{"id":2348,"date":"2012-10-31T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:59:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:59:51","slug":"nov-4-2000-texas-gov-george-w-bush-kisses-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/31\/nov-4-2000-texas-gov-george-w-bush-kisses-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. George W. Bush at Pittsburgh International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Nov. 4, 2000:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Texas Gov. George W. Bush kisses a young supporter during a rally for the Republican presidential nominee at Pittsburgh International Airport, just three days before the presidential election. \u00a0Thousands of people turned out to cheer Bush and several Republicans running for office in Western Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the rally, Governor Bush pleaded with his supporters to intensify their efforts in the little time left. He promised \u201cto purge this country of the old style politics, of the old way of politics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The election result, specifically the awarding of Florida\u2019s 25 electoral votes to Governor Bush, was challenged by the Gore campaign, which requested a hand recount in Florida. \u00a0On Dec. 12, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the statewide recount unconstitutional and George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States on Jan. 20, 2001.<\/p>\n

Bush won the election by receiving 271 electoral votes versus Gore\u2019s 266. \u00a0Vice President Gore won the popular vote.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Steve Mellon, Post-Gazette)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ousands of people turned out to cheer Bush and several Republicans running for office in Western Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Look at the picturesGov. George W. Bush at Pittsburgh International Airport<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[966,1018,1037],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mcqcdhQQWq1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C918&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9066,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2018\/08\/27\/in-pittsburgh-john-mccain-finally-says-the-e-word\/","url_meta":{"origin":2348,"position":0},"title":"In Pittsburgh, John McCain finally says the ‘e-word’","date":"August 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"John McCain suspended his 2000 presidential campaign in March, but two months later he still hadn't said the magic word -- \"endorse.\" The Republican senator from Arizona dropped out after a series of primary defeats left him little hope of catching Texas Gov. 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