Bush was reelectec by a majority of those who bothered to vote, not a majority of the population. There is a considerable difference. In other words there was no real mandate. The republicans were able to get the vote out far more effectively than the democrats.
larry On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:55:41 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The fact is Bush won the majority vote, which means that the Majority of > Americans that went out to vote agree with what Bush stands > for. > > -Gel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons > > 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:142334 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
