Down & Dirty The Plot to Steal the Presidency

Acclaimed journalist, Jake Tapper explains what actually happened, who got away with what and how both sides, Democrats and Republicans, plotted to steal the presidency in 2004.

CNN anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013. The Lead with Jake Tapper, his one-hour weekday program, debuted in March 2013. Tapper was named host of the network's Sunday morning show, State of the Union, in June 2015. Tapper has been a widely respected reporter in the nation's capital for more nearly 20 years. He is also the author of the bestseller The Outpost and the novel The Hellfire Club.

Preface

ix

``Do you get the feeling that Florida might be important in this election?''

3

(20)

``You don't have to be snippy about it.''

23

(18)

``Do you remember us hitting anything?''

41

(20)

``Palm Beach County is a Pat Buchanan stronghold.''

61

(29)

``That limp-dicked motherfucker.''

90

(19)

``You fucking sandbagged me.''

109

(23)

``etc., etc.''

132

(35)

``I'm willing to go to jail.''

167

(37)

``We need to write something down.''

204

(16)

``You know what I dreamed of today?''

220

(9)

``Es un circo.''

229

(22)

``Arrest Him! Arrest Him!''

251

(31)

``We're fucked!''

282

(27)

``This has to be the most important thing.''

309

(19)

``Like getting nibbled to death by a duck.''

328

(28)

``We're going to massacre them.''

356

(11)

``You were relying on the Gore legal team to give you the straight facts, weren't you?''

367

(25)

Subject: gore clean up

392

(19)

``A little matter down the road.''

411

(14)

``Boy, that was some Election Night, huh?''

425

(42)

Postscript: The Plot to Steal the Presidency

467

(14)

Notes

481

(2)

Appendix: The Unfiled Gore Brief of December 13, 2000

483

(22)

Index

505

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Down & Dirty The Plot to Steal the Presidency

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