Reply #3: that's not fair [View All]

[johntao]

If he did what Gore did, the media would have eaten him alive. This way, the recount can proceed without the "sore-loser" tag being forced on Kerry.

C'mon people - this is a man who wanted to be president all his life. He conceded early to prevent the media circus. If it's proven that there is fraud in Ohio, I'm sure that Kerry would make himself very public at that point. How quickly we've forgotten that the media painted Gore as a "sore-loser" even though we all know he won. The unofficial tally was about 500 for Gore and about 136,000 for Kerry. If they nailed Gore for being down only 500 votes, what do you think the media would have done to Kerry?