Getting Personal

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/2000...h_drama_4.html By SANDRA SOBIERAJ, Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Al Gore (news - web sites) set aside the stoic valedictory written for him by an aide and picked up the phone. George W. Bush did not take his call happily. ``You don't have to get snippy about this,'' Gore spat. The acid of their yearlong fight - character assaults and name-calling, layered onto the Clinton-Gore defeat of Bush's father in 1992 - boiled over as Gore, in an underground office at the War Memorial, insisted that Florida's decisive 25 electoral votes remained in limbo. ``Let me make sure I understand,'' protested Bush, his victory speech in hand. ``You're calling me back to retract your concession?'' Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, chastened on Election Night when it appeared Bush had lost the state, had just assured his brother it was a done deal. And the TV networks had already declared Texas Gov. George W. Bush the 43rd president of the United States. ``Let me explain something,'' Gore lectured in a stony tone, ``your YOUNGER brother is not the ultimate authority on this.'' The conversation, quoted to The Associated Press by two of the 20 or so people in the room with Gore and confirmed by a Bush aide, ended abruptly. ~~~ To quote notable citizens: Can't we all just get along? (0; __________________ Well, we all know premature ejaculation will ruin a relationship...especially if it happens twice. Mavi forum