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The final hours of the Bush campaign...
The Bush campaign had dearly hoped for a victory, but their hopes were dashed with the Novemeber Surprise of Bush's DUI arrest. Even after the election had been called, they hoped that perhaps they could overturn the result in a recount and put the entire election to a vote in the house.
However, after numerous phone calls, they simply could not find the support from Congress to elect George W. Bush as the 43rd President. Congress did not want to anger the American people by electing a runner up as President, as they had done in 1824.
Bush accepted this gracefully. He knew what he had to do. At 10 o'clock in the morning he picked up the reciever...
The Bush campaign had dearly hoped for a victory, but their hopes were dashed with the Novemeber Surprise of Bush's DUI arrest. Even after the election had been called, they hoped that perhaps they could overturn the result in a recount and put the entire election to a vote in the house.
However, after numerous phone calls, they simply could not find the support from Congress to elect George W. Bush as the 43rd President. Congress did not want to anger the American people by electing a runner up as President, as they had done in 1824.
Bush accepted this gracefully. He knew what he had to do. At 10 o'clock in the morning he picked up the reciever...
- Abraham Washington
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