Posted on 11/05/2004 9:24:13 AM PST by DavidThomas
I wonder if the Left was denying Clinton a mandate when he took control of both houses of Congress in 1992?
"MANDATE FOR CHANGE"
I made the silly mistake of voting for Clinton's stalking horse, Pee-rot. Of course, GHWB, gave me little reason to vote for him.
Bubba: "Hey, man that's a lie! I never touched that chick?" Mandate for oral sex is more like it, ay?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270578/posts
That is all you need to show them.
Plus, point out that Bush had 2.51 million sq mi., while Kerry had 511,700 million sq mi.
His mandate was pretty much crushed when the Republicans seized Congress in 1994. Republicans had a mandate - he didn't.
Exactly right, Rex! It was a mandate for lying genitals. Clinochio's certainly weren't made of teflon.
They sure thought so when he implemented don't ask, don't tell in the military.
"If Clinton is to fulfill his mandate for change, he will have to be honest about uncomfortable truths and brave in making tough choices."
Nice mandate.
Clinton should be worshiping the ground that the MSM walks on -- if it were not for them, he not only would have been tried, and thrown out of the Presidency, but he would be in Federal prison for China-Gate.
Think about it. If the MSM had told the truth, he would have been history.
The local paper the next morning actually said Clinton wins in landslide. Un huh. So he carried 32 states. They failed to point out he won all but one of them with less than 50%, and many he took with under 40%!
Local TV guy the next day actually said since Clinton received a whopping 42% in CT, our state's voters gave him an overwhelming mandate for change. What a laugh. 58% of voters chose someone other than Clinton, and every congressional incumbent won again. People in this state wanted the status quo, if you ask me.
Good one, Marty!
Remember, "Bubba" didn't have sex with that woman..."Mr. Winky" did!
LOL!
Should Condi Rice be elected in '08, then we would see a man date, for a change...
"...His mandate was pretty much crushed when the Republicans seized Congress in 1994. Republicans had a mandate - he didn't...."
The administration and the GOP should take a lesson from Clinton's first term debacle. Bush needs to prioritize his policy goals and pick his spots. My preference would be for strong forward movement on life issues and entitlement reform and more conciliation on foreign policy goals, with domestic and European enemies. This will please the social conservative while appeasing moderates. We need to make the tent bigger without alienating the newly motivated GOP voters. It won't be easy.
I'm not going to worry about it.
If I had all the answers, I'd be President.
I'm quite certain they know what they are doing.
You're kidding, right?
The MSM gives all Democrats a mandate, no matter how thin the victory (like Clinton '92) and gives all Republicans advice to "reach out to the Democrats" (i.e., turn left) no matter how huge the landslide (Reagan '84).
The MSM is completely shameless.
1. It was very close. Take a look at the numbers on this map.
W won OH (20EV) by a margin of 136K,
W lost NH (4EV) by 10K,
W lost WI (10EV) by 11K,
W lost OR (7EV) by 67K,
W won NM (5EV) by 8K,
W won IA (7EV) by 13K
In these "close states," President Bush's net was +69,000 popular votes and +11 Electoral votes.
2. I hate to speculate about something that did not happen, but what impact did MSM bias have on the election? What would have been the benefit to President Bush if the coverage had been balanced? Would he have had 55-percent of the popular vote and an additional (minimum of) 88 EVs (OR, WI, and NH) ??
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My second point is really my main point and my conclusion is that this election is really a "mandate" - but look how close it was. The numbers (286 / 252 EVs) don't appear to say so.
With the influence of the MSM, the reality is that Republicans need to get national "mandates" in order simply squeek out a victory.
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