On Nov 3, 2004, at 2:39 PM, Russell Chapman wrote:
Ruben Krasnopolsky wrote:
Bush has made some things wrong during his first period.
Iraq's current anarchy probably the worst of them.
Maybe he would make some things better this time - it's not
impossible,
especially if he's pressured by public opinion.
But it is a sad fact of history that whenever any incumbent is
re-elected, particularly if they improve their majority, they start
wildly claiming "mandate" for each and every issue they ever policy or
decision they've made, even if they were nothing to do with the
people's decision.
I don't know enough about Kerry to say what happenned, but *as an
example*, if people voted for Bush because they didn't like Kerry,
then Bush will be able to say that the people want his brand of power
abuse and global grandstanding, simply because they voted for him...
However you characterize President Bush's policies, I think he and
his administration will take re-election as a vote of confidence,
so we should expect four more years of the same, only this time
without concerns about reelectibility.
Dave
These go to 11 Maru
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