I know. the blatent stupidity of the effort is amazing. Since there was about a 60% turnout (cannot remember the exact number here) it means that less than a third of the population actually voted for Bush. Some mandate.
larry On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:02:43 -0800, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Listen to the Bush administration. They openly state the people have given > them a mandate to fulfill there agenda. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:58 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: sam, I am not saying a word > > I cannot see how a bare majority of 52.5% can be considered a mandate, > especially when the voter turnout was still quite low. > > larry > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:43:18 -0800, Ken Ketsdever > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You've hit it on the head!! > > Bush has his mandate just ask him. Damn the truth, damn the people, its > > Bush and his agenda full speed ahead. > > > > I think back to the constant attacks on Clinton and his staff and > > supporters. They were attacked from a every possible angle at every > > opportunity. Much of which was just bs. Then Bush and the good 'ol boys > > get in and they are beyond reproach. It kills me. Bush and the boys have > > lied so many times yet they arrogantly push on and are rewarded by the > > huddled masses. We are indeed a society of ignorant fools. > > > > I go back to my post election statement. History will regard Bush as one > > of the worst president in our history. Hitler was a pretty popular guy in > > Germany at one time. Popular enough to win elections and have a mandate of > > his own. History doesn't look back on him too favorably now. I doubt Bush > > will slaughter millions, but I'm sure he's up to the tens of thousands > > already. > > > > " > > What's also sad is that some Americans are in such a state of cognitive > > dissonance that they are actually saying that right now the > > Government actually KNOWS that the Russians helped move the WMD to Syria > > and have to cover it up for diplomatic purposes.They've > > started inventing conspiracy theories to support that Saddam had WMD. > > > > So they're saying their government is openly LYING to them, and is not held > > accountable by the American people. > > > > This is simply because they are unable to face the fact that there were no > > WMD in Iraq and that their beloved President took their > > country to war on a false premise. Or if it were a genuine error, that > > their intelligence agencies failed the country miserably. > > > > Sad thing is that the Democrats are too incompetent to make Bush pay for > > this politically. I don't think a damned thing will come > > out of this, and it will be business as usual for the Bush administration. > > And they know it. > > > > -Gel" > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana > > > > http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7310507&pageNumber=0 > > > > -- > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142313 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
