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To: jdm
I'm going to have to do some research to find out when the last time a Presidential candidate secured less than 40% of the vote. Kerry will not score even 40% -- that's my prediction, anyway.

I'll save you the trouble. In 1992 Bush 41 only got 38% of the vote. He let his guard down, never campaighned like he really wanted to win and seemed unprepared at the debates. That loss had a profound effect on our current President. You can bet the ranch that he won't make the same mistakes.

82 posted on 09/27/2004 12:14:46 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan
That loss had a profound effect on our current President.

During the 2000 campaign Rush Limbaugh told a story about the last months of the first Bush administration -- between his defeat in November and Clinton's inauguration in January. Rush was invited to some kind of White House function during that period, and he said the place felt like a funeral parlor. Everyone was just going through the motions, passing time until they left for good.

Everyone, that is, except George W. Bush. He acted like a kid at Christmas time, and was the only one who really seemed to be enjoying himself during those dark days. When someone pointed out that everyone except him was in such a somber mood, he said something along the following lines: "Everyone else here is either retiring, or changing careers. I'm gonna be back here soon, though."

96 posted on 09/27/2004 12:21:20 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I made enough money to buy Miami -- but I pissed it away on the Alternative Minimum Tax.)
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