Alec Baldwin Quotes
Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines.
Baldwin, Alec. Interview by Conan O'Brien. Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2001.
Although there were many irregularities in the 2000 election and many thought that Bush was not the rightful winner, Nadar’s statement is ironic. He entered the race as the Green Party Nominee and siphoned off many more votes from Gore than from Bush. In Florida, the pivotal state, Gore lost by less than 600 votes and but for Nader, Gore would have won and become President. Then for him to later blame Bush’s maneuvers for Gore’s defeat, ignoring his own determinative role struck most observers as the height of selective analysis.
Judges are easily attacked by those who do not like their decisions. In most cases judges can net even ethically defend themselves and so they are common victims of politicians and demagogues.
In modern times most presidential nominations are confirmed by the Senate but the earliest precedents were contrary. In addition to this nomination being rebuffed by the Senate, Washington’s very first nomination—the tax collector of the port of New York – then the most important fiscal position in the United States – was turned down by the Senate. See 37,152.
George W. Bush and the Republicans The President surprised even his supporters by publicly referring to the taint on the George W. Bush election where a 5-4 Supreme Court decision prevented the hand counting of Florida ballots after Bush had already lost the popular vote and was in danger of losing the electoral vote as well.
Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an American actor, writer, comedian, film producer, and political activist. He is the eldest of the four actor brothers in the Baldwin family. Baldwin first gained recognition appearing on the sixth and seventh seasons of the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing.
