60% was a new high turnout though, wasn't it??? Which is sad in it's own right.
>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:5:142317 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
