71 Quotes by James Baker

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    Both sides should agree to accept the vote count of all the counties at the statutory deadline,

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    The Gore campaign strategy is crystal clear, ... Keep conducting selective recounts. Keep filing selective lawsuits, keep making false charges that divert attention, and keep refusing to accept any deadline until the results change.

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    The Gore campaign ought to agree with us that we will go with the automatic recount, ... They should say, 'OK, we will stop all these shenanigans. We will stop calling for recounts.'

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    The Gore campaign is asking for a third recount here. We can go into Wisconsin, we can go into Iowa and start recounting,

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    The Gore campaign has refused to achieve finality unless they achieve the result they are seeking,

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    While we are disappointed ... they specifically noted we are free to return to the federal courts to present our constitutional challenges to the selective and subjective manual recount process at an appropriate time in the future,

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    We will then withdraw our lawsuit, and we both agree to accept the results of the overseas ballots, ... That what's best for the country, that is what's reasonable.

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