Pardon me if I'm skeptical

Forgive me if I'm skeptical about the Washington Secretary of State's protest of the "fairness" of the recount which seems about to reverse the outcome of the election for governor. The comments are linked to in the next paragraph, in which he enumerates the standards operative in Washington State. The Democrats have too long a record of game playing where manual recounts are concerned for me to simply take at face value aet another manual recount which dramatically changes the result this. Besides, another question arises.

Why weren't those same standards good enough for Florida in 2000? If they had been the Gore camp would have conceded on Election Night!

It seems that the standards the Democrats think are fair depend on who they benefit.