# Quick question...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question/40588>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 10, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question/40588 "2000-11-10T02:32:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question/40588/1 "2000-11-10T02:32:27Z")

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I’ve heard many references to Gore withdrawing his concession speech, but I never heard him make one in the first place. Granted, I was dividing myself between the net and the TV, flipping channels constantly, so I could have missed the one time each network broadcast it. But did Gore actually stand in front of cameras and say “Dubya, you the man”?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question/40588/2 "2000-11-10T02:36:56Z")

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No. He called George and told him he was going to concede, but on the way to the speech, they found out Florida was much closer than anyone thought. Al told Gore he was withdrawing the concession (something almost unprecidented in U.S. politics).

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question/40588/3 "2000-11-10T02:40:25Z")

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I believe he did it by phone, Rilchiam. He called Bush to concede, then took it back later by phone.

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**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question/40588/4 "2000-11-10T02:47:57Z")

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Yeep, just thought I would pop in and say that I read this thread title as “squick question”.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question/40588/5 "2000-11-10T02:56:20Z")

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Thank you.