Nominee for ‘Sore Losers Award (for Refusing to Concede Bush’s Victory in Florida) at 2002 MRC DisHonors Awards

Brent Baker | January 17, 2002
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CNN anchor Paula Zahn: “If Al Gore had gotten what he wanted, which was a statewide manual recount or a recount of those four specific counties, George Bush still would have won. So I wonder, and I’m going to put up on the screen now a paragraph from your book where you once said, ‘The wrong man was inaugurated on January 20th, 2001 and this is no small thing in our nation’s history.’ Do you still agree with what you wrote?”
ABC News legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin: “Oh, absolutely. I mean, remember this is just about the undervotes and overvotes. There were thousands of votes that were clearly mistakenly cast. Democracy is about the intent of the voters....”
– Exchange on CNN after the latest media recount, November 12, 2001.

https://www.mrc.org/gala-dishonors-awards/2002 

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