Kerry call's to concede

[Ryan Albright]

Instead of saying yay for bush in this thread. I would just like to say i gained alot of respect for John Kerry today. The fact that he called and conceded. Instead of taking this all to court and making this a lengthy battle he did a very honorable thing. I mean i understand if it was closer to take it to court, but he saw that maybe it was two far apart and did such a good thing. I was just speechless when i heard he did this and like i said gained alot of respect for him today. Thats all i have to say and i want to congratulate both party's on a well fought election.

[The Paco]

i would also like to congratulate both parties on a clean (for the most part) and well fought out election. i just cant wait four more years until the next one! i get soo pumped up during these things... ask T.hoffman, i was over his house last night playing GTA:SA and watching the election. all edge of your seat nail biting fun!! ahaha

[Heretic121]

can anyone put up a link of this annoucnement?? i just went around cnn and msn anc couldnt find anything....

[David Kelly]

Originally Posted by Heretic121

can anyone put up a link of this annoucnement?? i just went around cnn and msn anc couldnt find anything....

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ain/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137486,00.html


......and other sites. He is also holding a press conference at 2:00 EST to make the formal announcement. President re-elect Bush decided to let Kerry say what he wants to say before he has his press conference. Hopefully everybody will now work together to make this country be one agains like what we had after 9/11.

[Joe Matt]

Let's hope internationally too David, that's what really matters.

Here's a nice little comment made on /. on Kerry conceding...

My advice to the Democrats:

Let the Republicans do whatever they want. Don't fight them on any issue. Let them pass any legislation they want, appoint any judges they want, spend any money they want, cut any taxes they want. Let them have free reign of the government. They want a chance to prove their system works? Give it to them. In fact, whenever they ask you to support them on an issue, go willingly, go gladly and give them everything they want.

In 4, 8 or 12 years, let's see how things turn out. If it's really that bad, then the Democrats will easily be able to regain control of everything. If things are going well, then we'll know for certain that the conservative agenda works and we will have a clear mandate for the future.

It's time for the democrats to fall back and watch for a while. It may be a lot to suffer, but I think it's the only way for us to get past the divisiveness. If the Democrats continue to fight the Republicans, they will continue to get blamed for the lack of progress in this country and continue to be labeled as whiners and obstructionists. By not making challenges, then they can't be blamed for mistakes, and if there are costly mistakes, it will be easy to turn the country in a different direction and start again. For the liberal America, this is your trial by fire.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Ryan Albright

I would just like to say i gained alot of respect for John Kerry today... ...he did a very honorable thing... ...I was just speechless when i heard he did this and like i said gained alot of respect for him today.

I don't understand what the big deal is. He lost fair and square. It's not like he's handing it over to Bush in good sportsmanship. Kerry lost, Bush won. Nothing special or honorable happened here.

And also, I have a hard time seeing how to use the word "call" possessively.

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I don't understand what the big deal is. He lost fair and square. It's not like he's handing it over to Bush in good sportsmanship. Kerry lost, Bush won. Nothing special or honorable happened here.

And also, I have a hard time seeing how to use the word "call" possessively.

He didn't hire the lawyers to sue sue sue and he didn't whine. Gore also lost (well, we won't go there) and he drew it out longer and longer. It seems that Kerry might be positioning himself for a run in 2008.

[Ryan Albright]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I don't understand what the big deal is. He lost fair and square. It's not like he's handing it over to Bush in good sportsmanship. Kerry lost, Bush won. Nothing special or honorable happened here.

And also, I have a hard time seeing how to use the word "call" possessively.

its the fact that he saw that he wouldnt win and didnt still drag it out in the courts. He could of done that if he wanted. yes bush won fair and square but as bush was a good sport so was kerry today

[VGMasterShadow]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I don't understand what the big deal is. He lost fair and square. It's not like he's handing it over to Bush in good sportsmanship. Kerry lost, Bush won. Nothing special or honorable happened here.

Not true, this had determined the fate of the country, but don't get me wrong, Kerry did put up a good fight, but this was a big election, especially for the country's current status. Even though Bush won, Kerry should be recognized for his attempt.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by JosephM

He didn't hire the lawyers to sue sue sue and he didn't whine. Gore also lost (well, we won't go there) and he drew it out longer and longer. It seems that Kerry might be positioning himself for a run in 2008.

Yeah, you're right, don't go there, because Gore didn't lose.

Had the votes in Florida been counted with any semblance of accuracy, we wouldn't even be talking about Kerry conceding

I dont think Kerry conceding makes him oh so honorable. I don't think "dragging it out" in the courts would make him dishonorable either.

If there was any reasonable expectation that he could carry Ohio, then he should have done everything in his power to make sure all the votes were counted. All you republicans know Bush would if he were in Kerry's position

[Joe Matt]

Also I should add, even though Kerry conceded, if he wins Ohio, he will be our next president. Conceding isn't supported by the Constitution, so if he gets more electoral votes than 270 and Bush, he will be the president.

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by JosephM

Also I should add, even though Kerry conceded, if he wins Ohio, he will be our next president. Conceding isn't supported by the Constitution, so if he gets more electoral votes than 270 and Bush, he will be the president.

Bush got Ohio, which brings him up to 274 electoral votes.

[Cory]

Pssst, Katie, you mean 274

Pretty much the whole point of conceding is that Ohio won't count all their provisional, absentee, and military ballots, I think.

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by Cory

Pssst, Katie, you mean 274

Pretty much the whole point of conceding is that Ohio won't count all their provisional, absentee, and military ballots, I think.

Yep, yep - my bad. Thanks for catching the typo!

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Cory

Pssst, Katie, you mean 274

Pretty much the whole point of conceding is that Ohio won't count all their provisional, absentee, and military ballots, I think.

They will still count all the votes. This is coming from my civics teacher.