Electoral vote count in the U.S. House today.

[Keystone Phil]

I totally forgot about this. It apparently went on without any issues but I'd still like to see it. I'm sure C-SPAN.org has a video of it.

Anyone see it? From the clip I saw on CNN, it looked like Cheney was actually enjoying it and Congressman Bob Brady of South Philly - one of the Democratic tellers - made it clear that he's still a bumbling buffoon.

[Matt Damon™]

How long until we have conspiracy nuts claiming Obama stole the election by diebold?

[Joe Republic]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BcGt8hQZzg4

[SPC]

Were there any faithless electors?

[Purple State]

Nope. All was in order.

I hear some jokes were made, such as when Ohio appeared to be all in order the entire floor erupted in laughter and cheering.

[Keystone Phil]

Nope. All was in order.

I hear some jokes were made, such as when Ohio appeared to be all in order the entire floor erupted in laughter and cheering.

Yeah, that's the clip CNN showed.

[Boris]

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

[Purple State]

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

Gore was VP and therefore President of the Senate at the time, which means he was in charge of the floor when votes were read. He actually had to call the floor to order and calm many Democrats that were attempting to block the reading of Florida's votes.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

Go watch Fahrenheit 9/11

[Keystone Phil]

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

Go watch Fahrenheit 9/11

Totally dishonest portrayal, of course. I love how Moore showed the members of the Congressional Black Caucus being told to "sit down and shut up" but he never mentioned why they were out of order.

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

Gore was VP and therefore President of the Senate at the time, which means he was in charge of the floor when votes were read. He actually had to call the floor to order and calm many Democrats that were attempting to block the reading of Florida's votes.

Yeah, it was amazing. Too bad C-SPAN doesn't have the video online anymore. I loved seeing that. I loved when he had to tell that clown Maxine Waters that, even though she didn't care about her objection lacking the signature of a Senator, "the rules do care." Gore literally shrugging off Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s complaints was also amazing.

It's so wrong that I take so much pleasure in seeing Gore go through that. 

[Boris]

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

Go watch Fahrenheit 9/11

Wow, I had forgotten all about that. All the objecting representatives refer to Al Gore as "Mr. President." Sigh.

[Keystone Phil]

Actually, upon further review, I have to correct myself: Moore does mention that the objections had to be signed by just one Senator. I just always remembered him pointing out how they were gaveled out of order, as if it was done without proper reasoning.

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

Go watch Fahrenheit 9/11

Wow, I had forgotten all about that. All the objecting representatives refer to Al Gore as "Mr. President." Sigh.

Well, they had to since he was President of the Senate. I remember seeing this on the news the day it happened and thought they were doing it as if to say he was the rightful President. Alcee Hastings does make a comment along those lines though.

For anyone interested, here's the part from Fahrenheit 9/11 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6wl_86qnsI&feature=related

[Purple State]

The C-SPAN version in its entirety (the entire nearly 2 hours of the count) can be found here:

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=161423-1

Took some digging.

EDIT: For those who want to skip to the good stuff, the Florida count begins 29 minutes in.

[Keystone Phil]

The C-SPAN version in its entirety (the entire nearly 2 hours of the count) can be found here:

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=161423-1

Took some digging.

EDIT: For those who want to skip to the good stuff, the Florida count begins 29 minutes in.

Thank you!

Oh, wow! I have been looking for this for years. They have it under their general search but the video has expired. This is amazing. Thanks again!

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

Go watch Fahrenheit 9/11

Totally dishonest portrayal, of course. I love how Moore showed the members of the Congressional Black Caucus being told to "sit down and shut up" but he never mentioned why they were out of order.

I wonder what happened when the winner of Florida was announced in 2001....

Gore was VP and therefore President of the Senate at the time, which means he was in charge of the floor when votes were read. He actually had to call the floor to order and calm many Democrats that were attempting to block the reading of Florida's votes.

Yeah, it was amazing. Too bad C-SPAN doesn't have the video online anymore. I loved seeing that. I loved when he had to tell that clown Maxine Waters that, even though she didn't care about her objection lacking the signature of a Senator, "the rules do care." Gore literally shrugging off Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s complaints was also amazing.

It's so wrong that I take so much pleasure in seeing Gore go through that. 

Florida is about 28 minutes in: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=161423-1

[Purple State]

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

[Boris]

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

sooo easy to ask that question in retrospect, isn't it

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

Because there was no valid reason to.

[Purple State]

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

Because there was no valid reason to.

But a Democratic senator could have easily sympathized and signed it. I just find it surprising that they couldn't find one.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     No faithless electors? That's boring.

[Keystone Phil]

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

Because there was no valid reason to.

Tell that to Barbara Boxer in 2004.

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

Because there was no valid reason to.

But a Democratic senator could have easily sympathized and signed it. I just find it surprising that they couldn't find one.

I'm sure they had strict marching orders from leadership and even from Gore personally to let it go. It had to be over. It was bad enough for Gore that he had to even listen to the objections.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

Because there was no valid reason to.

Tell that to Barbara Boxer in 2004.

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

Because there was no valid reason to.

But a Democratic senator could have easily sympathized and signed it. I just find it surprising that they couldn't find one.

I'm sure they had strict marching orders from leadership and even from Gore personally to let it go. It had to be over. It was bad enough for Gore that he had to even listen to the objections.

If I were Gore, I'd have shut them up sooner, not for personal reasons, but because they were butchering the rules of order.

[© tweed]

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

none of them were black

[Keystone Phil]

They really couldn't get a single senator to sign their objection? How is that possible?

none of them were black

Two of the members at the time that objected weren't black. I know the late Congresswoman Mink was one and then there was some white guy.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Is it just me, or did Gore acknowledge McKinney as being from FL, not GA at one point?