Your entire post is what I would consider revisionism. The United States Supreme Court got involved once the Florida State Supreme Court involved itself in the election and made decisions that totally disenfranchised voters in different counties throughout the state.  The recount was only taking place in the three most heavily Democratic counties in the State of Florida. It was not a full state recount. Not only that but the methods of counting the ballots in various precincts were different so as there was no consistent way of determining which vote was for who and how it was determined to be for that candidate.   Each precinct captain was to determine who voted for who based on their own personal biased judgment. It was not an objective or complete recount at all but one dominated by the most heavily populated democratic precincts in the state.  They couldn't cheat fast enough and ran out of time as Constitutionally defined. 
Independent recounts confirmed the Bush victory.