So, some numbers to frame the discussion (yes, I realize Republicans have a problem with Arithmetic):
2004 Election Results:
Popular Vote Percent Electoral Vote Percent
Bush 62,040,610 50.73% 286 53.2%
Kerry 59,028,039 48.27% 251 46.7%
2012 Election Results:
Popular Vote Percent Electoral Vote Percent
Obama 62,611,250 50.6% 332 61.7%
Romney 59,134,475 47.8% 206 38.3%
Now, let’s see here: In 2004, G. Bush crowed on the day after election, “Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.”
Many people regarded President Bush as, um, a simple guy, and his logic there didn’t betray that characterization at all. It really is that simple. He won an election, and he intended to execute the agenda he campaigned on.
Now, as we can see from the above, the electoral scoreboard in 2004 was*286-251, a 35-point margin of victory. In 2012, President Obama won by a 126-point margin,*332-206. The popular vote difference was also greater for Obama-Romney than it was for Bush-Kerry, for that matter.
35-point electoral college win? Republicans proclaim that’s a Mandate! But Obama’s 106-point win? No way!
It seems the Republicans are striving to bend history by acting like the election never happened.
Over the years, Republicans have shouted that "Elections have consequences."
--In 2000 (when George W. Bush barely squeaked by in Florida) . . .
--In 2004 (when Karl Rove orchestrated a series of gay marriage ballot issues in
key battleground states to propel conservative evangelicals to swarm to the polls
in greater numbers), and . . .
--In 2010 (when the Tea Party crowd flexed its muscle and promoted a "do nothing"
attitude in the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives).
Now it’s time for Mitch, John, Eric, and the rest of what passes for “leadership” in the republican party to get with the program and realize that, um, we had an election...and “elections have consequences!”
In other words (to sum up the election, courtesy of Frank Patten):
The election is over,
The talking is done.
Your party lost,
My party won.
So let us be friends,
Let arguments pass.
I’ll hug your elephant,
You kiss my a$$.
:devil:
2004 Election Results:
Popular Vote Percent Electoral Vote Percent
Bush 62,040,610 50.73% 286 53.2%
Kerry 59,028,039 48.27% 251 46.7%
2012 Election Results:
Popular Vote Percent Electoral Vote Percent
Obama 62,611,250 50.6% 332 61.7%
Romney 59,134,475 47.8% 206 38.3%
Now, let’s see here: In 2004, G. Bush crowed on the day after election, “Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.”
Many people regarded President Bush as, um, a simple guy, and his logic there didn’t betray that characterization at all. It really is that simple. He won an election, and he intended to execute the agenda he campaigned on.
Now, as we can see from the above, the electoral scoreboard in 2004 was*286-251, a 35-point margin of victory. In 2012, President Obama won by a 126-point margin,*332-206. The popular vote difference was also greater for Obama-Romney than it was for Bush-Kerry, for that matter.
35-point electoral college win? Republicans proclaim that’s a Mandate! But Obama’s 106-point win? No way!
It seems the Republicans are striving to bend history by acting like the election never happened.
Over the years, Republicans have shouted that "Elections have consequences."
--In 2000 (when George W. Bush barely squeaked by in Florida) . . .
--In 2004 (when Karl Rove orchestrated a series of gay marriage ballot issues in
key battleground states to propel conservative evangelicals to swarm to the polls
in greater numbers), and . . .
--In 2010 (when the Tea Party crowd flexed its muscle and promoted a "do nothing"
attitude in the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives).
Now it’s time for Mitch, John, Eric, and the rest of what passes for “leadership” in the republican party to get with the program and realize that, um, we had an election...and “elections have consequences!”
In other words (to sum up the election, courtesy of Frank Patten):
The election is over,
The talking is done.
Your party lost,
My party won.
So let us be friends,
Let arguments pass.
I’ll hug your elephant,
You kiss my a$$.
:devil:
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