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Joe gave the "Rs" free stuff, the 2000 Florida election!
"..Regardless, Bush surrogates – including Gulf War hero Norman Schwarzkopf – went out in force over the weekend decrying the alleged suppression of military ballots.
The Democrats had to make a public counter argument, and chose to put vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to defend Gore’s side of the story.
Klain could not brief Lieberman on the issue until Saturday night, because Lieberman was observing the Sabbath. After briefing the vice presidential nominee on the Gore position, Klain thought Lieberman “seemed to agree with that and seemed to be prepared to defend that.”
But when moderator Tim Russert pressed him on the issue Sunday morning, Lieberman publicly contradicted the Gore position.
“I would give the benefit of the doubt to ballots coming in from military personnel,” Lieberman said.
Gore loyalists watching at headquarters in Tallahassee exploded..."
That was a disaster.