WSJ: The Bush Mandate

Wall Street Journal ^ | November 4, 2004 | Editorial

[Mr. K]

I have not heard a figure yet of voter turnout (% of eligable)

[sarasotarepublican]

Miguel Estrada is an excellent choice.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Sweet.

All this time, I thought it was The Hartford Courant's backing of the President that put Bush over the top.

[randita]

Bush has already moved too much to the center (RX program, federal school funding, etc.). He needs to stay where he is. If he moves much more to the center, somebody is going to come in and ambush the GOP from the right, like Perot did to his Dad.

[xzins]

Just so the Hollywood elite feel better, I want them to know that the President didn't campaign from the right; he campaigned from the center. I would have preferred far more mention of moral values than happened, but I'll settle for a piece of pie rather than no pie at all.

He has no "center" to move to. He's already there.

Let me suggest that they are Leninist Left, and that they need to move to the center....not to mention moving back to reality.

[GVnana]

Senate Democrats whose obstructionism was repudiated on Tuesday

Exactly! No more "We can't be effective because Republicans ate my ballot" stories.

There are huge issues facing this country in addition to the war on terror. Education, social security reform, etc. The American people have clearly given the reins to Bush.

[handy]

Mr. Bush could send an early message here if Chief Justice William Rehnquist decides to retire soon due to illness. He could do worse than elevate Antonin Scalia to Chief Justice and nominate Miguel Estrada as an Associate Justice....

The WSJ often writes what I'm thinking, in a much more articulate manner. ;-)

[CrazyIvan]

"the most relentlessly partisan performance by elite cultural institutions that we've ever witnessed."

This had to be one of the sweetest treats in the smorgasbord of victory; showing a bunch of idiot rich actors and media elite just how little anyone with an IQ above room temperature really cares what they think.

[Max Combined]

"Hollywood, CBS, and the New York Times threw everything they had at Mr. Bush, and the country rejected their values and agenda, not his."

So true.

[SpookBrat]

Bump

[BibChr]

WSJ editorial writers, right as usual. Do listen up, President Bush!

Dan
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[machman]

The President's opposition went all-in, as they say in poker, with the most relentlessly partisan performance by elite cultural institutions that we've ever witnessed. Hollywood, CBS, and the New York Times threw everything they had at Mr. Bush, and the country rejected their values and agenda, not his.

Exactly. Remember when they lost last time, McAwfull's mantra was, "we didn't get our message out". Well, no mistaking what your message was this time. And it was TOTALLY REJECTED.

[sleavelessinseattle]

http://www.fair.org/media-contact-list.html

Link to contact emails for the WEEPING mainstream media to blow them a raspberry for failing to deceive 51% of the population...I'm sending the pic of the Casket of Kerry's campaign with Rather as head pallbearer. Beats Doin laundry!!!

[Racehorse]

. . . it means the country was fully engaged in this national debate. No one can say he didn't know what was at stake

So true.  The MSM and especially the leftist broadcast pundits, ranted and raved and lamented over a lack of debate and challenge over the war on terror--meaning our intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Well, we certainly had it with Kerry.

[agincourt1415]

"Hollywood, CBS, and the New York Times threw everything they had at Mr. Bush, and the country rejected their values and agenda, not his."

It was TOTAL MOBILIZATION of Conservative, Freeper, and Republican Ground Forces.

[the invisib1e hand]

W is not the sort of guy, I don't think, who will let George Soros or Nancy Pelosi set his agenda for him. That's why they despise him to begin with. They're b*tches, he's a man.

[Woogit]

Sweet...Loved the slam to cbs and nyt!!!

[Nathan Zachary]

There were 129 million elegible voters I heard. So if 120 million turned out, That's a good turn out.

MSM as usual, is trying to downplay it. Bush has a landslide victory, but you just don't hear it in MSM. He's got a solid mandate.

It's time MSM starts redeeming itself and start telling people the truth. We will continue to do it.

[The Mayor]

and of course who was the first one to open up her big mouth..

We don't accept his health plan..
Pelosi.. witch