Bush was the chosen one. Gore probably had to go along with it because underlings not having been told the intended outcome interfered.
Like imagine it, he's going out to "concede" but an aide runs up and says, "hey, you didn't lose" what's he supposed to do? "Nah, I'll concede anyway" then an audit takes place and the cheating units are uncovered.
Or... He decides to "fight it", it's drawn out for a week at most, a huge divisive controversy is generated in the process and in the end they get back on track anyway and Americans don't know any different.
It doesn't matter who "won" because America still fucking lost.
Bush was the chosen one. Gore probably had to go along with it because underlings not having been told the intended outcome interfered.
Like imagine it, he's going out to "concede" but an aide runs up and says, "hey, you didn't lose" what's he supposed to do? "Nah, I'll concede anyway" then an audit takes place and the cheating units are uncovered.
Or... He decides to "fight it", it's drawn out for a week at most, a huge divisive controversy is generated in the process and in the end they get back on track anyway and Americans don't know any different.
It doesn't matter who "won" because America still fucking lost.