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USA: AL GORE DISCUSSES APPEAL

(5 Dec 2000) English/Nat XFA Vice President Al Gore, buffeted by a highly unfavorable court ruling in Florida, said on Tuesday that he felt nothing but optimism as he awaited a ruling on his appeal by the state Supreme Court. Gore's effort to have George W. Bush's Florida victory overturned was rejected on Monday by Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls, in Florida. Judge Sauls also rejected the vice president's request for a manual recount of questionable ballots in two Florida counties. The vice president's appeal will be argued before the state Supreme Court on Thursday. In tone, Gore didn't sound at all like a man on the brink of conceding the race for the White House- a contrast to a sense of foreboding that other Democrats spoke of after Sauls' ruling. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I don't feel anything other than optimistic. I really, and the team down in Tallahassee feels that way also." SUPER CAPTION: Al Gore, Vice President / Democratic presidential candidate But Gore also strongly suggested that he expected two additional lawsuits relating to absentee ballots, to eventually make their way to Florida's highest court. He also put a positive spin on the U-S Supreme Court ruling that preceded the judgement against Gore by Judge Sauls on Monday afternoon. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Well, I think that the U-S Supreme Court was neutral, may have even been slightly favorable to us in the sense that it gave a clear road map to the Florida Supreme Court. But those are the things that the lawyers can tell you more about." SUPER CAPTION: Al Gore, Vice President / Democratic presidential candidate At a news conference outside the White House, Gore stopped well short of saying he would concede the race for the presidency if his appeal is rejected. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I'm not going to speculate on what the outcome will be, what the remedy might be depending on that outcome. Those are hypotheticals on top of hypotheticals, and I'm just not comfortable dealing with the hypothetical like that. I do think that it's likely that all of the current controversies will end up being resolved one way or another in the Florida Supreme Court." SUPER CAPTION: Al Gore, Vice President / Democratic presidential candidate It was the Florida Supreme Court, its seven justices appointed by Democratic governors, who ordered that the results of manual vote recounts Gore is counting on to overtake Bush, be included in the state's certified election result. The result gave the Republicans a 537-vote lead. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...