT EASILY COULD AS THINGS
STAND NOW IT BECOMES A MUTE
POINT, DO YOU BUY THAT THAT THIS
WILL AVOID THE SUPREME COURT
BECAUSE THE SHEER WEIGHT OF
STATES THAT ARE TIPPED TO JOE
BIDEN’S FAVOR AS THE COUNT GOES
ON WILL MITIGATE THAT.
>> REMEMBER UNDER OUR
CONSTITUTION THE STATES ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR VALIDATING, IT’S
NOT A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY IS
THE STATE RESPONSIBILITY, THEY
GET THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
WHEN YOU GO TO COURT, DID THE
STATE LAWS GET IMPLEMENTED THE
RIGHT WAY, THAT IS THE PROCESS
THAT YOU GO FORWARD WITH, I
ACTUALLY THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFIDENCE IN
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EMPOWERED TO
ALLOW US TO HAVE THE VOTE CAST
WITH AN EXPECTATION IT WILL BE
COUNTED, MOST OF THE
PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE WORKING
RIGHT NOW TO COUNT BALLOTS,
DOING IT FOR THE NORMAL REASON
THIRD NOT LOOKING TO PUT THE
THUMB ON THE SCALE I BELIEVE
THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY
CONSIDER TO BE MEETING A
RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUST WITH THE
VOTER AND I KNOW HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WHO IS BEEN SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR VERY LONG TIME, DEMOCRAT, HE
PRIDES HIMSELF IN MAKING SURE
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEGRITY THAT
IS HELD AS A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE TOWN
CLERKS IN THE VOTING OFFICIAL,
VOTE COUNTING OFFICIALS AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THAT IS
REALLY REPLICATED ACROSS THE
WHOLE COUNTRY, THERE ARE VERY
FEW PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE
COUNTING PROCESS WHO ARE LOOKING
TO SKEW THE RESULTS, THEY JUST
WANT TO BE ACCURATE IN WHAT THEY
DO AND HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY
HAVE REFLECTED THE WORLD OF THE
VOTERS IN THE WILL OF THE VOTERS
WILL DETERMINE WHO THE OUTCOME
AND I REALLY DO NOT THINK THE
VARIOUS ACTORS ARE GETTING THEIR
WAY INTO THE PROCESS TO SKEW THE RESULTS.
NEIL: REAL QUICKLY, I LOVE
HAVING YOU WANT TO PICK YOUR
BREAK, ONE LAST ISSUE, WE KNOW
JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO ADDRESS
THE NATION AT 8:00 P.M., I CAN
ONLY IMAGINE HE IS THINKING AND
HOPING BY THAT TIME ONE OF THESE
STATES WILL BE CALLED IN HIS
FAVOR, ANYONE ACCOMMODATION IS
GOING TO PUT HIM OVER THE TOP,
SHOULD HE AT THAT POINT SAY I’M
AN EX-PRESIDENT.
>> IF THERE IS A CONFIRMATION
THAT HE HAS CARRIED ONE OF THE
STATES THAT WERE STILL WONDERING
WHAT IS THE VOTE COUNT IF THERE
IS CONFIRMATION I HAVE NO
PROBLEM WITH HIM SAYING I’M
READY TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF
THE ELECTION AND I THINK I’VE
WON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, THE
RESULTS ARE NOT KNOWN, I HAVE NO
PROBLEM WITH HIM MAKING A
STATEMENT BUT I STILL THINK YOU
SHOULD SAY I LOOK FOR EVERY VOTE