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Bush Claims Mandate for War, Tax Agenda
ABCNEWS ^
| 11/03/2004
| associated press
Posted on 11/03/2004 2:44:40 PM PST by bedolido
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President Bush waves during a victory rally Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:44:41 PM PST
by
bedolido
To: Skylight
no he didnt claim a mandate, he got a mandate.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:46:21 PM PST
by
MrFred
To: Skylight
Claiming a second term denied his father, George H.W. Bush, the president struck a conciliatory tone, too.
His father must be so proud.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:46:57 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: Skylight
It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum ... and Dubya's all out of gum!
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:47:11 PM PST
by
You Dirty Rats
(WE WILL WIN WITH W - Isara)
To: Skylight
Every article I've read on President's Bush's VICTORIUS REELECTION has taken a shot at him or someone he loves. It's disgusting.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:48:53 PM PST
by
cgk
(Thank you, God for answered prayers.)
To: Skylight
As much as anything, the Bush Victory is a mandate for the Constitutional Marriage Amendment.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:49:04 PM PST
by
Fatalis
(The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
To: Skylight
Dims: Oh, no, he didn't get a tax mandate from those 54 MILLION voters. No. They voted for him because he is a nice guy, a national guard type guy, not a real combat vet like our guy. No, we want him to come to the middle and work with us! /sarcasm off.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:49:23 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(WE DEFEATED THE COMMUNIST KERRY! We Vietnam Veterans ARE Vindicated. We have our revenge!)
To: Skylight
Well, it will be interesting what "overhaul the tax code" means.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:50:21 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
To: Skylight
ABC-Heads up! Bush got more votes than any President in History!!!!!
That is a MANDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:50:32 PM PST
by
ladyinred
(John Kerry has a plan to change the national symbol of an Eagle to a Chicken)
To: Fatalis
"As much as anything, the Bush Victory is a mandate for the Constitutional Marriage Amendment. "If Bush is into amendments, shouldn't a pro-life amendment come first?
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:52:48 PM PST
by
ex-snook
(Vote for someone who res your views or your views will be ignored.)
To: rwfromkansas
Well, it will be interesting what "overhaul the tax code" means. He should have said "U-HAUL" it. As in haul the IRS and income tax out of our lives!!
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:53:33 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Close the borders, problems solved!)
To: Skylight
national sales tax = end of class warfare (via democrat propoganda). Raise taxes on anything and you raise them on everyone. It is progressive and fair and will raise productivity. Especially if combined with reducing domestic spending.
national sales tax = end of the democratic party.
Pressure your Republican Reps!
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:54:04 PM PST
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/johnkerry.htm)
To: Skylight
Quote Story:
Kerry conceded defeat in make-or-break Ohio rather than launch a legal fight reminiscent of the contentious Florida recount of four years ago. "I hope that we can begin the healing," the Massachusetts senator said."
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Jeeze this pisses me off. The MSM is making it out to be a magnanimous gesture on Kerry's part - forgoing a legal fight, when Kerry himself was FORCED TO ADMIT that there were simply NOT THE VOTES outstanding to overcome Bush's lead.
It wasn't magnanimous - it was a MANDATE!.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:54:47 PM PST
by
konaice
To: rwfromkansas
if this means flat tax rate and no IRS, I am for it.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:55:02 PM PST
by
Mi-kha-el
((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
To: All
BTW folks, keep in mind that with our bigger, Chafee-proof majority, we will control the adopted rules for the next Senate session.
By a simple majority, we can disallow judicial fillibusters.
Call Frist now and demand he not adopt any rules that allow for fillibusters.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:56:22 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
To: ex-snook
If Bush is into amendments, shouldn't a pro-life amendment come first?Do you see a pro-life mandate in this election?
11 states voted to uphold traditional marriage, and that brought out the social conservatives that didn't show up in 2000. That's your margin of victory. Mandates are the priority, not wishlists.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:56:36 PM PST
by
Fatalis
(The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
To: rwfromkansas
Well, it will be interesting what "overhaul the tax code" means. Hastert has said in the past that the House (assuming the GOP retained control, which it thankfully did) will hold hearings to evaluate proposed alternatives. If you have a particular favorite proposal, now is the time to start working on getting draft legislation, studies, presentations, FAQs, etc., put together, because it will be a "priority" in the 2005-6 Congress.
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posted on
11/03/2004 2:59:15 PM PST
by
kevkrom
(Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.)
To: Skylight
You have the broad support of Americans, Mr. President.
Now let's cut some taxes!
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:01:15 PM PST
by
k2blader
(It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
To: Skylight
I hope the Republicans try some significant budget cuts next year in addition to cooperating with the house on taxes.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:02:27 PM PST
by
dr_who_2
To: MrFred
so true... he got a monster mandate.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:04:12 PM PST
by
bedolido
(I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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