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Bush Claims Mandate for War, Tax Agenda
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| 11/03/2004
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Posted on 11/03/2004 2:44:40 PM PST by bedolido
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To: konaice
... and we should not try to mend with the enemy. They just want to not get totally ignored.
Since I put a Bush/Cheney sticker on my newer pick-up, I received door creases, dings and bougars !!!!!!
I will never make nice with DU type people like that !!!!!
To: kevkrom
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:05:07 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
To: Skylight
"President Bush waves during a victory rally . . ."
Guess Wesley Clark can go back to being a cashiered officer. May he slink back into the oblivion he so richly deserves.
To: Fatalis
"Do you see a pro-life mandate in this election? "Yes. That's what the Supreme Court preference was all about.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:06:16 PM PST
by
ex-snook
(Vote for someone who res your views or your views will be ignored.)
To: Skylight
War! Tax!
Did they also call him an "abortion foe?"
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:06:49 PM PST
by
unspun
(unspun.info | Did U work your precinct, churchmembers, etc. for good votes?)
To: rwfromkansas
"Well, it will be interesting what "overhaul the tax code" means." The flat taxers won't like hearing this, but the initial thrust will/probably will be eliminating the income tax and using a consumption-based model.
President seems interested, and both Denny Hastert and (almost as importantly) Tom DeLay are strongly pro-consumption tax.
It's the Senate--always the Senate---where danger lurks when it comes to the form legislation will ultimately take. It'll be interesting to see where some of the movers and shakers in that chamber come down on this issue.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:10:39 PM PST
by
LincolnLover
(Thune Wins + G Dubya Wins = I am Deeply Gladdened (Election Day 2K4))
To: rwfromkansas
www.fairtax.org Well... you know that, and I know that, (and now everyone else knows that too), but I thought I'd be inclusive and encourage those with other ideas to not miss the chance for the biggest tax debate in history.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:11:33 PM PST
by
kevkrom
(Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.)
To: ex-snook
At most that's a mandate to overturn Roe v. Wade, but that was not the clear issue on the ballot in eleven states, the institution of marriage was. There is a reality to this election, and the threat to the institution of marriage was the fulcrum that leveraged Bush to victory.
You don't have to believe me now, but watch, and you will see President Bush move far more aggressively on a CMA than he will on any pro-life amendment.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:12:17 PM PST
by
Fatalis
(The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
To: LincolnLover
It's the Senate--always the Senate---where danger lurks when it comes to the form legislation will ultimately take. It'll be interesting to see where some of the movers and shakers in that chamber come down on this issue. It's high time Bush takes charge and sets the agenda for legislation. He was weakened the term because of the 2000 election controversies -- this time he shouldn't be so limited.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:13:21 PM PST
by
kevkrom
(Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.)
To: Fatalis
As much as anything, the Bush Victory is a mandate for the Constitutional Marriage Amendment.I like the Constitution just as it is, thank you.
Let the states decide their gay marriage laws.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:14:15 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
I like the Constitution just as it is, thank you. Let the states decide their gay marriage laws I'd settle for a simple clarification that "full faith and credit" will not compel any state to recognize a gay marriage performed in another state.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:17:32 PM PST
by
kevkrom
(Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.)
To: kevkrom
Agreed. Here's my signature. Done!
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:21:47 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
I like the Constitution just as it is, thank you.As it is, the Constitution allows for Amendments.
Let the states decide their gay marriage laws.
That's what the CMA would do. As it stands the precedents of Lawrence v Texas indicate that the many states that have defined marriage as being between one man and one woman would lose their prerogative under the DoMA when the Supreme Court applies the full faith and credit clause to the next available challenge by a same sex couple from Massachuessetts.
Most Americans like marriage the way it is, and it's going to take an Amendment to protect it from redefinition by a few judges.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:21:56 PM PST
by
Fatalis
(The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
To: Fatalis
"You don't have to believe me now, but watch, and you will see President Bush move far more aggressively on a CMA than he will on any pro-life amendment. "The problem is I do believe you. Bush is not really pro-life. I got that message when he choose Specter and politics over life. But I think you are right.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:23:10 PM PST
by
ex-snook
(Vote for someone who res your views or your views will be ignored.)
To: ex-snook
Specter's a bum, but I think you're oversimplifying that decision.
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:25:48 PM PST
by
Fatalis
(The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
To: Skylight
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posted on
11/03/2004 3:54:41 PM PST
by
ppaul
To: Skylight
President Bush looks so tired in that picture. I hope he hasn't hurt his health. We need him.
To: All
What exactly is a mandate? I'm being told by a democrat friend that she heard you only get a mandate if you get 55% of the popular vote to which I say BS. I say W got a mandate! So, what exactly is a mandate in the true sense of the word?
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:58:17 PM PST
by
Vol2727
(So they could race the sun.........)
To: Skylight
"He pledged to pursue his agenda on taxes"
A flat tax would be welcomed as an alternative to the current graduated plan adopted from the Communist Manifesto.
To: Skylight
Pretty obvious that he has the mandate considering NO PRESIDENT has ever recieved more votes, and he's the first President since Reagan to get a majority...
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posted on
11/03/2004 5:50:46 PM PST
by
KMC1
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